I am in the market for some wood flooring and due to condo constraints I am forced to go with a floating floor. I am probably going bamboo from Plyboo or Teragren. I have been reading horror stories about floors cupping and buckling that I wish to avoid. I was thinking since my floor is not glued at all, just click&lock that this issue is pretty much avoided since the entire floor slab can move as unit over the sub-flooring.

Is that a fair statement?

Also would engineered wood ameliorate the situation?

Thanks in advance.

I am in the market for some wood flooring and due to condo constraints I am forced to go with a floating floor. I am probably going with bamboo from Plyboo or Teragren. I am concerned about the warnings regarding moisture. I live in a 2nd story condo and I must float my floor.

CONS (pulled off a website) -Only suitable for indoor environments with very stable year-around humidity. Low-to-average dimensional stability leads to excessive shrinkage when humidity decreases by 15% or more -Maximum recommended runs if very stable humidity cannot be maintained: 15 ft across widths (tangentially) and 25 ft lengthwise (longitudinally)*

I have been reading horror stories about floors cupping and buckling that I wish to avoid. I was thinking since my floor is not glued at all, just click&lock that this issue is pretty much avoided since the entire floor slab can move as unit over the sub-flooring.

Is that a fair statement? I am not sure what stable moisture environment entails. Would a single hot and humid day kill a floor. I can try and mitigate with a dehumidifier that just runs constantly.

Also would an engineered variant ameliorate the situation?

Thanks in advance.

I am in the market for some wood flooring and due to condo constraints I am forced to go with a floating floor. I am probably going bamboo from Plyboo or Teragren. I have been reading horror stories about floors cupping and buckling that I wish to avoid. I was thinking since my floor is not glued at all, just click&lock that this issue is pretty much avoided since the entire floor slab can move as unit over the sub-flooring.

Is that a fair statement?

Thanks in advance.

I am in the market for some wood flooring and due to condo constraints I am forced to go with a floating floor. I am probably going bamboo from Plyboo or Teragren. I have been reading horror stories about floors cupping and buckling that I wish to avoid. I was thinking since my floor is not glued at all, just click&lock that this issue is pretty much avoided since the entire floor slab can move as unit over the sub-flooring.

Is that a fair statement?

Also would engineered wood ameliorate the situation?

Thanks in advance.