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Had a plank snap during a glue-down install in a Phoenix kitchen yesterday
The client picked a 7-inch wide engineered oak, and I was using a standard mallet and tapping block on a concrete subfloor. Midway through a row, a tongue just sheared clean off, which I've never seen with this brand before. Do you think it's more likely a bad batch of flooring or something about the concrete's moisture level causing extra stress?
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grace_campbell7d ago
I read a trade article last year that said wide planks over 6 inches are more prone to tension cracks during glue-down. The rigid bond doesn't let the wood move at all, so any weakness in the tongue gives out. It could be a bad batch made worse by the install method.
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wesley_adams7d ago
Totally feel that. I had a whole box of maple do the same thing last fall, must have been a bad run from the factory.
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