Wood Division Knowledge Base

Wood Business

How to Start a Successful Small to Medium Sawmilling Business

Flooring Finishes

How to Apply Water-Based Urethane Finish to a Hardwood Floor
Keep Your Natural Wood Floor Pristine by Managing Its Moisture Content
Applying a Water-Based Finish to Your Wood Floor for a More Natural Look
Finish with Finesse: MC Before and After for Your Wood Floors
Common Types of Hardwood Floor Finishes

All About Wood

The Price of Lumber is Down but Will It Last?
The Lumber Price Roller Coaster – How to Ride it Safely
Storing Lumber and Wood Components
How to Prevent Hardwood Flooring Problems with Avi Hadad
A History of Woodworking and Its Influence in Civilization
Kiln Dried Wood – Why Moisture Readings are Important
10 Steps to a DIY Distressed Wood Floor
End Grain, Edge Grain, or Face Grain? The Best Wood Uses for Projects
Understanding Wood Moisture Content
Hardwood Lumber Grades Explained
The Pros and Cons of Knots in Wood
The Hidden Cost of Moving with Wood Furniture
Cedar’s Remarkable Weather Resistance

Flooring Problems

3 Dangers to Avoid When Installing Wood Floors Over Concrete
How to Avoid a Wood Flooring Disaster in 3 Easy Steps
Why You Need to Measure Moisture in Wood Flooring
Tips to Maintain Your Hardwood Floor in the Winter
Help Your Customer Keep Their Wood Floor Pristine with These Tools and Tips
Your Floor’s Beauty May Be Hiding a Beast Inside
How Much Money Is Wasted Due to Flooring Problems Every Year?
Can Wood Floor Cupping Be Fixed?
Wood Floor Filler to Repair Hardwood Floors
Too Wet or Too Dry Woodworking: A Sticky Situation
5 Preventable Hardwood Flooring Problems
Hardwood Floor Problems: Heed the Warning Signs
Understanding a Squeaky Floor and How to Fix Them
When a Cupped Floor Has Been Rightly Installed
Adhesive Breakdown and Flooring Betrayal
CEO Ed Wagner Tells His Own Cautionary Flooring Tale
Wood and Water Don’t Mix
Wood Floor Cupping & Other Common Problems: Spotting the Trouble
Wood Flooring Moisture Content Affected from the Ground Up

Flooring Types

How to Choose Between Hardwood and Laminate Flooring
Acclimating Engineered Hardwood Flooring—Why It’s Important
Why Is Bamboo Flooring Popular?
5 Things You Need To Know About Reclaimed Wood
The Ultimate Guide to Hickory Hardwood Flooring
Why Choose Natural Hardwood Floors?
Top 10 Flooring Choices for Your Home or Business
The Art, Economy, and Perils of Reclaimed Wood Flooring
Moisture and Humidity Measurement Still Crucial for Engineered Flooring
Bamboo Flooring Problems & Types of Bamboo Flooring
Hardwood Flooring’s Impact on Natural Resource Depletion: Part Two
Hardwood Flooring’s Impact on Natural Resource Depletion: Part One
How Subfloors Affect Hardwood Floor Installation
The Wood Moisture Legacies of Oak
Rubber & Vinyl Floor Moisture Testing
Environmentally Friendly Flooring: Making the Right Choice
What to Know about Bamboo Flooring before You Install
Veneer Wood Flooring Uncovered
Protect Your Hardwood Floor from Moisture Problems
Softwood Floors Just Aren’t as Hard
Types of Bamboo Flooring and the Challenges of Installing
Engineered Floors Are Still Wood Floors

Wood Moisture

Ambient Data Loggers: Peace of Mind in a Box for Wood Flooring Installers
5 Things Not to Do When Measuring Moisture in Wood Flooring
Alabama Wood Crafters Share Wood Woes When Overlooking a Moisture Meter
Acceptable Moisture Levels in Wood – Knowing the Moisture Content
Understanding Moisture Content Is Important for Woodturners
The Importance of Moisture Measurement and Control
Controlling Wood Moisture Content
Moisture-Related Damage in Shipping: Is It a Big Deal?
Restoration Expert Says Moisture Management Critical to Health of Any House or Building
Correct Moisture Content: Critical to Your Woodworking Projects
Forest to Finished – Wood Moisture at Different Stages
What Is Equilibrium Moisture Content
Successful Wood Joints & Wood Moisture Content
What Is Specific Gravity of Wood?
Watch Moisture Content in Wood Building Studs
Mckinleyville Middle Schoolers Learning about Wood Moisture Content
The Moisture Factor in Recycled Wood
Woodworking Problems: Wood Expansion and Shrinkage

Installers

5 Things You MUST Consider When Quoting a Flooring Job
A DIYer’s Checklist for Installing New Carpet
3 Dangers to Avoid When Installing Wood Floors Over Concrete
How to Avoid a Wood Flooring Disaster in 3 Easy Steps
What Should You Look for in a Flooring Installer
3 Ways to Make Your Flooring Business More Profitable
Ambient Data Loggers: Peace of Mind in a Box for Wood Flooring Installers
5 Things Not to Do When Measuring Moisture in Wood Flooring
Why You Need to Measure Moisture in Wood Flooring
Why Your Carpet Smells and What You Can Do About It
Best Practices for Acclimating Hardwood Flooring
Why Customers Keep Coming Back to Wagner Meters
Combining Moisture Meters with Ambient Data Loggers for Installing Hardwood Floors
Hardwood Flooring Installation and the Tools You Need to Know
Installing Engineered Hardwood Floors – Ultimate Guide
Wagner Meters Offering Free eBook: A Guide for Avoiding Wood Flooring Failures
Thunderheart Flooring’s Quality Control Process for Moisture
The Pros and Cons of Water Popping
Storing Wood Flooring and Other Important Tips
5 Reasons Wood Flooring Installers Need a Moisture Meter
Hardwood Floor Acclimation: When Can You Install?
DIY Wood Floors: How to Install Them the Right Way
When a Cupped Floor Has Been Rightly Installed
Wood Flooring Moisture Content Affected from the Ground Up

Pin vs Pinless

Is a Pin or Pinless Moisture Meter Best for You?
Differences Between Pin vs Pinless Moisture Meters
Wood Moisture Meters Buying Guide: Pinless vs Pin-type

Moisture Content

Acclimating Engineered Hardwood Flooring—Why It’s Important
How to Avoid a Wood Flooring Disaster in 3 Easy Steps
5 Things Not to Do When Measuring Moisture in Wood Flooring
Why You Need to Measure Moisture in Wood Flooring
Wood Moisture and What You Can Do About It
Manufacturing and Performance Problems Caused by MC Changes
Tips and Tools to Keep Your Callbacks Low When Moisture Levels are High
Relative Humidity and How It Influences Moisture Content
What Do These Moisture Meter Readings Mean?
Equilibrium for Wood Moisture Content
EMC: Time, Temperature, Relative Humidity
Relative Humidity and Moisture Content Explained: An Environment of Change
Temperature’s Impact on Wood Moisture Content
Wood Species: “Same Difference” in Moisture Content
Storing Wood Flooring and Other Important Tips
Hardwood Flooring’s Impact on Natural Resource Depletion: Part Two
Hardwood Flooring’s Impact on Natural Resource Depletion: Part One
Ambient Conditions and Wood Flooring Movement
Temperature and Wood Moisture Measurement
Avoiding Problems When Mixing Hardwood Floors

Tools / Products

Safely Store Moisture Readings with the FloorSmart App and Orion 950
Why Are Wood Moisture Meters So “Green?”
Ambient Data Loggers: Peace of Mind in a Box for Wood Flooring Installers
How to Use the Orion® 950 EMC Calculator & Smart Logger™ Together
History of Wood Moisture Meters
The 10 Worst Mistakes You Can Make with a Moisture Meter
How to Use a Wood Moisture Meter on Drywall
Moisture Meters in the Wireless Age
11 Best Moisture Meter Practices with Your Pinless Meter
Bring in the Dynamic Duo to Prevent Moisture Related Flooring Damage
Why Buy a Wagner Meter?
10 Features to Look for in a Wood Moisture Meter
Oregon Woodturner Harvey Bower Gives Advice to Beginners
10 More Top Tools Every Woodworker Should Have
8 More Essential Tools for Hardwood Flooring Installation
24 Hardwood Flooring Tools for Installation
7 Tools Flooring Professionals Can’t Be Without
Woodworkers Use Technology to Work Smarter
40 Woodworking Tools Every Woodworker & Carpenter Should Have
40 Woodworking Tools Every Woodworker & Carpenter Should Have – Page 4
40 Woodworking Tools Every Woodworker & Carpenter Should Have – Page 3
40 Woodworking Tools Every Woodworker & Carpenter Should Have – Page 2
How to Use a Moisture Meter – 10 Easy Steps

Tree / Wood Types

Why Is Bamboo Flooring Popular?
5 Challenges Installers May Face with Bamboo Flooring
The Pros & Cons of Tigerwood Flooring & Tigerwood Decking
Working with Teak Wood
Working with Madrone Wood
The Tree Next Door: Douglas-Fir
Sapwood and Heartwood – Know the Differences
Working with Cherry Wood
Cedar’s Remarkable Weather Resistance
Considerations That Influence Exotic Hardwood Decisions
American White Oak and Red Oak Qualities & Uses

Wood Shop

Common Woodworking Mistakes to Avoid
Thriving in Woodworking: The Success of 3 Women Woodworkers
30 of Our Favorite Woodworking Channels on YouTube
Want to Build Your Woodworking Business? Here’s How!
Nova Strings Hits the Right Note Making Musical Accessories
The Importance of Exacting Moisture Measurement in Making Musical Instruments
Advanced Woodworking Lab Partners with Industry Leaders in Radical Approach to Teaching Wood Skills & More
Rigorous Selection, Stringent Moisture Control Are Essential for Top English Willow Cricket Bats from J.S. Wright & Sons
Guitar Maker Steve Davis – “All for the Love of Music”
Grapeview Point Boat Works Relies on Wagner to Measure Moisture
Custom Wood Harmonica Microphones Deliver a Sound That “Blows ‘Em Away”
Scott MacDonald’s Exquisitely Beautiful ‘True’ Custom Guitars
Master Woodworker Nathan Betts Transforms Wood into Custom Millwork and Stunning Works of Art
Woodworker Peter Parfitt Finds Satisfaction in Helping Others
50 Small Woodworking Projects: Easy Plans for DIY Wood Projects
Making Drums from Old Wine Barrels: PM Percussion
Anderson Design Woodcrafting Crafts from the Heart
Wood Projects: Hobby Like a Pro
5 Essentials for the Hobbyist Woodworker
Woodworking Project Decisions

Building Inspection

Why Are Wood Moisture Meters So “Green?”
Must-Have Home Inspection Tools
Why Your Carpet Smells and What You Can Do About It
Get Your Business Involved with Post-Disaster Recovery
“Premier” Home Inspection Service Lives up to Its Name
Building Inspectors Brace for Anticipated El Niño Flooding
Dan Temple Home & Building Inspector: Going Above and Beyond Customer Expectations
Home Inspection Tools: Why a Moisture Meter Is Essential
The Building Inspector’s Toolkit – What’s in Your Belt?
How a Moisture Meter Can Help Find Moisture and Mold Growth
Assessing a Home’s Moisture Damage after Natural Disasters

Mold

Why Your Carpet Smells and What You Can Do About It
How a Moisture Meter Can Help Find Moisture and Mold Growth

Tools

Dan Temple Home & Building Inspector: Going Above and Beyond Customer Expectations
Home Inspection Tools: Why a Moisture Meter Is Essential

Flooding

Get Your Business Involved with Post-Disaster Recovery
Building Inspectors Brace for Anticipated El Niño Flooding
Assessing a Home’s Moisture Damage after Natural Disasters

Going Green

Why Are Wood Moisture Meters So “Green?”