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Wood Products Technical Services

Decorative Hardwoods

Decorative hardwoods including solid wood flooring, engineered wood flooring, plywood, and more require specific testing procures to prove their quality. Our lab is equipped to run most test methods from the ANSI/HPVA Engineered Flooring and ANSI/HPVA HP 2016 standards.

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  • ANSI/HPVA EF 2020
    • 4.2 Bond Line / Three Cycle Soak Test
    • 4.3 Determination of Moisture Content
    • 4.4 Flooring Characteristics Evaluation
      • Width Tolerance
      • Overwood
      • Crook
      • End Alignment or Squareness
      • Flatness
      • Uniformity of Thickness
      • Product Coverage Area
  • ANSI/HPVA HP 2016
    • 4.2 Bond Line Tests
      • 4.3 Dry Shear Tests
      • 4.4 Cyclic-Boil Shear Test
      • 4.5 Two-Cycle Boil Test
      • 4.6 Three-Cycle Soak Test
    • 4.7 Moisture Content Test