 It is just as important for a wood floe smooth and sound as a solid one, so examine it carefully before laying an of floorcovering. Remove any old tac unwanted nails and hammer down a Floor nails that are standing proud o boards.
If the Floor is uneven, then you h; options. The first is to lay sheets of masonite, rough-side up, over the v Floor (lay board smooth-side up onh floorcovering is recommended for I, that way). This sea Floor mustls any gaps and c between floorboards and improves evenness overall. It also has the ad' ling to the floor's soundproofing y. A disadvantage is that it makes it lit to get under the Floor at any future Fyou need access to pipework ing.
If a Floor shows Signs of dampness, it is important to deal with it. A minor case of rising damp might be cured by coating the Floor with a special latex waterproofing compound, but a Floor that is really damp will have to be dug up and replaced with a new concrete base, damp-proof membrane, and screed. If the damp is simply the result of moisture condensing on a cold surface, this usually clears up when the Floor covering is laid.See Also Protect The Floor:Lay down ipaper to protect the floor. To protect the wall, use a piece of cardboard or a length of thin wood and hold it to shield the while you brush. If the Wall has been dry for some time, then :an use masking tape - but remember to peel away the tape re the gloss paint hardens or the paint may tear. Work the h following the direction of the baseboards, making horizontal tes and working your way in one direction around the room. i you come to painting close to the floor, make sure that your h does not pick up dirt from below the baseboard by moving :ardboard or wood along the Floor as a shield as you paint.
There's a dark wooden Floor in this kitchen that is easy to keep clean. The boards have been varnished to protect them from the inevitable kitchen spills and this makes them hard wearing, too. To add some pattern, a rug has been laid under the Table and chairs, positioned well away from the worktops to avoid crumbs or mess landing on it.
On The Other Hand See Sea- Floor Spreading:At first sight sea- Floor spreadingfloor spreading appears to be an idea of science fiction, and some earth scientists received it as such. In the last two years, however, enough data have become available to convince most geophysicists that the hypothesis of sea- Floor spreadingfloor spreading is essen¬tially correct, although there is disagreement on the details. Even though the hypothesis had been postulated on geological grounds, it was dramatically verified by recent geophysical studies concerning the earth's magnetic field.
Vine and Matthews used the reversals of the earth's magnetic field to test the hypothesis of sea- Floor spreadingfloor spreading in an ingenious way. Precise measurements of the magnetic field in the oceans showed that large areas of the seabed are magnetized in long, narrow strips of alternately high and low magnetization, and the suggestion was made that this is due to sea- Floor spreadingfloor spreading during reversals of the magnetic field. Molten rock rising on the axis of an ocean ridge would cool and become magnetized by the earth's field. Spreading would carry these magnetized rocks laterally away from the ridge on both sides.
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