In the cold winter, especially in the northern areas with indoor heating, the maintenance of indoor basketball court wooden flooring needs to adopt a special targeted strategy. After the heating system is turned on, the indoor air humidity will drop rapidly, and the air in many venues will become very dry. If no intervention is taken at this time, the moisture in the wood will be gradually released, leading to the increase of the gap between the boards, and even the problem of local slight cracking of the surface paint.
Before the heating season comes, the venue management personnel should test the moisture content of the floor comprehensively, and make a record of the gap width between the boards. After the heating is turned on, regularly detect the indoor air humidity every day. When the humidity is lower than 40%, start the professional humidification equipment for the venue appropriately. Note that the humidification should be uniform and slow, and do not increase the humidity in the venue to a very high level in a short time, which will cause adverse stimulation to the wood.
In winter, you should try to avoid using a dry and hard mop to wipe the floor for a long time. Too frequent dry wiping will accelerate the loss of moisture on the surface of the wood. You can appropriately reduce the number of daily dry sweeping, and use a slightly damp professional cleaning mop to maintain the surface humidity of the floor during the period when the indoor air is extremely dry. At the same time, pay attention to check the doors and windows of the venue, and do not let the cold dry wind outside blow directly on a certain part of the floor, which will cause the local wood to shrink too fast and crack.
After a whole winter of use, when the temperature warms up in the next spring, the gap between the boards will slowly disappear as the air humidity rises. At this time, the venue management personnel can carry out a comprehensive inspection of the floor, and carry out minor repairs on the individual fine cracks that appear on the surface paint in winter, to make full preparations for the high-frequency use in spring and summer. Scientific winter maintenance can make the wooden floor safely pass the dry season without any damage.
