Back to the sequence of events. Try as I might to accelerate things, there seems to be a time tested way to proceed. First you prime and then you bring in the flooring. Why you might ask? Is it so you don't get paint on the floor? Well no, it seems that paint is wet. That may seem obvious, but what it really means is that as it dries it lets out a lot of moisture. That's the same with the spackel drying. With wood flooring, you want the house to be at the same moisture level as it will be when you're living there and when it reaches that point, you can bring in the wood flooring and let it 'acclimate' for at least a week. Some people even suggest measuring the moisture content in the floors before you install them. You got that? Consistent humidity and acclimate or the floors will swell and create small hills that you trip over or shrink creating gaps wide enough to swallow a dog. So, what did we do? We had a propane heater in the basement pratically spewing as much moisture as heat, delivered the floors, waited the week and off we went.
Here is a picture of the flooring once it's been laid down, but before it's been finished.
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