I'm going to have a couple of boxes spare of my maple solid hardwood 3/4" now my installation is complete. Wondering where to store it? Really i have two choices. 1.\ somewhere inside the house where it'll get in the way, but it'll share the same climate as the installed floor. 2.\ Up in the attic, where it gets hot and humid. I live in SW Florida, which is a very hot and humid climate during the summer months. Obviously the attic would be my preferred choice, however the temps and moisture levels will differ massively from the installed floor. Would the wood be able to re-acclimate itself back to normal size, say after two weeks of bringing it out of the attic into the house, should i ever need to conduct a repair. Or would the high attic temp change the characteristics beyond the point that it could ever be used again.

I'm debating between putting laminate and hardwood flooring in a rental unit that I may sell. I'll replace old carpet on 2nd floor and stairs. And I'm debating what underflooring to use if I go with the laminate. Questions: 1. How much of an improvement is 1/2" cork vs 1/4" on stairs and on 2nd floor? 2. Is it true that cork is not durable enough for floating laminate intallations? 3. What's the best acoustic laminate underflooring: felt, cork, something else? 4. Should I put a moisture barrier in 2nd floor bedrooms, corridor, stairs? There's no natural high moisture source. 5. Is there a layer (other than moisture barrier) recommended to use with cork under laminate to reduce cork wear? 6. What can I do to make 12mm laminate sound and feel as much like solid wood as possible? 7. Am I being dumb to consider laminate is better than solid wood in my situation? 8. How do I measure the thickness of the current underflooring? I can see exposed beams (or maybe they are joists?) about 12"x4" supporting 2nd floor from below, and what looks like particle board under carpet. I'm not sure how to determine the thickness or other layers of underflooring without ripping a part of the floor apart, which I haven't tried doing yet. So, 12mm laminate with 1/4" cork. I heard a horror story about one HOA requiring at least 1" cork on 2nd floor and forcing an owner to rip out and redo the floors. How often does that happen? There's no limitations I know of on underflooring in CC&Rs of my 1982 HOA, and other people installed hardwood floors, I don't know what underlayment they used. I want to make it as quiet as possible regardless, for the comfort of the neighbors, renters and so that it sounds more like real wood if I decide to sell it. Laminate can withstand a few years of renter abuse and still look decent, and hardwood will look worn and lose resale value very quickly. Also, hardwood is 2+x more expensive, harder to install, and much harder to rip out and replace when I want to sell. I can see myself replacing the laminate with real wood before sale 5-10 years from now, but not really replacing the wood, that seems like too much work. Thank you!