If you are buying new Tounge & Grooved floor boarding do get in in the house
for a few weeks to dry out/aclimatise first, if possible of course.

A good tip I heard regarding laying. Look at the end grain of the board. The
grain will be either a 'cup' or a 'cap' or depending how you hold it a ( or
a ) This is the way it was cut from the tree. When laying the boards put a
'cup' shape next to a 'cap' shape so that the end view of the boards give a
~~~~~~~ type of sequence. This helps when the wood finally dries out and
starts to rise at the ends of a 'cup' and droop at the ends of a 'cap'.

What a long description. A picture is worth a 1000 words.


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