Solid Hardwood, Engineered and Laminate Flooring - water damage to hardwood
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SteveP
01-22-02, 11:31 AM
Our dishwasher overflowed recently onto an area of our new hardwood floor. There are 4 or 5 boards that are cupping pretty bad. I called our installer and was told that the boards will probably go back to normal in approx. 2 months once they dry out, if not they would replace the few boards that are bad, but would have to sand and finish the entire floor again. Are both these statements correct? That seems like a long time to wait and then have to repair them anyway?
Elite Flooring/Ken Fisher
01-22-02, 01:55 PM
Steve:
I'd listen to the installer on this one as he is right on target with his coments. You could speed up the drying process with fans, but you really need to direct the air to the underside of the flooring where the majority of the moisture will remain.
That in itself would be a difficult task unless you could do without a dishwasher for a few weeks, perhaps longer. Then again the flooring may run under the entire DW area. Part of the area could be removed to facilitate some air movement and replaced with same thickness plywood.
It's hard to say from my vantage point, but perhaps an idea to ask the installer. The reason for his mention of sanding the entire floor again lies the fact that this appears to be a "site finished" floor and any kind of repairs would need to be sanded out for lack of a better term.
The replacement material would be unfinished(raw) and the thickness would be a tad more than that of the finished floor itself. Hence, the reasoning for sanding and finishing the floor again. That's about all I can provide for the moment, but do each of us a favor and print out my response and turn it over to the installer/finisher as they will have a much better idea of what I am trying to say.
Good Luck;) Stop back and fill us in on the progress
I'd listen to the installer on this one as he is right on target with his coments. You could speed up the drying process with fans, but you really need to direct the air to the underside of the flooring where the majority of the moisture will remain.
That in itself would be a difficult task unless you could do without a dishwasher for a few weeks, perhaps longer. Then again the flooring may run under the entire DW area. Part of the area could be removed to facilitate some air movement and replaced with same thickness plywood.
It's hard to say from my vantage point, but perhaps an idea to ask the installer. The reason for his mention of sanding the entire floor again lies the fact that this appears to be a "site finished" floor and any kind of repairs would need to be sanded out for lack of a better term.
The replacement material would be unfinished(raw) and the thickness would be a tad more than that of the finished floor itself. Hence, the reasoning for sanding and finishing the floor again. That's about all I can provide for the moment, but do each of us a favor and print out my response and turn it over to the installer/finisher as they will have a much better idea of what I am trying to say.
Good Luck;) Stop back and fill us in on the progress