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House Flooding Flooring Question
Posted on 4/29/24 at 7:54 am
Posted on 4/29/24 at 7:54 am
Long story short, woke up to a video from my mother in Shreveport that water was coming in through the front door last night. Water has stopped coming through the door but is still coming up through the seams of the ceramic tile. I told her to get a cleaning company out there to dry it up. Basically my question is: is there any chance the flooring can be saved or is it 100% going to need to be an insurance claim?
This post was edited on 4/29/24 at 8:25 am
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Posted on 4/29/24 at 7:59 am to LSBoosie
rip it out and get all new not worth trying to salvage any of it
Posted on 4/29/24 at 8:01 am to LSBoosie
LVT is unlikely to be damaged by the water IMO but water trapped under the tiles will be the problem. If water is stuck under the floor then IMO there's not really any alternative to pulling up the floor, drying everything, then laying a new floor. The existing tiles could be put back down if it's tongue and groove tiles
Posted on 4/29/24 at 8:01 am to LSBoosie
A higher quality LVT flooring will not warp, like saw dust laminate will. The main concern is the moisture barrier underneath the LVT, with enough shop vacuuming, you can get it. Worst case is you peel up the floor, let it dry, throw it back down.
Posted on 4/29/24 at 8:02 am to LSBoosie
What kind of flooring?
There is a chance it’s good if it’s glue down, or maybe vinyl plank. If it’s floating laminate it’s probably trashed. My flooring flooded in16 and I tried to get it up and couldn’t, Servpro rented all the machines, and it would have taken hundreds of hours to chip this stuff up. So I just dried it out with ac, air movers, and a rented humidifier, did mold test and it was fine, collected the insurance payout.
There is a chance it’s good if it’s glue down, or maybe vinyl plank. If it’s floating laminate it’s probably trashed. My flooring flooded in16 and I tried to get it up and couldn’t, Servpro rented all the machines, and it would have taken hundreds of hours to chip this stuff up. So I just dried it out with ac, air movers, and a rented humidifier, did mold test and it was fine, collected the insurance payout.
This post was edited on 4/29/24 at 8:05 am
Posted on 4/29/24 at 8:05 am to LSBoosie
Putnam Restoration- call ASAP to get on their list first. They're some of the best in town.
Posted on 4/29/24 at 8:11 am to LSBoosie
If it is snaplock LVT it is probably fine as long as it is on a slab and you get a company to dry out the house quick. That's why people in LA love LVT
What sort of padding is under it? The built in padding?
What sort of padding is under it? The built in padding?
Posted on 4/29/24 at 8:13 am to Rust Cohle
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There is a chance it’s good if it’s glue down,
Depending on how much water and how long it sets flooring glue can lose adhesion.
Posted on 4/29/24 at 8:23 am to LSUGUMBO
Thanks. She just put a call in.
Posted on 4/29/24 at 8:26 am to stout
During 2016 flood we learned to remove it while it was still wet before it started to dry out. Glue is much softer then.
Posted on 4/29/24 at 10:03 am to stout
I did have 2 or 3, 1 square-foot spots that sounded hollow, and lost adhesion. I bought a kit on Amazon, drilled a hole and pumped it full of glue put some weight on it for a day and it’s was good.
Posted on 4/29/24 at 10:06 am to LSBoosie
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going to need to be an insurance claim?
Is it rising water, or just rain water blown through the door opening?
Rising water is flood/NFIP not homeowners. If she doesn’t have flood insurance it won’t get covered.
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Posted on 4/29/24 at 11:26 am to BigBinBR
She thinks it is just water that came through the door opening. There was a ton of rain last night and water has puddled there before but never gotten in the house. The first company said that she needs to get a plumber out there to do a slab assessment because they think it might be a busted pipe. She is calling another company to get a second assessment.
Posted on 4/29/24 at 4:24 pm to LSBoosie
It’s not a huge deal to pop up the quarter round, and pull up the flooring until you don’t see anymore water. I flip houses for a living and actually had something similar happen at my personal house. Had one of my guys come over, pull everything up and we put some blowers on it. Will need new underlayment and possibly padding depending on what kind.
The most costly part of materials will be the flooring if that has to be replaced. If it is salvageable make sure whoever is pulling it up is careful not to break the grooves and isn’t dumb and gets all the pieces mixed up which will take more labor time when putting it all back together.
With all that said, depending on what could be kept and how much the deductible is and if it’s a covered loss, it could be easier and cheaper to just handle outside of insurance.
The most costly part of materials will be the flooring if that has to be replaced. If it is salvageable make sure whoever is pulling it up is careful not to break the grooves and isn’t dumb and gets all the pieces mixed up which will take more labor time when putting it all back together.
With all that said, depending on what could be kept and how much the deductible is and if it’s a covered loss, it could be easier and cheaper to just handle outside of insurance.
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