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Anybody keeping their flooded wood floor, or tile?
Posted on 8/25/16 at 3:43 pm
Posted on 8/25/16 at 3:43 pm
I have enginered wood floors, glued down on a concrete slab, and they look great after the flood. I've had fans, and dehumidifiers in the house for a week. Some people have told me that there could be water trapped under the wood, which is possible, but they also said the same about the tile.
I think the concrete will wick any moister from underneath. I guess I could use a moisture meter, or pull a small area up to see. I do have a little extra material to replace it.
I think the concrete will wick any moister from underneath. I guess I could use a moisture meter, or pull a small area up to see. I do have a little extra material to replace it.
This post was edited on 8/25/16 at 3:47 pm
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Posted on 8/25/16 at 3:44 pm to Rust Cohle
Ceramic tile, yes. Wood floors, no.
Posted on 8/25/16 at 3:47 pm to Rust Cohle
Posted on 8/25/16 at 3:51 pm to Rust Cohle
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I think the concrete will wick any moister from underneath.
No.
Posted on 8/25/16 at 3:51 pm to Rust Cohle
I'm guessing you didn't have insurance?
No way I would leave a wood floor down.
A ceramic tile floor? I guess that would depend on how long the water was on there, the condition of the water (i.e. was it mainly rain water backing up from an outside drain? or was it from a river? or was it sewerage?), and how good of a job the installation of said tile was.
No way I would leave a wood floor down.
A ceramic tile floor? I guess that would depend on how long the water was on there, the condition of the water (i.e. was it mainly rain water backing up from an outside drain? or was it from a river? or was it sewerage?), and how good of a job the installation of said tile was.
Posted on 8/25/16 at 3:53 pm to Rust Cohle
Wet and porous? Gone. That wood floor is toast.
Wet and nonporous? Probably gone. The tile, thinset/mastic, grout, etc. might all be non-porous, but the installation almost certainly wasn't good enough to be watertight all the way around. If the water stood on it and there's any way it could get under the tile, it's under the tile.
Wet and nonporous? Probably gone. The tile, thinset/mastic, grout, etc. might all be non-porous, but the installation almost certainly wasn't good enough to be watertight all the way around. If the water stood on it and there's any way it could get under the tile, it's under the tile.
This post was edited on 8/25/16 at 3:55 pm
Posted on 8/25/16 at 4:22 pm to Rust Cohle
clean tile properly and it will be fine
remove all wood floors not exception
remove all wood floors not exception
Posted on 8/25/16 at 4:23 pm to Rust Cohle
Rip that shite out. No point in taking a chance on wooden floors
This post was edited on 8/25/16 at 4:24 pm
Posted on 8/25/16 at 4:24 pm to 756
Please please please take my advice and take them out.
You are setting yourself up for a huge disaster leaving them in
You are setting yourself up for a huge disaster leaving them in
Posted on 8/25/16 at 4:31 pm to Rust Cohle
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wood floors, glued down on a concrete slab
Good luck pulling these up
Posted on 8/25/16 at 4:31 pm to Fat and Happy
Tile should be fine after cleaning as long as it's still adhered to the concrete slab. My granfmother's house has a tile patio with with no roof over it that's been fine for 50+ years.
Posted on 8/25/16 at 4:37 pm to weadjust
That's tile though. He said wood floor. The wood is porous and it will cause issues before long leaving them in.
They will probably begin to buckle and in spots will come disconnected due to the water.
Flooring is not supposed to sit with tons of water covering it
They will probably begin to buckle and in spots will come disconnected due to the water.
Flooring is not supposed to sit with tons of water covering it
Posted on 8/25/16 at 4:39 pm to ellishughtiger
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Good luck pulling these up
If water got under them, should weaken the adhesive. Get one piece up and then use a long flooring tool and they should all pop up. Pulled up four rooms of wood floor like this last weekend.
Posted on 8/25/16 at 4:40 pm to Rust Cohle
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Some people have told me that there could be water trapped under the wood, which is possible, but they also said the same about the tile.
There is.
Posted on 8/25/16 at 4:50 pm to Fat and Happy
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He said wood floor.
He said wood floor, or tile?
Posted on 8/25/16 at 5:08 pm to Rust Cohle
My sis and BIL had their engineered wood floors get wet and they left them. Look fine to this day. However they didn't have an all out flood. A hard rain pushed water level with slab and water found it's way "under" the flooring. They ran some fans and the ac hard for few days and went about their business.
I'm not sure what the big catastrophe is if you leave them in and later you find out they need to be removed.
I'm not sure what the big catastrophe is if you leave them in and later you find out they need to be removed.
Posted on 8/25/16 at 5:24 pm to Rust Cohle
You can keep tile on a slab. Get rid of wood.
Posted on 8/25/16 at 5:44 pm to Chuker
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I'm not sure what the big catastrophe is if you leave them in and later you find out they need to be removed.
Mold setting up shop and discovering you have to do a remediation after you've rebuilt everything else.
This post was edited on 8/25/16 at 5:51 pm
Posted on 8/25/16 at 5:53 pm to Chuker
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I'm not sure what the big catastrophe is if you leave them in and later you find out they need to be removed.
Yea I could wait to see if they warp. I would save (or make)nearly 20k. I'm not doing anything for 4 weeks or so. The risk is killer mold! Either way I would like to get a legit mold specialist out.
This post was edited on 8/25/16 at 5:55 pm
Posted on 8/25/16 at 5:57 pm to Rust Cohle
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Either way I would like to get a legit mold specialist out.
This is not a terrible idea. If you're hellbent on rolling the dice and leaving porous floors in, you at least want to load the dice in your favor as much as you can.
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