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OT Contractors: Flooded office...Do I need to replace the floor?
Posted on 5/13/19 at 6:36 pm
Posted on 5/13/19 at 6:36 pm
My office flooded down in Nola early Sunday morning. Vinyl tile floor with foam subfloor. It's not glued down...it's floating.
Property owner (whose flood insurance is responsible for replacement) had his contractor/maintenance guy come out and inspect everything. He put in some dehumidifiers and fans and he's saying "Let these run for a week and you'll be fine." I've talked to 2 contractor buddies who both say to rip the floor up ASAP.
Obviously, the guy doesn't want to make a claim on his insurance, and I certainly don't want the headache and disruption in business by having the floors replaced, but I also don't want to have issues down the road.
I have a meeting with the property owner tomorrow morning, and my gut feeling is to tell him that the floor absolutely needs to be replaced. What says the OT?
TIA
Property owner (whose flood insurance is responsible for replacement) had his contractor/maintenance guy come out and inspect everything. He put in some dehumidifiers and fans and he's saying "Let these run for a week and you'll be fine." I've talked to 2 contractor buddies who both say to rip the floor up ASAP.
Obviously, the guy doesn't want to make a claim on his insurance, and I certainly don't want the headache and disruption in business by having the floors replaced, but I also don't want to have issues down the road.
I have a meeting with the property owner tomorrow morning, and my gut feeling is to tell him that the floor absolutely needs to be replaced. What says the OT?
TIA
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Posted on 5/13/19 at 6:37 pm to Seersucker
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I've talked to 2 contractor buddies who both say to rip the floor up ASAP.
This. That contractor is a jackass. The owner is trying to get out of paying for repairs or pocketing the insurance money
This post was edited on 5/13/19 at 6:38 pm
Posted on 5/13/19 at 6:37 pm to Seersucker
Floors need to be replaced
Posted on 5/13/19 at 6:39 pm to Seersucker
Unless you want to be breathing mold for the rest of the time you work there, you need to replace the floor.
Posted on 5/13/19 at 6:43 pm to Seersucker
quote:
Obviously, the guy doesn't want to make a claim on his insurance
I bet he does regardless of that floor getting replaced. He wants to pocket that claim.
Posted on 5/13/19 at 6:44 pm to Seersucker
Ask Matt Morris
Posted on 5/13/19 at 7:06 pm to Seersucker
The vinyl will dry but not sure about the foam underlayment. But they need to move all the furniture out and put the fans under the floor and the fans will actually cause the floor to float.
Again, not sure about the foam underlayment though.
Again, not sure about the foam underlayment though.
Posted on 5/13/19 at 7:15 pm to Seersucker
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it's floating
Literally
Posted on 5/13/19 at 7:17 pm to Seersucker
Should have got an estimate or 2 in writing for him
Posted on 5/13/19 at 7:59 pm to Seersucker
The vinyl is going to act as a vapor barrier and prevent the underpayment from drying. It needs to come up
Posted on 5/13/19 at 7:59 pm to rowbear1922
quote:
Ask Matt Morris
That was an interesting thread
Posted on 5/13/19 at 8:02 pm to Seersucker
Mold has been around for all of human history. You’ll be fine.
Maybe you’ll have a little more after the floor is dried out. Maybe not.
Not your building. I wouldn’t worry unless they can’t dry the floor.
Maybe you’ll have a little more after the floor is dried out. Maybe not.
Not your building. I wouldn’t worry unless they can’t dry the floor.
Posted on 5/13/19 at 8:16 pm to Seersucker
Our office flooded in December. Company came out and said if the floors were glued down we could have saved them. They were a floating floor just like yours. Had to come up and replace.
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