We have a mess here =(. Got home to find our water heater broke. The waterheater is in between 2 rooms, one our office with engineered wood cherry floorsthey click together and have a pad underneath, and brand new carpeting in the otherroom that smells already is is soaked near the doorway.This is what we've done so far. Pulled the wood floors out. Most look WET, some are just kindawet.. were going to pull the padding out and replace it with new padding but is there anything we can do to save the wood, blowdry, fan??? Something help please.Carpet?
You can try the fan thing, but I have Pergo floors in my house (like what you're describing) and every time I spill liquid on them, they buckle up. That stuff is made from pressed wood, and when it gets wet, it swells up and you've got a mess on your hands. I can't imagine that you'll be able to save it, but, as expensive as that stuff is.. I guess anything is worth a try at this point!
The vinyl floor is probable glued right down to a million/4 inch underlayment (luan). you may pull all of it up and positioned down new underlayment in a pair of hours. Or, while you're no longer frightened related to the peak of the hot floor, you may positioned the hot underlayment on appropriate of the vinyl floor. i've got been a chippie for 18 years and formerly that I laid floor for 2 years. i've got in no way considered all people glue any sort of floor to an previous vinyl floor. i do no longer think of it may be a competent thought. in case you do prefer to offer it a attempt, it incredibly is advisable to bypass over the vinyl with a disc sander to help the glue bond extra effectual.
Basically you're screwed, a little water is not a problem, a flood like that is a catastrophe, the floor will never be the same. The problem is getting the under-layment to dry, basically you can't so the moisture works from the bottom up. If you own the home your insurance will pay to replace it. You do have insurance don't you?
