Hardwood Floor Swelling Water

Buckling occurs when the wood flooring actually pulls up from the subfloor lifting several inches in one or more places.

Hardwood floor swelling water.

This flooded basement had water damage over a large area. This swelling wood floor is also known as a cupping floor. Warping and lifting of a water damaged engineered hardwood floor. You will see gaps or cracks between floorboards.

Assessing the wood floor swelling before any action can be taken on the damage visible on your hardwood floors you need to see how badly the hardwood floors were affected from the water infiltration or moisture. A floor that has water introduced to it from the top may cup as the water goes between the boards and enters the wood from the bottom. The first step is to determine where the moisture or water is coming from. If spilled water sits atop the flooring for too long or if moisture seeps into the wood from the subfloor it can eventually lead to a buckled.

This was a glued down laminate fl. Minor water damage leaves you with hardwood floor boards that may be discolored and possibly swollen or cracked. If the floorboards are at 15 humidity and the room is at a 3 humidity very dry the wood will shrink. As wood takes on moisture it naturally expands.

So if you have a flood or water damage or even just a spill on your hardwood flooring you ll want to remove the water and dry your floors as quickly as possible. A parquet floor that is laid properly in a humid climate will have small spaces between the floorboards allowing them to swell. Fortunately this is not a common occurrence. Floor buckling is the most extreme reaction to moisture in a hardwood floor.

When water sits on top of hardwood floors it can permanently ruin the hardwood as the wood will absorb the water through its pores causing warping and discoloration. To repair this kind of damage we would begin by sanding back the affected area starting with coarse sandpaper before moving back to a finer grit. This is likely to be the case when a wood floor has finish on it. If found scrub the floor with a mixture of six tablespoons of washing soda and one gallon of water.

The level of airborne and sub floor moisture relates to the time of year the sub floor and or hardwood flooring was installed. Moisture is the downfall of many hardwood floors.