Timber floor got wet

[glock40sw]

G'day All.
Larry, Great Advise.

I tend to look at things from a "save the timber" side of things.
But I can see your "fix the floor" side as well.

I was also thinking that if it had only happened the day before the water was cleaned up, the Substrate may not have gotten wet. And the wetting was localised to the T&G only.

Also, I was assuming the glue would have been trowelled, and would give somewhat of a moisture barrier to the Y/T.

I would like to be kept informed as to how this problem pans out.

[OBBob]

Thanks Trevor ... I'm actually not realy sure if the yellow tongue is wet or not.

The way I see it (and I've already proven my lack of experience here ) ...

- It wasn't a huge amount of water but it did have a chance to pool there so that is the problem I guess
- Karri has a pretty low moisture content, so it would aborb water easily (maybe?)
- The Timber had been down long enough to maybe just have gapped very slightly between these few boards allowing the water in more easily (there was another spot that got wet but sustained no damage)
- Because it is secret nailed the boards have a cross section with a long top lip on the grooved side and I suspect this is suseptable to warping / swelling more easily when it gets wet.

If you look at my picture you can see that it appears just that long top lip has swelled or warped on each board ... otherwise they are still flat. I don't believe it will go back but I have a theory that water has just gotten to the uncoated side of the long lip and warped or swollen it. Time will tell I guess.

I only have myself to blame but I am really disapointed at how quickly and easily this happened because on two previous houses with top nailed pine T&G (non-platform) floors I had a couple of much more significant floods ... and sustained no damage! This floor is only months old.