I have a bit of a problem and if anyone can help with a bit of advice I'll be extremely thankful. I'm a guarantor for someone in a house with an engineered wood floor in the whole of the downstairs expect for the kitchen. It's one fairly large long room and a small hallway near the front door. 1/4 to 1/3 of the large room is the kitchen. Not sure how many square meteres but maybe 30-45. The tenant left the back doors open and presumably rain from outside has warped the floor slats so they've risen up in the middle like a wave. In the last week with the heat and the door being closed it's gone down a lot but the landlord wants it fixed or replaced. He says the flooring slats came from B&Q about 5 years ago. I've measured them and they're roughly 18-20mm deep and 124mm wide. I can't see any engineered floor slats that size online so don't think I'll be able to replace just the damaged section which is probably 3 or 4 square meters. Ah the raised warped section has come down quite a lot is it possible that I could put some kind of adhesive under it and fix it? If not, it's looking like to buy new engingeered wood slats would cost £30 p/m2 which could be a grand or more before the labour of laying them down. Thanks very much for any advice! Graham
How long has the floor been down for ? how long was the door open for ( not sure this is the reason at the moment) pictures are you sure its engineered and not solid
Definitely sounds like a solid wood, and if it’s absorbed as much moisture as you say it’s a full rip up, new prep and replace. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Was it glued to the ground? If not and it's a solid wood floor and it's been floated then you can tell the landlord that the floor was never installed correctly in the first place, and had it been installed correctly (not to B&Q instructions) then the floor may well be still on the ground and not tenting in the air. Additionally if it is solid and B&Q say it should or can be floated the landlord should take this up with B&Q. Also, whilst the root cause has yet to be established it isn't anyone's fault. You need to establish exactly where the moisture came from and how. Some pictures of the floor showing as much detail as possible would be helpful i.e. under the boards as well as the top, the doorway the from inside and from outside showing any air bricks that may have been flooded etc...
Thank you very much, it is solid wood as you've all suggested and seems to be 123mm wide and 18mm thick. I think it's B&Q Colours Rondo Wheat solid oak. Have taken a bunch of pics but they're all too large to upload so will try to shrink them down.
