Wood Floor Wet
The sooner you can attend to your wet floors the better.
Wood floor wet. Towels mops and clean rags can immediately soak up small puddles and spills. By the time you notice a change in your wood floor the water has already hurt the floor. Scrub woodwork with a brush and detergent before floors.
Dry visible water immediately after floors get wet. Remove all floor coverings. The area underneath your wood floor won t dry while the wood is still wet.
M ajor storms like sandy can cause extensive water damage to hardwood floors but panicked homeowners should not rush to replace what appears to be beyond repair. Dirt and debris will hold the water on the floor and in the pores of the wood. One of the first signs that water has damaged your floor is cupping of individual planks or crowning of several planks creating a hump in the floor.
You won t be able to dry water that has seeped into and. The damaging effect of water on wood builds over time. Clean the entire wood.
Clean a second time with a wood floor cleaner to be sure all. Suction up the water and dry the floor as you did before. Wet hardwood floor when to remove or dry out a general rule of thumb is if the floor has been wet for 1 5 days or less an injectidry floor drying system can save the wet floor and completely dry it out about 90 of the time with little to no damage when completely dry in 3 5 days.
Even if you believe your wood floors are so well finished that water cannot penetrate to the raw wood think again. Drying advice to minimize damage remove water soaked objects from the floor. Dishwasher or washing machine a fire with water used to extinguish the fire water spills accidents pet accidents a high water table in the ground that then forces water into your sub floor from the ground.