Water under laminate

[TedTrippin]

I installed engineered wood flooring in the kitchen. Tongue n groove, not snap. Not all the way to the wall but just under the kickboards. I glued the pieces together with PVA and it sits on underlay. The laminate and underlay are not glued down.

Today, I noticed water coming through some of the joins. I recently found my dishwasher has a leak and I'm guessing water has been leaking under the laminate for some time.

I tried to get the laminate up but can't separate the pieces.

Only thing I can think of is to get a heater to try dry it out. Failing that, get the circular saw and cut a corner out.

Any advice or ideas how to separate the pieces?

 

[JohnD]

Hack it all up and fling it in the bin. A spade is useful.

Is the subfloor concrete? If chipboard, fling that in the bin as well.

 

[HERTS P&D]

As above.

Andy

 

[TedTrippin]

Subfloor is concrete.

Anyone want any moldy laminate???

 

[big-all]

check with your household insurance but may be counterproductive iff you have a large excess or less than a few hundred for materials as the insurance will go up to cover

 

[TedTrippin]

Will do.

Cheers all.

 

[dazlight]

Yeah get it up an out. The concrete will need to dry out underneath which won’t till the floor is clear.

 

[robinbanks]

And consider LVT to replace it