Wet Subfloor Under Vinyl

Water damaged vinyl flooring problems are more common over concrete than with vinyl floors installed over wood substrates.

Wet subfloor under vinyl.

To do this measure and cut the plywood to fit your room. Sheet vinyl flooring provides a durable surface for high traffic areas in your home. Remove a few boards to let the others expand and dry the subfloor. You can also use a wet dry vacuum for this.

Drying subfloor after flood damage can seem like a daunting task. If you remove a few floorboards one every 5 10 feet 1 5 3 0 m should be fine will allow your floorboards to expand without buckling or cracking. When you install your vinyl on a wood subfloor the top plywood should be a minimum of 1 4 thick. This will also help the subfloor to dry faster.

For most subfloors you will need to add an extra layer of wood. Installations in wet rooms should also include measures to ensure that the seams and perimeter of the floor are well sealed to prevent moisture getting under the luxury vinyl onto subfloor below. That s when sub floor surgery becomes your only option. Vinyl flooring can either be glued to the subfloor or it can float on top of it and either way moisture underneath it causes problems.

For this reason installations over concrete should always include moisture testing and moisture control measures for the slab. When moisture becomes trapped in a subfloor it can cause tiles to bubble and warp. However equipped with a dehumidifier and some fans it is easier than you think. Keep this process going until moisture is gone.

Overflowing toilets bathtubs and sinks in bathrooms can cause water to seep underneath tiles and saturate the subfloor. Moisture weakens glue bonds and causes the edges to lift. Major damage major damage happens when water is allowed to sit on a sub floor for a long period of time. How to prepare a subfloor for vinyl flooring.

Arrange the plywood on the first layer of wood. When wood floorboards get wet they swell. Glue down floors again i personally feel subfloors over 13 moisture content will have to much movement for the underlayment and the flooring to accommodate and the chance of subfloor show through is very high. Very few vinyl manufacturers will give you a number for wood subfloor moisture.

Before you install sheet vinyl the subfloor must be in good. The key is to isolate the area to use the dehumidifier followed by circulating air using the fans. Over wood the problem is usually a water leak flooding or the underlayment was too wet when installed. Water damage problems may not be as common with sheet vinyl flooring as some other flooring products but they do happen.