On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 08:56:00 GMT, Lobster
wrote:

|!camjay wrote:
|! A pipe managed to dribble water out from under my kitchen sink for a
|! period of several days before I noticed it. Water has leaked under the
|! vinyl sheet floor and and made wet the floor underneath, so much so
|! that water has started to soak up the skirting boards on all four
|! sides of the room. The floor appears to be hardboard glued to 18mm
|! chipboard. Although the it still appears solid because of all the
|! hardboard and glue on top, I would like to replace the lot. My
|! insurance company are due to visit on monday, and I am worried that
|! they will tell me the floor will be fine once it has been allowed to
|! dry out. Would you accept this or do you think it is reasonable to
|! insist the floor is replaced?
|!
|!
|!Has the chipboard swollen up like weetabix - if so it's not reversible
|!and the floor is likely to be uneven and weakened, and there would
|!probably be justification for replacing it. Otherwise not, I'd say.

Just replaced some of my chipboard kitchen floor which was just like that.
I could not tell until the hardboard was removed, then it was clear that it
had to go. Now getting rid of all chipboard in my kitchen which may get
wet, under washing machine, sinks etc.
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