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Default Flooded laminate flooring -- any hope of rescue?

On Jun 8, 3:59*pm, "Percival P. Cassidy" wrote:
A window well filled up in yesterday's torrential rain, flooding our
basement. The carpet -- which we were thinking of replacing anyway -- is
not so difficult to get reasonably dry with a carpet cleaning machine.
But the room with the flooded window well has cheap laminate flooring
over thin plastic-faced felt underlayment. The surface or the boards is
dry and the adjacent carpeted area is reasonably dry, but there is a
squelchy sound when we walk on the laminate floor, and the edges and
ends of some boards are curling up. Any hope of saving this floor?

Perce


Is it a locking floating floor maybe removing a few end strips, run a
fan and dehumidifier now. Its well known to use a wet-damp rated floor
in basements, and kitchens.