Dishwasher leak, solid oak floor - what to do?

FrankGrimes

Just got a call from my sister saying her dishwasher leaked (at the connection to the mains due to poor connection) and the water has gone right under her wooden floor across much of her kitchen.

It's a solid oak floor floated on a concrete floor and when she stands on the affected boards water seeps up between the cracks.

I'll be able to replace the connection to ensure it's watertight, but the immediate focus is on dealing with the leaked water. Should she rent a dehumidifier or just put on the heating and add in portable heaters to help dry it out? Or are these no-nos and is there something else that would work better to prevent warping? Thanks.

ART6

1. Buy otters and open a theme park:rolleyes:
2. Dehumidifiers, definately. Heaters will only make the warping worse.
3. Hire a wet vac and vacuum up as much water as you can

FrankGrimes

Thanks, she's 50-50 on number 1 but will defo give the others a go!

secman

If boards are sealed underneath, you could be lucky, and dehumidfyer might work.


Secman

Xcellor

FrankGrimes wrote: »

...and the water has gone right under her wooden floor across much of her kitchen.

It's a solid oak floor floated on a concrete floor and when she stands on the affected boards water seeps up between the cracks.

The glue used in most cases for sticking wood together doesn't like water much, I'd be concerned that even if the water doesn't warp the wood the glue might come unstuck.

It's a bad idea to put natural wood floors anywhere near an area where water spillage can occur. Kitchens are definetely areas that should be avoided.

Laminate is OK however.

Hope dehumidifier / heater does the trick. Let us know how it goes.

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Avns1s

You might want to take a few pics and contact your insurers.