Water Damage - DIY Chatroom

Karebare1010 · 07-01-2008, 12:42 AM

Hello I am new to this site.....and really hoping for some assistance or advice. We have laminate flooring in ur kitchen and we placed a mat for the dog's water dish, he knocked it over.

It was at least a half hour before I noticed what had happened and though I wiped it up, it has left a noticible stain. Is there a way to repair without having to rip out the entire floor?

Bud Cline · 07-01-2008, 06:01 PM

Most laminate floors can be repaired by an experienced flooring guy but the truth is....the fix may be as bad as the damage if you don't have materials left over from the original job to do the fix with.

Laminate floors are trouble and aren't anywhere near what they are sold to be. There are much better choices in flooring.

JazMan · 07-01-2008, 07:08 PM

I agree that a professional should be able to repair something like this. That is as long as you bought and kept extra material.

Now you know why you should never place pet water dishes on wooden floors, even with a mat under it. Even if it's not overturned, the few drops of water drippings as the pet leaves can ruin laminate and real wooden floors.

I see this all the time. Years ago I installed a Hartco engineered floor in my sister-in-law's floor. Started to show signs of water drippings after a few years, and I replaced it with porcelain tiles after only 8 years. By then the floor needed to be re finished even though no one wore shoes in the house.

Jaz