Wood laminate floors--Friend or Foe

7/30/2020 (Permalink)

Water damaged wood laminate flooring

Let's play through a scenario, you purchase a home that has wood laminate flooring. On one hand the wood laminate looks great because it gives the appearance of hard wood floors. On the other hand, you could potentially run into an issue where if you have a water damage in your home and have wood laminate flooring down, a lot of that flooring may need to come up due to the fact that water cannot be extracted through the wood laminate. The wood laminate and the padding underneath would need to be removed and then you are left with a portion of your home that has the always fashionable concrete slab flooring. In no way am I saying that wood laminate flooring is something you shouldn't consider having in your home, I am just mentioning that if a water damage occurs in a home with wood laminate flooring the process is much more defined as to how our team would be able to assist with your water damage compared to carpet flooring. If you run into an issue where you see water coming up from between the pieces of wood laminate flooring in your home, do not hesitate to call SERVPRO of Columbia and Suwannee Counties and we will be more then happy to assist you in getting your home back to the point where it looks "Like it never even happened."