Thread: Timber floor got wet

Thanks Trevor ... I'm actually not realy sure if the yellow tongue is wet or not.

The way I see it (and I've already proven my lack of experience here ) ...

- It wasn't a huge amount of water but it did have a chance to pool there so that is the problem I guess
- Karri has a pretty low moisture content, so it would aborb water easily (maybe?)
- The Timber had been down long enough to maybe just have gapped very slightly between these few boards allowing the water in more easily (there was another spot that got wet but sustained no damage)
- Because it is secret nailed the boards have a cross section with a long top lip on the grooved side and I suspect this is suseptable to warping / swelling more easily when it gets wet.

If you look at my picture you can see that it appears just that long top lip has swelled or warped on each board ... otherwise they are still flat. I don't believe it will go back but I have a theory that water has just gotten to the uncoated side of the long lip and warped or swollen it. Time will tell I guess.

I only have myself to blame but I am really disapointed at how quickly and easily this happened because on two previous houses with top nailed pine T&G (non-platform) floors I had a couple of much more significant floods ... and sustained no damage! This floor is only months old.