Remove Water Basement Floor Tiles After Leak

It may not feel lucky to enter your basement and find a patch of water on the floor but it s better than having a subtle slow leak that degrades over time.

Remove water basement floor tiles after leak.

If the vinyl is glued you have two options. Do you have to remove tile after a flood water has ripped it s way your home. The wood soaks up the water and expands causing the tile floor to buckle or tiles to become loose. If not caught very quickly there will be no chance of repairing the hardwood floor.

To be clear we are not talking about your waterline breaking and flooding out your house we are talking about a hurricane too much water from upstream if you live on a river or some other natural disaster running contaminated water through your house. If the standing water comes from the floor then you know the water cut through the entire piece of wood. Take up peeling flooring to allow the surface of the subfloor to dry out. You can scrape it off with a floor scraper or you can cover it with plastic.

Before the floors totally dry take a non abrasive but stiff brush plenty of water and a non sudsing detergent and thoroughly clean your floors. Another reason water seeping through the floors is such a serious issue is if you have a two story home or live in a multi level apartment complex. Standing water does not damage ceramic floor tiles. If you have water coming up from the basement floor there can be all kinds of reasons it s happening and lots of solutions too.

Scrub woodwork with a brush and detergent before floors are dry.