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how to prevent warping of laminated floor?

my drained clogged up and water over-flowed from using the dish washer. cleaned up the water as fast as i could. repaired the clogged drain. 2 days later my pergo laminated flooring was warping. the kitchen area has to be replaced. do i need a sealer glue when putting the next floor down? will this eliminate warping if there is another over flow of water? will this sealant prevent this from happening again or do install a different type of flooring?

kyle sandefur, December 2007

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My pets per on my floors on occasion and my new laminate flooring is warping in the spot that got wet.
How do I repair it and how do I protect the floor from
Future wet events. I realize that I must clean it up before there's any damage but sometimes this happens over night. What products do you recommend?

Rosemary Osnato, November 2013

hi u do get special bathroom and kitchen flooring i would recomend fitting that the next time. laminate flooring soaks water up like a sponge, once water has been spilled the floor is almost certain damaged.

james, February 2008

Just remembering from the instructions on the last lamiate floor I layed, but:
a) you need an adequate expansion gap under the sills all the way around (but if you get the panels really wet my guess is that all bets are off)
b) you need to use glue between the panels if there is any chance of the floor getting wet - I would say in a kitchen you would definitely need to - this should save you from surface splashing, but if you leak a load of water down and underneath the floor the wet is going to get in anyway
c) you also need to ensure you have dampproof underneath the floor to prevent damp coming up from underneath.

I would say that it was a bit risky putting normal laminate in a kitchen anyway - you can vinyl flooring which is a pretty convincing substitute, at least to my poor eyesight.
Apparently now you can get a fully waterproof laminate floor, which I would recommend if you are determined to use it in the kitchen - probably a bit more expensive though.

Doylie, December 2007