Lanthon1950

lanthon1950

13 years ago

Help! Have a glued down new hardwood floor and am seeing this happen under a piece of furniture where nothing is spilled

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lanthon1950
Original Author

13 years ago

If anyone else is having this problem we finally resolved this issue and this is the result: since it was still under warranty the installer removed the hardwood boards and even though the glue under was a vapor lock expensive glue, the spread of the glue was not spread thick enough under the boards and there was a trowl gap pattern under the boards where the moisture surfaced in the gaps. The installer resurfaced the cement pad with a thicker layer of vapor lock glue and relaid new hardwood. Since it was an installation error he has given me a lifetime warranty should this occur in another space which it hasn't. End result is that you can't even spot the patching and we are totally pleased to have this resolved!

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PRO
Ironwood Builders
13 years ago
What is your sub-floor? That looks like moisture. Urine stains pretty quickly too...do you have a cat? Hoping you are not glued down to concrete.
lanthon1950
Original Author
13 years ago
Actually we are glued down to the concrete with a moisture barrier glue AFTER the floor was moisture tested. So what's next? Wait till its spread enough to be noticeable and worth tearing up? It's under a recliner and gets no spilling or pet urine.
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lanthon1950
Original Author
13 years ago
The floor is only 5 months old.
PRO
Ironwood Builders
13 years ago
I was afraid of that. Five months ago...November. Big a weather this past winter with lots of water? Don't know where you are in the world. It looks like moisture has developed where none was previously seen or found. Whether that is just this writer or some enters or all winters....remains to be seen. No cheap and easy here. You know and I know that over time, with moisture present, rot and pests will eventually enter the floor....and the house. Sorry...need to figure out where the water is coming from.
PRO
Ironwood Builders
13 years ago
Winter...winters....autocorrect that! Can't one finger type and still watch the spelling!
PRO
R J Hoppe Inc
13 years ago
Another possibility. This stain looks like the age old reaction between moisture, glue and iron. The old cabinet makers used to make there own stains from similar mixtures. When we clamp two pieces of wood together that are joined with white or yellow glue, we use a piece of paper or wax paper as a barrier to prevent the iron clamp from making contact with the wood and glue. Its a chemical reaction.
Susan H
13 years ago
Just throwing this out there: It's not oil from the recliner mechanisms, is it?
PRO
Barnhart Gallery
13 years ago
The stain on the left does not appear to be leaching from a seam, so I hope that's good news, and that maybe it's something surface? I get that it was sealed under -- how is it sealed above? I had trouble with ice cubes on the wooden kitchen floor that would fall out of the icemaker when we weren't in the room -- hopefully it's something easily solveable, like Susan is thinking...
lanthon1950
Original Author
13 years ago
Thanks for all the possibilities. Since we took care to not glue without the utmost care regarding moisture, my husband thinks it may be a glue reaction as well. I'm sure it's not moisture from the top but we will watch it in case it is from the bottom. We are in NE Florida so who knows?!