Engineered wood floor water damage

2 years ago

We bought a house last year and all of the toilets had leaked. We've replaced two with tile. The third is engineered hardwood. There is enough wood to repair the hollow areas. Visually there is no water damage to the floors (just the hollow sound).

We plan to remove the toilet to see what the damage looks like (if there's viable mold). If not, is it okay to replace the toilet and not tear out the hollow flooring OR do we assume since it's come unglued that it would need to be replaced?

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Patricia Colwell Consulting
2 years ago
Sorry not sure how the glue is gone but no water damage , once you remove the toilet you can get a better idea of the damge underneath. The hollow sound would make me crazy so IMO fix it properly
kandrewspa
2 years ago
You might have damage to the subfloor as well. When we remodeled our master bath a couple years ago we had to replace some sections of subfloor. I don't think the previous owners of our house realized there was a problem. That's why a thorough demo is necessary. Water can travel from the site of the leak and damage a wider area than you might expect.
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Joseph Corlett, LLC
2 years ago
Try this before demolition please.
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Brian Gannon
2 years ago
How do you know they are glued? Pull toilet to investigate. If it leaked you would see it between boards as water soaks a board.

Joseph suprisingly that stuff works well as we tried it on a stubborn board in middle of a bedroom and worked wonders.