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Engineered Hardwood and Water Spills Harry Muscle 10-15-2008
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Posted by Harry Muscle on October 15, 2008, 12:17 pm
Does anyone have any info or comments about how resistant engineered
hardwood is to water spills? I know it's very resistant to chaning
shape due to moisture (ie: humidity), however, I'm talking about
spilling a cup of water and not being able to clean it up for a few
hours (as an example). Will it swell up like laminate floors do and
never return to it's original shape? Or will it behave like real
hardwood and basically do nothing? Btw, my example assumes the water
landed somewhere where it can get in between the pieces of wood and
down to the bottom section of the engineered wood.

If you have info or personal experiences I'd love to hear them.

Thanks,
Harry

Posted by HeyBub on October 15, 2008, 12:20 pm
Harry Muscle wrote:
> Does anyone have any info or comments about how resistant engineered
> hardwood is to water spills? I know it's very resistant to chaning
> shape due to moisture (ie: humidity), however, I'm talking about
> spilling a cup of water and not being able to clean it up for a few
> hours (as an example). Will it swell up like laminate floors do and
> never return to it's original shape? Or will it behave like real
> hardwood and basically do nothing? Btw, my example assumes the water
> landed somewhere where it can get in between the pieces of wood and
> down to the bottom section of the engineered wood.
>
> If you have info or personal experiences I'd love to hear them.
>

I took a sliver of cheap laminate and immersed it in a glass of water for a
month. Measured it with a micrometer. No change compared to the original.

You might try the same experiment with some left-over scraps...



Posted by RickH on October 15, 2008, 1:16 pm
> Does anyone have any info or comments about how resistant engineered
> hardwood is to water spills? =A0I know it's very resistant to chaning
> shape due to moisture (ie: humidity), however, I'm talking about
> spilling a cup of water and not being able to clean it up for a few
> hours (as an example). =A0Will it swell up like laminate floors do and
> never return to it's original shape? =A0Or will it behave like real
> hardwood and basically do nothing? =A0Btw, my example assumes the water
> landed somewhere where it can get in between the pieces of wood and
> down to the bottom section of the engineered wood.
>
> If you have info or personal experiences I'd love to hear them.
>
> Thanks,
> Harry

From my experience laminates with a pressed board substrate will swell
if you dont get the liquid up within an hour or so, It absorbes down
at the seems. Laminates with a plywood substrate maybe work better,
but I have some pressed board stuff in a utility room and it swelled
when I had a water heater start trickling. When it dried it went back
to normal.




Posted by Art on October 18, 2008, 11:00 pm
Depends on the manufacturer. Mannington makes the seams highly water
resistant. We had it installed in my elderly parents' bathrooms 5 years ago
and I can tell you that there was all kinds of standing water for all kinds
of reasons and NO swelling whatsoever.


> Does anyone have any info or comments about how resistant engineered
> hardwood is to water spills? I know it's very resistant to chaning
> shape due to moisture (ie: humidity), however, I'm talking about
> spilling a cup of water and not being able to clean it up for a few
> hours (as an example). Will it swell up like laminate floors do and
> never return to it's original shape? Or will it behave like real
> hardwood and basically do nothing? Btw, my example assumes the water
> landed somewhere where it can get in between the pieces of wood and
> down to the bottom section of the engineered wood.
>
> If you have info or personal experiences I'd love to hear them.
>
> Thanks,
> Harry

From my experience laminates with a pressed board substrate will swell
if you dont get the liquid up within an hour or so, It absorbes down
at the seems. Laminates with a plywood substrate maybe work better,
but I have some pressed board stuff in a utility room and it swelled
when I had a water heater start trickling. When it dried it went back
to normal.





Posted by hallerb@aol.com on October 15, 2008, 1:17 pm
> Does anyone have any info or comments about how resistant engineered
> hardwood is to water spills? =EF=BF=BDI know it's very resistant to chani=
ng
> shape due to moisture (ie: humidity), however, I'm talking about
> spilling a cup of water and not being able to clean it up for a few
> hours (as an example). =EF=BF=BDWill it swell up like laminate floors do =
and
> never return to it's original shape? =EF=BF=BDOr will it behave like real
> hardwood and basically do nothing? =EF=BF=BDBtw, my example assumes the w=
ater
> landed somewhere where it can get in between the pieces of wood and
> down to the bottom section of the engineered wood.
>
> If you have info or personal experiences I'd love to hear them.
>
> Thanks,
> Harry

I believe just one company approves its laminate for water resistance
between boards. frankly I dont like the sound of laminate we decided
to refinish our existing near 60 year old floors, probabhly next
summer.

where we live during refinishing is issue my wife has asthma and we
have dogs

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