Condensation Under Laminate Flooring Concrete

If the water is not pervasive you may be able to extract it with a wet dry vacuum.

Condensation under laminate flooring concrete. Mysteriously enough even if you do not have bare concrete floors and you have carpet tile vinyl or wood flooring moisture and condensation can still cause sweating slab syndrome with temperature fluctuations. But others will buckle just like hardwood would. On a humid night the water vapor of a warm day comes in contact with the cooler ground and condenses on your floors into morning dew. There was however sweating on top the underlayment that rested on the concrete floor but under the underlayment was not wet but had very cold concrete much colder than other areas of the floor.

The hoa had a water leak company come out today to test all my plumbing and water sources but no leak was found. When the water reaches under laminate flooring the water must be removed immediately. Functional remedies to counter sweating floors. Well it means you definitely have a problem.

If a small amount of water has leaked toward the edges of the flooring pull up any quarter round shoe molding or baseboards around the perimeter. Moisture and vapor barriers are installed both beneath and above concrete to stop moisture problems. And keep an eye on the condensation on laminate floor. Moisture under the flooring laid over concrete floor slab can ruin the adhesive that holds the top flooring in place.

Condensation is a serious concern for concrete floors when they are covered by additional flooring material such as laminate planks. Laminate subfloor moisture testing often overlooked yet most critical when installing laminate flooring. If the concrete patch that was sealed is completely dry and the rest of the floor is wet it is an indication of a sweating floor caused by humid air outside but if the patch is wet and the rest of the floor dry it is an indication of a moisture problem. So just keep an eye on it.

That floor most likely has to come up and the situation remediate to eliminate the cause of moisture there. Some laminate floors you know stand up very well to moisture. Failure to skip laminate subfloor moisture testing often results in laminate floor failures. I ve seen laminate floors that can be submerged and they don t seem to be affected by it.

Concrete slab and wood subfloor both have moisture limits. Likely that the floor itself will go too unless it has a waterproof base and didn t get water. While your floors did put in a good hard day of work the sweating floors are actually the result of a temperature change.