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rolpaula
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« on: August 08, 2005, 12:03:03 PM »

Hi

We laid laminate flooring in our hallway and it began to buckle. Thinking we hadnt laid it properly a few months down the line  we have just pulled it up. It wasnt the laminate flooring that had buckled it was the floorboards. They are all damp and in a certain place they have raised. Anybody have any advice for us please? Do we leave the floorboards as they are for a little while to dry out and re-lay laminate again but will we have the same problem again? Any suggestions would be very helpful,

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« Reply #1 on: December 24, 2005, 06:24:34 PM »

Hi
Sound like you have a lack of ventilation problem under your sub floor . Because the new floor with a foam under lay has sealed the air away from the top of the sub floor there is no way for the damp air under the sub floor to get rid of the dampness naturally  . Let it breath , make it breath ! ,99.9% of problems with any type of flooring overlays comes from MOISTURE!
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