BuckeyeScott
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The water line to our refrigerator was leaking at the connection to the refrigerator. We're not sure for how long. Maybe a couple of months. A drop or two of water every minute I would guess. The flooring in the kitchen is ceramic so that's OK. Here's the issue...
The water worked its way along the grout to the wall between the kitchen and the foyer. We noticed 2 stains in the drop ceiling in our finished basement. The bottom of the subfloor was wet in spots. So after turning off the water of course, I took out several tiles and dried the subfloor from the basement for about a week. And we got the connection to the refrigerator fixed. This all happened about 2-3 weeks ago.
At the time that we noticed the leak the molding in the foyer was pushed out slightly from the wall. This has since receded. But now the biggie. Our hardwood floor in the foyer has begun to buckle, only slightly, along the wall adjacent to the kitchen/refrigerator. A buckle of maybe 1/16 to an 1/8 of an inch at most.
So obviously some moisture got trapped. Will this eventually dry? Will the floor get worse? Stay the same? Get better? Do we need to worry about mold?
We just spent big money finishing the basement last year and have ZERO money to spend now ripping up a hardwood floor. I'm not kidding. It's not like we don't want to spend the money, we don't have the money.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
The water worked its way along the grout to the wall between the kitchen and the foyer. We noticed 2 stains in the drop ceiling in our finished basement. The bottom of the subfloor was wet in spots. So after turning off the water of course, I took out several tiles and dried the subfloor from the basement for about a week. And we got the connection to the refrigerator fixed. This all happened about 2-3 weeks ago.
At the time that we noticed the leak the molding in the foyer was pushed out slightly from the wall. This has since receded. But now the biggie. Our hardwood floor in the foyer has begun to buckle, only slightly, along the wall adjacent to the kitchen/refrigerator. A buckle of maybe 1/16 to an 1/8 of an inch at most.
So obviously some moisture got trapped. Will this eventually dry? Will the floor get worse? Stay the same? Get better? Do we need to worry about mold?
We just spent big money finishing the basement last year and have ZERO money to spend now ripping up a hardwood floor. I'm not kidding. It's not like we don't want to spend the money, we don't have the money.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.