I think water got under my hard wood floors from ac..they are turned up some..will the straighten out?

Answer 1

Uunfortunately, they will not lay back down on their own. First, be certain you have resolved the matter with your a/c to make sure you do not have a repeat perfromance. If your condensate drain was clogged, merely "blowing it out" with compressed air is not truly effective. You have to kill and clean out the algae that forms on the inside of the drain. I like to use coil cleaner or Liquid Plumber to attack the organisms. Pour the material in to the drain next to the air handler with a funnel, and use a Shop Vac duct-taped to the outside line to draw the material out of the line. Don't forget to rinse well with clean water with the Shop Vac still running.

Be certain that the floor is absolutely dry to prevent mold from growing. Provided all is dry, and free of mold, there is a fix, but it will take some doing.

Vinyl installers sometimes use a horse syringe to inject contact cement under bubbles in their vinyl to get it to lay down. First, get one of these syringes and contact cement from a flooring supplier. Next, drill small holes (1/8") through the raised flooring to the concrete below. Now draw in the contact cement into the syringe, and inject the material under the delaminated flooring until you are certain that enough adhesive is sitting under the wood. Lay a square (24"x24") of 3/4" plywood over the affected area. Cover the plywood with two 16"x8"x8" concrete blocks.
Make sure it is nice and flat, and let it sit for three days.

Use a matching painter's putty to fill the holes, as well as seperations in the wood flooring. To finish, carefully sand the dried putty, and rub a matching Minwax stain over the affected area.

Answer 2

no they will not....u will have to replace them if turned up badly....if only just a 1/8" u might be able to sand down and restain! make sure u replace the felt paper under the wood if u replace.......

lic. gen. contractor