Dev Emch
03-02-2006, 3:28 AM
O.K. First of all, I am not happy. On inspection of a property I am restoring for sale, I found that the heating system failed and flooded the entire lower half of the structure. Major damage! The lower floor has carpet ontop of concrete.
The only damage to the upper floor was the kitchen in which I installed a new brass, walnut and maple floor. Major Damage! The floor was installed but not yet sanded and finished out.
About 1/4 of the floor was heavily soaked and is still very wet and stained from boiler water. This is the area around the radiator failure. The rest was affected and the wood has expanded resulting in gaps. Also there is a slight cup to the 3.25 in floor boards.
So the question is what to do? Do I remove the floor including the 4 inch high tripper pops and throw it out? Do I replace the floor with tile and lick my wounds? Or should I pry up every single floor board, sticker them for month or so to dry out and then run them through my planer to level out the tops? Also note that I need to run them through on the bottom as well in case the cup is bad enough to keep the board from laying flat. Then use this stock to start afresh?
The only damage to the upper floor was the kitchen in which I installed a new brass, walnut and maple floor. Major Damage! The floor was installed but not yet sanded and finished out.
About 1/4 of the floor was heavily soaked and is still very wet and stained from boiler water. This is the area around the radiator failure. The rest was affected and the wood has expanded resulting in gaps. Also there is a slight cup to the 3.25 in floor boards.
So the question is what to do? Do I remove the floor including the 4 inch high tripper pops and throw it out? Do I replace the floor with tile and lick my wounds? Or should I pry up every single floor board, sticker them for month or so to dry out and then run them through my planer to level out the tops? Also note that I need to run them through on the bottom as well in case the cup is bad enough to keep the board from laying flat. Then use this stock to start afresh?