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Help please: water cleanup on hardwood floors

phishphood

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So...I've had a small slow leak I suppose for a while. Not sure how long it has been going on. But I have some cleanup that needs to be done. Floor joints look pretty bad. Not sure if there's anything that can be done, but any hints tips tricks etc would help. Right now I've just gone over it w/ a damp cloth and a dry one to try to get the salt off.

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Yikes.... Give this a shot, but I've tried a few of these steps in the past w/no success :(

http://www.ehow.com/how_4968149_remove-water-stains-hardwood-floors.html
 
I've tried all those and more with no luck either :( It's no small task IME
 
The way I'm seeing it, it's not true hardwood floors with each plank nailed down. Seems to be 6' or so boards with planks topping them. Sort of like pergo. The planks are all about 1' long.
 
Pergo would NOT be nailed. I'm with Jon though that plank in the middle looks strangely odd, in that it's a tiny piece, almost like they started from both sides and work their way in and ended up with a "whoops" moment.

I don't see any nails in the photo though, either way, you could always cut out the bad pieces, replace them, if they're top nailed do that as well, if not cut half the groove off one piece and simply use construction adhesive to hold them down as you'll not get a nail into them after the fact. However that really should be a worst case scenario as you'd have to either get REALLY lucky and have pre-finished wood that matches it, or refinish the floors.
 
What I was saying is that it's not true hardwood floors that are nailed down. I know what pergo is...had to do a whole house full of it before.
So it's prefab planks. I really don't think that I can replace the loors though. That's the shame. Unless I tear some up from inside a closet. Thanks for the ideas guys, but for now I think I'm just screwed and hope the landlord doesn't stop by for an inside check for a while.
 
Not true, my hardwood floor is nailed down from the top, and sometimes hardwood floor is nailed just at an angle inside the tongue part such that when the grooved part goes over it you don't see nails.

Nailed Pergo in? Unless I'm mistaken its a floating floor in that you don't need to do much of anything to it to install it.

You might be able to bleach that out... but without testing an area I'd be hesitant to do that. Either way the damage is done, its not like that's dirt in the seams, you might be able to scrape some of it away, but that leaves a whole other level of damage to deal with.
 
Sorry, only experience I"ve had with real hardwood was taking it out, and each plank was nailed.
Pergo was installed floating, don't worry.

I figure I'll run down the list that Trey posted.
 
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