Hi all,Here is the situation.My washing machine drain pipe must have disconnected sometime during my washing cycle. The washing machine sits on stone in a closet, which has baseboards on all sides except the doorway which has a little gap before the floating lock-together type floorboards begin. The gap is covered by a metal strip.The water which was drained out from my washing machine must have been kept in the closet by the baseboards but ended up falling under my floorboards through the doorway gap.As I stepped on the floorboards immediately past the gap, water would seep out of the tiny cracks connecting each end of the floorboard (none seeped out from the sides of each board).The water traveled the opposite direction into my bedroom, so while there was less water seeping out of the floorboards next to the gap, there was more and more seeping out of the bedroom floorboards.There was also water coming out of the floorboards adjacent to the bedroom floorboards (other side of wall), at the entrance, which lead to another stone surface separated by a gap and metal strip.This wasn't an ungodly amount of water, it wasn't a flood, but concerning. The water travelled roughly 4 meters from end-to-end (area under floorboards in front of machine to the furthest in my bedroom). The area under the floorboards is very thin, only fitting a thin foam layer between the engineered floating hardwood and the concrete below.There is warping on the floorboards at the entrance which allow me to lift them and look underneath.I see a thin foamy layer on top of the concrete.I can touch the foam and lift it up to look about 1 meter or 1.5 meters down, near where the worst seepage was, and it all looks BONE dry.I can't see everywhere obviously but this area had water coming out 24 hours ago.Is it possible that there is somehow good ventilation under there that lead to the water drying?Is there a gap between this closet and my bedroom (seperated by wall of closet and bedroom) where there is no flooring and water could be trapped?Or perhaps there was very little water and pretty much all of it was able to seep out due to the foam?I am going to borrow a moisture meter and test my floors.Is it possible that I am OK?Everyone I call wants to come over and rip out all my floorboards, charge me thousands to dry the place and make me have to replace all my floorboards again. via /r/DIY http://bit.ly/2LnLkfd
