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Discuss wet floor boards in the Tiling Forum at TilersForums; hi, Im going to lay new ply a d the ply i lifted was water damaged, the floor boards are not as bad can these be dryed out? Cheers Paul...
          
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    hi,

    Im going to lay new ply a d the ply i lifted was water damaged, the floor boards are not as bad can these be dryed out?

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    best to replace in case of dry rot later

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    are the boards chipboard and what caused the wetting
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    Ideally no, they should be replaced.
    At the end of the day it will be down to you to say if they are suitable or to badly damaged. Its hard to say without seeing them.
    Is this on a job or on your home?

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    sorted Dylante

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    Those floorboards will shrink like hell when they dry, I wouldn't fix anything to 'em dude.
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    I would change them, save any problems later on
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    as above change them
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    As above, to avoid future probs

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