hello,
I am new here but have a terrible problem with a laminate floor we laid about 18 months ago. We laid the floor on top of a well kept, still stuck, vinyl floor. Then the underlayment and then the laminate floor. this is in the kitchen
Now here is my problem- in front of the sink, cooking area the laminate seems to be "buckling" or raising up at the seams. There is not any excessive wetness in this area. There has never been a water leak in this area.
what started as a small area of one or two places seems to be "growing" there are areas now that are like this over about 1/2 to 1/2 of the floor.

does anyone have any ideas of the cause of this?

what about repairing it??? if there are no water leaks---if i replace that part of the floor will it just do it again???

any and all help is greatly appreciated--thanks in advance

labman

Perhaps not much help here. I have a conventional hardwood floor. It expands and contracts with the humidity. We have A/C, but the humidity is still enough higher in the summer the floor swells. Our problem is more cracks in the winter. I don't have any ideas what to do, just suggesting a cause. You might check with wherever you bought the material.

re-modler

thanks for the info---we have hardwood in the rest of the house but the kitchen didnt get the hardwood just the laminate. I havent got any idea what to do for it......
appreciate your assist.

axelworks

Did you leave a 1/4" gap around the entire perimeter when you installed the floor - allowing for that expansion?

Clough

Just for a "heads up" to those that continue to post answers on this thread, the original poster last logged onto this site almost three years ago, so I would hope that others will take that into consideration when posting answers. Although further information concerning correcting problems with laminate flooring is welcome and potentially helpful, this thread now is really old and it's most likely that the problems that the original poster was having have now been solved.

Thanks!