Toilet Overflow On Hardwood Floor

Mop the water and waste immediately off the floor once the toilet has stopped overflowing.

Toilet overflow on hardwood floor.

How do i clean up my hardwood floors after a toilet overflows. Turn off the water pronto. Dear home ec 101 so twice this has happened lately thanks to little girls who don t always flush when they re supposed to. Toilet overflowed in the bathroom with hardwood floors.

I have all the towels to mop up the water and um mess from the toilet overflow itself then i have to wash the towels floor and toilet and then i feel the need to run a bleach cycle in the washing machine just in case. Plus put a space heater in the bathroom over night to make sure all was dry. Wood can get wet or moist in a number of ways a flood from outside from the rain leaky pipes or frozen pipes ice damming a toilet overflow a leaky roof a hurricane or storm an appliance breaks or leaks e g. Ring the mop out into an empty bucket.

There can be water under engineered wood floor as well as water under wood laminate flooring. Dishwasher or washing machine a fire with water used to extinguish the fire water spills accidents pet accidents a high water table in the ground that then forces. The difference between cleaning up toilet water on your typical bathroom flooring e g. Regardless of the type of wood flooring if water or moisture has been sighted the method above can be used to remove the moisture and return the floor to a dry state.

How to fix wood that got wet from a leaking toilet. If your toilet bowl is overflowing then your first step should always be to turn off the water supply to your toilet. Vinyl or tile and cleaning up hardwood is the hardwood is porous. Water on the floor around your toilet is never a welcome sight and it means extra trouble if it s been there for a while.

And i also feel like after mopping the floor. No water damage as we were able to mop up all the water immediately. Also there is no backup i e reverse flow in a toilet overflow the water from the tank has nowhere to go when the toilet drain is clogged so we get an overflow not a backup. Therefore the overflow portion of the exclusion does not apply to a toilet overflow since a toilet is not sump or related equipment.

If the toilet is clogged but not spilling water onto your bathroom floor try dislodging the clog with a plunger. If after several minutes of plunging the water in the toilet does not go down or flush use a closet auger. Water leaks can happen under various types of flooring. This question appeared as a comment on how to clean up after a toilet overflows.