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Originally Posted by villagetinker
Item 1, I would have the drywall removed to make sure the wall completely dries out and you do not get mold. After several days I would then close the wall up.
Item 2, I believe this depends a lot on the type of flooring. We have LVP this is 100% waterproof; in which case I would not do anything except dry the surface. Some LVP type floors may have an engineered wood core that I would be very concerned about as these can absorb water and swell. If you happen to have some scrap pieces of the flooring, take a piece and soak it in water and see what happens. Also, many manufacturers have instruction on how to remove sections of flooring without having to remove the whole floor and then replace the damaged sections. You would need to have or get suitable matching flooring.
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Originally Posted by villager7591
1. 'Some' water got in a window, collected on the sill. Some water ran down the inside edge of caulk. some water ran down behind the caulk. [U]DO WE NEED TO HAVE DRYWALL CUT OUT AND SPLICED ? We know we need to have outside re-caulked.
2. 'Some" water got underneath some of our LVP. We assume we need to contact floor company to take up LVP, dry it, possible replace membrane, put LVP back down. ANYTHING ELSE ?
We appreciate responses. Hope everyone came out as good or better than we did.
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VillageTinker is usually pretty good at this stuff, I would only add 2 points.
Without having a clue how much water we're talking about, it's hard to assess whether or not you have to take any remedial steps. Personally? Unless the water was pouring in, I'd wait and see if any problems develop ... but that's just me.
As for the issue in the wall, you may not have to cut out dry wall. I'd pick up a Moisture Meter from Amazon for $25 and check the moisture level in a day or two. If you think it's too high, cut a couple of 2" holes and dry it out with a hair dryer.
(I have no clue what level of moisture you need for mold, so you might want to check that. FL is way more sensitive to that stuff, than we are up North.)