Water under vinyl flooring- help?

[DracoKat]

Long shot, but I figured maybe someone was in the same situtaion as me.

I flooded my kitchen floor- it has a year old vinyl flooring. It's not peel and stick flooring, it interlocks. I am in a condo, so going under the kitchen to drain is not possible

Well, now I have water under the floorboards, I hear it and see water seeping through the seals when I step on the area. It isn't the first time I've flooded the kitchen, but I never realized how bad the water was until today. (my floor boards separated in some areas because of the last flood). I don't want further damage.

Any advice on how to dry this out? There is no way I can take up the flooring without making a huge project out of it. Right now I have my doors and windows open to vent out the room.

 

[ReeferNoob77]

you could try a dehumidifier.

 

[DracoKat]

that's a good idea. I don't have one but I'll see if they're cheap enough. got to go to Home Depot anyway

 

[jimk60]

Is it a concrete floor? Try to get as much water as you can with a wet vac. Use fans to blow at flooring. Air conditioning will also dehumidify.

 

[Jason mack]

Put a couple of fans on it too too help dry it out

 

[AlexG]

I just went through a flood due to a water line back in October and unfortunately your best course of action is to remove the floor get lots of fans and dehumidifiers running for at least a week. Trapped moisture can lead to mold. Since mold can be a health risk and mold mitigation is expensive I would recommend removing the floor to remove the moisture properly. I only had my floors in for less than 2 months before our flood and they needed to replace the entire first floor once they ripped out about 1/2 of it due to the flood. My house was ripped apart for 5 weeks with about a week of drying before the repairs were completed.

 

[DracoKat]

thank you for the posts, everyone! I appreciate it! I turned out all fans I had and opened doors and windows