WPC Floors – Damage Due To Soaking

WPC Floors –  Damage due to soaking

If moisture from the last rainfall or puddles from watering plants cannot dry properly, the wood fibres in the WPC expand. With hollow chamber floorboards, there is also a risk of water gathering in the chambers. This can result in detachment from the anchors, deformation of the floorboards or unpleasant smells.

How to avoid this:

In particular, hollow chamber WPC floorboards should never be laid without a slope of one or two percent (depending on the manufacturer), leading away from the house. "Water can quickly build up in hollow chambers laid without a slope, causing waterlogging damage. You can also avoid the WPC floorboards becoming soaked by strictly observing the spacing between the ends of the floorboards and adjacent objects (building walls, stone walls and similar items). It serves as rear ventilation," says the expert. Additional drainage holes drilled into the WPC with conventional wood tools can also help. Here too, BHWPC has some advice: "In such cases, ask the manufacturer of your WPC floorboards. Or even better: Have the floorboards laid by a specialist who knows all of the manufacturer's recommendations and what to do in exceptions."