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This question was buried at end of my previous post about using decking indoors. The laminate flooring (like Pergo, but different mfg). was under about an inch of water, max, for a few hours, max. We mopped it up, turned up the heat and opened the doors. It seems to be drying all right, some ridges at the joints but not horribly pronounced and seem to be going down. Will the foam underlayment eventually dry out (we’re VERY low humidity up here). It’s on top of chipboard or ply (can’t remember which), but either one should wick any moisture and dry out, right? Or is it gar-awn-teed to need pulling up?
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A few years ago even the best laminate flooring would be mulch in this situation. This may still be true of the cheaper brands. These products have gotten better at resisting moisture. The resin seems to saturate the particle board base more completely in the newer stuff.
This really does not help you much. Short of obvious signs of increasing damage such as smells of corruption under your flooring and assuming you can afford to do a tear down with little notice your best bet may be to let it ride. I wouldn't expect that the ridges will go away but they might not get much worse. If the look isn't a problem you may just be good to go.