If your house has flooded there will likely be mud and silt trapped in the crevices and corners of your floor.
Remove water basement floor tiles after leak.
If not caught very quickly there will be no chance of repairing the hardwood floor.
If the standing water comes from the floor then you know the water cut through the entire piece of wood.
If the vinyl is glued you have two options.
Take up peeling flooring to allow the surface of the subfloor to dry out.
However it damages the grout between the tiles loosens tile adhesive and saturates the subfloor.
Standing water does not damage ceramic floor tiles.
The wood soaks up the water and expands causing the tile floor to buckle or tiles to become loose.
Another reason water seeping through the floors is such a serious issue is if you have a two story home or live in a multi level apartment complex.
If you have water coming up from the basement floor there can be all kinds of reasons it s happening and lots of solutions too.
It may not feel lucky to enter your basement and find a patch of water on the floor but it s better than having a subtle slow leak that degrades over time.
Scrub woodwork with a brush and detergent before floors are dry.
You can scrape it off with a floor scraper or you can cover it with plastic.
Before the floors totally dry take a non abrasive but stiff brush plenty of water and a non sudsing detergent and thoroughly clean your floors.