Laminated wood consists of veneer that is glued to a wooden surface usually plywood or oriented strand board that gives the wood a finished appearance.
Bubbles in wood laminate.
Create expansion joints and use a dehumidifier in the room to reduce moisture content causing the bubbles and swelling.
Although veneer is usually durable placing warm or damp objects on the veneer can cause the glue bond to fail.
The wood materials in the laminate flooring expand and contract with moisture.
You may need to replace the subfloor and the water damaged planks to maintain a uniform look.
We ve recently been getting a lot of questions about floor bubbling.
When the glue bond fails bubbles can form on the surface of the wood veneer.
The questions range from what causes it to how to fix it.
Moisture and laminate flooring.
How to remove air bubbles on laminated wood.