Countertop got wet then warped
Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 5:52 am
I've been in my first mobile home for about a year now.
In the bathroom, the water always ends up splashing or pooling up on the counter-top (mostly cause the sink is so small, and we're messy with the water I guess).
Anyway, the laminate (I believe that's what it is called) counter-top now has this big warped up bubble area ( about 5x5 inches )... and of course more water runs under the raised spot when we use the sink.
It -seems- like if I could find a syringe with a curved long tube that I could shoot some wood glue under the bubbled up spot and then squash it back down flat (lay something heavy on it).. It's driving me nuts, looks like a huge bubble on pizza crust on my counter.
Does anyone sell some kind of kit to get under hard to reach bubbles ? To get the glue all the way into it I mean, not just at the dge of where it's raised. Also, do you think I should just rip it off the counter top (the laminate stuff) and put a new counter top in ?
I already know I need to recaulk the tiny area between the sink and mirror, that's where the caulk was old and missing and first let the water under the laminate. Shows it's my fault for not using -prevention- repairs to avoid worse damage down the road. I didn't realize how fast water messed up mobile home walls, laminate, etc.
Ok, I'm babbling and it's 7 am - I have yet to sleep.
Thanks in advance for any replies or help.
Oh, is there also a mobile home repair or owners bible out there that most of you trust ? I'm sooo new to all of this. Thank you!
- Teresa
In the bathroom, the water always ends up splashing or pooling up on the counter-top (mostly cause the sink is so small, and we're messy with the water I guess).
Anyway, the laminate (I believe that's what it is called) counter-top now has this big warped up bubble area ( about 5x5 inches )... and of course more water runs under the raised spot when we use the sink.
It -seems- like if I could find a syringe with a curved long tube that I could shoot some wood glue under the bubbled up spot and then squash it back down flat (lay something heavy on it).. It's driving me nuts, looks like a huge bubble on pizza crust on my counter.
Does anyone sell some kind of kit to get under hard to reach bubbles ? To get the glue all the way into it I mean, not just at the dge of where it's raised. Also, do you think I should just rip it off the counter top (the laminate stuff) and put a new counter top in ?
I already know I need to recaulk the tiny area between the sink and mirror, that's where the caulk was old and missing and first let the water under the laminate. Shows it's my fault for not using -prevention- repairs to avoid worse damage down the road. I didn't realize how fast water messed up mobile home walls, laminate, etc.
Ok, I'm babbling and it's 7 am - I have yet to sleep.
Thanks in advance for any replies or help.
Oh, is there also a mobile home repair or owners bible out there that most of you trust ? I'm sooo new to all of this. Thank you!
- Teresa