Hardwood floor is bowed in middle

[Grendel]

In the middle of a small hallway near the utility room the middle 6 planks or so have bowed up. So the floor has a big hill in the middle. This happened over a 2 week period of time after the washer water line got a hole a shot out water. Anyway it's a tongue and groove floor so you can pull out the planks. They were help down by paste or something and not nails since it's concrete underneath. So what should I do? I've heard try to shave one of the planks to make it fit together. IT this something I should try? Or is this best left to a total floot replacement even though we're only talking about a 2' by 10' area at6 the most that has come up at least a little. The area near the utility room is worst.

[Joseph Meehan]

How long has it been since the washer hose did its thing?

If it has not been long, I would try putting a heavy weight on thos boards and hope for the best.

[m Ransley]

I will take weeks to dry, you should wait, or plain an end board. Or run a dehumidifier in the hall, if you can warm it with spot lights it will raise floor temperature, at low humidity, higher temp drying can be rapid .

[default]

Run a dehumidifier in there for a week or so, and see if the planking drops down again as it dries out. Drop some weights on it.

[Grendel]