Insurance denying claim for ripped floor
All, I posted an earlier thread about how my vinyl floor ripped this winter, and heard from many of you on your similar experiences. I didn't want to file a claim with my insurance, so I started r...
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dieselenthusiast wrote:
I'm a little confused. Are you saying that your linoleum floor cracked due to extreme cold freezing temperatures? Or did you have a pipe freeze causing water to get under the linoleum which then caused the linoleum to crack?
Cracked from prolonged extreme cold temps, can happen to pretty much any material when exposed to extreme temps.. Pretty common with folks that live in places that have these conditions when storing their RV.
In a nutshell the vinyl flooring shrinks in size as it gets cold and combine that with the natural tendency of wood to hold a certain moisture content that freezes and expands the dimensions of said wood you get a point where the vinyl rips..
