Water trapped under mat
Hello,
We live in louisiana. We had a mat down for a computer chair to wheel around on without messing up the floor boards (so much for that! Lol). Water got trapped under the mat somehow, I guess humidity. The picture shows what we found under the mat. The rest of the pictures is from the following morning.
The floor boards are getting replaced. I just want to say that. The question is "how critical is it that we do it now?" The other option is to wait closer to when we intend to sell, about a year from now.
The main concern in our minds is mold. We dont know how to access if this area is molded, if it can be solved with a cleaner, or if this is just a rip it out situation. Ive been told that we cant locally replace only this section (cant get the same floorboards).
What do we think?
Edit: I figured people might ask. The floorboards are pretty solid still, not soft or spongy. They are warped a bit.