New Bamboo Floor Creaks

A new floor won t necessarily make an old squeak problem go away.

New bamboo floor creaks. Creaks coming from wood floors happen for a number of reasons from loose nails to separation from the subfloor. Listen for creaks and look for movement. As you walk over the floor the boards rub against each other or slide over nail shafts to make a racket of squeaks and creaks that you ll swear are mice beneath the floor boards. Over time the portions of the floor that have been sucked down will try to go back to a flat and level position.

A laminate floor in a friend s house seems to be possessed overnight gaps appear in the floor where one piece butts up against another. If there are voids the boards can flex into them and make creaking sounds as they rub together. With some effort you can slide them back tight again. If your subfloor material or the joists holding it up are warped bowed or weak then a new wood floor won t always fix it.

When nailed down the sub flooring will be sucked down unevenly. If you have a laminate floor that creaks when walked on something somewhere isn t right or has gone wrong. Typically a squeaky floor is caused by your flooring wood trying out and shrinking. This can also happen when going from carpet to wood flooring.

There are no squeaks just an occasional pop creak that does not repeat after walked on. If you re reading this it s likely you have a laminate floor that s creaky and are looking for ways to stop it for minimal cost. New floor installation being prepared reinforced above with deck 2 1 2 screws and below nailed 2 6 supports between joists every 16 or so. Is there anything else that can be done to quiet the floor.

When you glue a hardwood floor to concrete the subfloor must be completely level. Have a helper slowly walk around on the bamboo floor while you are below. Loose sub flooring can also produced high pitched chirps. When you hear a creak knock on the wood from below to alert your helper to a.

If the tops of the floor joist are not flat and level then the sheets of plywood or sub flooring will not be fully supported evenly.