Laminate Floor Snaps When Walking On It

Laminate flooring is wonderful stuff and many people love it not only for its appearance but its durability and ease of maintenance as well.

Laminate floor snaps when walking on it.

Squeaks are annoying in any floor and when the floor covering is hardwood or carpet you have several options for eliminating them while keeping the. Our floors are concrete and we had the hallway already fitted with a much cheaper laminate which we removed this never made any noise when walked on. Your weight stresses the interlocking tongues and grooves in the flooring causing. Sometimes thenoise would subside but after two weeks passed with the air conditioning running the noise returned.

Sometimes the floors would be quieter after walking on them in the morning and the next day the noise would return. After the laminate had been laid for about six months we had the same problem with snap crackle pop when we walk across the floor. The new flooring is making cracking noises and makes a lot of noise when walked on the floor was laid by floorr fitters what can we do to stop the noise it is getting worse please can you help. Laminate flooring will snap and pop as you walk on it if it s bridging across hollow spots under the flooring.

Published as snap crackle pop in february march 2000 issue. Your weight stresses the interlocking tongues and grooves in the flooring causing. One complaint that some laminate floor owners do have however is that their laminate flooring makes a hollow clicking sound when walked on that can become rather annoying after a while. We went back under the house and adjusted the height of the jacks slightly and it solved the popping noises.