Browse Forums General Discussion 1 May 27, 2020 9:05 am Hi, bought a 20 year old house a couple of years back and during that time no issues were present or were masked during Open for inspections the main areas of my kitchen and dining is floor is lately squeking/banging. ive had someone come in to check the house and doesnt seem to be movement present in foundations and subfloor what we believe is the issue is that the flooring installation (which i am not totally sure what it is, any help working it out?) has a put on plywood underlay around areas of the floor are small nails in areas which i believe were mainly the issue before i bought the house and id say its becoming more pronounced in other areas. either glue has failed or the floor has become warped. wondering is there a way to fix this without ripping up the floor. do i go around and drive small nails into the floor and ply in the main areas? or am i causing myself more problems Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Flooring squeking/banging 2May 27, 2020 11:48 am Without pulling the floor up, you could try some form of glue injection system, but this will still leave small holes that will need filling. Search the Internet on "fixing failed glue laminate floor". If you do use small nails instead, you might want to find some that have burrs on the shank, as smooth nails will simply come loose again over time. Re: Flooring squeking/banging 3May 27, 2020 12:26 pm arcadelt Without pulling the floor up, you could try some form of glue injection system, but this will still leave small holes that will need filling. Search the Internet on "fixing failed glue laminate floor". If you do use small nails instead, you might want to find some that have burrs on the shank, as smooth nails will simply come loose again over time. thanks for reply. will definately look at 1000000% definitely add insulation. I have in my home and it makes a big difference minimising sound transfer. Insulation is pretty cheap and definitely worth it 2 6173 Engineering timber is certainly a less fuss option, times cheaper to supply and install and better withstands humidity. 1 15884 Hi there, I'm a conplete newbie to this, but I'm looking to put a floor down in my 6x9m shed. It's currently sitting on a 100mm thick concrete perimeter (dirt floor… 0 6432 |