Hi friends,
Long time reader, first time poster.
Wife and I finished building our house with Metricon in Feb last year. When we built, we took the upgrade to the Hebel Power floor as it has plenty of advantages. Generally we're pretty happy with the decision as it definitely reduces volume between floors and the house is great thermally. However we've noticed a creak in a particular spot in our main bedroom.
Metricon initially sent someone out to have a look, and put some concrete glue on to a hairline crack and a small imperfection however this didn't fix the issue. On review they've further said that to look at the creak, they want to look from underneath which will involve cutting a decent size look hole from the downstairs ceiling.
We're thinking about if it's really worth it as it's only one spot and not a huge inconvenience, but a bit annoying given one of the main benefits of Hebel is no creaking.
Has anyone else had any similar experience and how did it go getting resolved?
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Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering  02 Jun 2024 143 Senior Member Re: Creaking Hebel Floor and repairs 3Jun 15, 2024 9:11 am I would investigate movement of supports, as you are saying you start seeing cracks. Look for possible cause direction of stormwater to under or near the building, trees nearby or a leaking pipe. They shouldn’t have filled the crack until they find out the cause of damage. You need to make sure you eliminate the damage cause before fixing the crack. P.S Hebel floor panels have steel reinforcing inside, so make sure the crack/s don’t go large, otherwise you may start seeing concrete cancer and more deterioration. 19 Aug 2021 207 Bronze Member Re: Creaking Hebel Floor and repairs 4Jun 15, 2024 1:23 pm Hebel 75mm floor: The glue added will do nothing, will not miraculously stick panel together. Often the panels get cracks in them from handling and if a joist is higher/lower. Would have multiple cracks on your floor. If crack over a joist you may have screw heads patched to identify that, or maybe between joists and can often work that out from screw pattern Have changed a few out before. If in high traffic area it will deteriorate, the aac concrete will crack up more The creak may be related to joist. 2 19471 Hi l had a new shower base and screen installed 2 months ago due to minor water damage on the wooden subfloor which has been… 0 14333 I would still ask the question, see if you can get your builder to do it 3 29373  |
