Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering Re: Cracking Noises - Floating Floors 3Mar 05, 2019 5:43 pm alexp79 I find the below article quite useful. 99 out of 100 it is NOT a properly installed flooring (expansion gaps are not adequate). https://www.woodfloorbusiness.com/insta ... loors.html As a damage prevention measure, consider reducing humidity in your apartment. Thank you Alex, that was interesting reading! I’ve watched some videos of similar noises and mine are not as bad, and so I’m not sure it’s going to qualify as a defect if I pursue it further. It was an off the plan purchase and the flooring contractor is insisting the floors have just moved due to humidity (no mention of faulty installation as one would expect) and not offering to replace or redo them. Hi, I have a steel frame house which was built 2 years ago. When you are down stairs you can hear clunking noises when someone is walking around. We were told if you… 0 4451 1 6627 Thanks Simon, I guess I'm no concerned with the volume of the noise rather that dead and hollow sound and feel that is associated with floating floors. But I'm not sure… 3 6140 |