Snap Crackle Pop Hardwood Floor

When the sand and finish contractor was making the first sanding cut he noticed crackling noises when he walked on thefloor and when he moved the drum sander across the floor.

Snap crackle pop hardwood floor. It is very annoying. If a floor has too many humps or depressions a filling compound needs to be used to get the floor flat. All wood floors make noises or eventually will. Is offering another wood floor educational seminar how to avoid the snap crackle pop in your wood floor what importance wednesday september 27 2017 flaherty s arden bowl 1273 west county road e arden hills mn 55112 8 00 breakfast q a 8 30 a m.

A snapping or crackling sound may occur. As they rub against each other the edges become smoother and less rigid. In either case strategies for. Published as snap crackle pop in february march 2000 issue.

A product that is hygroscopic and reacts to its ever changing environment will likely move around throughout its service life and develop some sort of squeak crackle or pop. It is part of living with a natural organic product. Floors that make a popping sound. If your wood floor is already down this might mean you have to pull up the section that squeaks to repair the subfloor and then put down a new section of flooring.

Laminate flooring will snap and pop as you walk on it if it s bridging across hollow. National wood floor consultants inc. Sometimes you might walk across your floors and hear a popping or creaking noise. In the industry it is called the snap crackle pop effect.

Creaking popping and snapping sounds can emanate from a hardwood floor that has been nailed to a wood subfloor as well as one that has been glued to concrete. We went back under the house and adjusted the height of the jacks slightly and it solved the popping noises. Nofma was called to inspect a job in a region known for high moisture conditions. 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.