Why Your New Laminate Floor Crunches When You Walk on It I spent three days grinding concrete on a job last month just so the floor wouldn’t click like a castanet. Most guys skip the leveling compound. They think the underlayment will hide the dip. It won’t. I had a client in the suburbs who…
The hidden mechanics of successful laminate installation I spent three days grinding concrete on a job last month just so the floor wouldn’t click like a castanet. Most guys skip the leveling compound. They think the underlayment will hide the dip. It won’t. I was in a high-rise downtown where the subfloor had a three-quarter…
Most guys skip the leveling compound. They think the underlayment will hide the dip. It won’t. I spent three days grinding concrete on a job last month just so the floor wouldn’t click like a castanet. That job was the perfect example of why soundproofing is a structural engineering task, not an aesthetic one. If…
I once walked into a kitchen where the homeowner was convinced their floor was haunted because every December the planks would start clicking like a castanet and pulling apart in the middle of the room. They had a five thousand dollar floor that looked like a picket fence with the pickets missing. It was a…
I spent three days grinding concrete on a job last month just so the floor wouldn’t click like a castanet. The homeowner had tried to install the boards himself before calling me. He had used a framing saw with a 24-tooth blade to cut his planks. The result was a disaster of chipped melamine and…
I spent three days grinding concrete on a job last month just so the floor wouldn’t click like a castanet underfoot. Most guys skip the leveling compound because they think the underlayment will hide the dip. It won’t. I have seen countless homeowners despair over a scratch in their brand new flooring, only to find…
Most guys skip the leveling compound. They think the underlayment will hide the dip. It won’t. I spent three days grinding concrete on a job last month just so the floor wouldn’t click like a castanet. That job was a wake-up call for the homeowner. They bought a cheap laminate from a big-box store and…
The January phone call usually starts the same way. The homeowner is frantic because they heard a sound like a pistol shot in the middle of the night. Then they noticed a ridge running down the center of their hallway. I have spent twenty five years with sawdust under my nails and a moisture meter…
The physics of shifting laminate floors Most guys skip the leveling compound. They think the underlayment will hide the dip. It won’t. I spent three days grinding concrete on a job last month just so the floor wouldn’t click like a castanet. That job taught me that a sliding laminate plank is never just a…
Most guys skip the leveling compound. They think the underlayment will hide the dip. It won’t. I spent three days grinding concrete on a job last month just so the floor wouldn’t click like a castanet. I have spent twenty five years with sawdust under my nails and a level in my hand. If you…
