Laminate creaks what to do?

The repair is finished, the flooring is bed-made and pleases with its excellent decorative appearance, but it annoys the unpleasant creaking that occurs when walking. Of course, the owners are worried and are trying to somehow eliminate this unpleasant problem. We will also try to help them somehow, explaining the possible reasons for this not very good phenomenon.

Why is the laminate creaking on the floor?

1. Builders often rush and do not even properly ground the floor. If you do not eliminate enough strong differences in the plane, then soon the substrate will deform and the laminate will creak.
2. During the rush, the garbage from the rough coat was not well cleaned. Stones or sand for the first time do not show themselves, but in the future the substrate is squeezed, and you hear characteristic nasty sounds.
3. There is no gap between the laminate and the skirting board or between the laminate and the wall. Under the influence of moisture or deformation, the panels begin to rub against the surfaces adjacent to them, and you begin to hear the creak.
4. There are times when everything is done right, the gaps are secured, and the debris is removed, and the laminate begins to creak. It is not the builders who are to blame for this, but the producers of this coating. When buying cheap products, be prepared that sometimes it can surprise you with an unpleasant creak.

How to fix the mistakes of builders when the laminate creaks?

If everything is a matter of insufficient clearance, then you need to dismantle the plinth , remove the panels adjoining the wall and with the help of a circular saw or other device to provide the necessary 10 mm of free space. It is advisable to look at the skirting board, in the case where there is almost no gap, raise it slightly higher.

Put a laminate, gaps provided, but he still creaks? I'll have to shoot all the panels and check if there's any garbage under them. Some owners prefer to wait, maybe the grains of sand will be overpowered and the sounds will stop. But, in the first place, sometimes you have to wait for years, and while they still decide to repair, from the bottom the laminate already has time to properly play. If the script is published only in one place, then you can do with local permutations. Panels are removed, the substrate rises and debris is removed. But sometimes you have to dismantle the laminate throughout the room. If the substrate is very deformed, then immediately replace it, locks and the bottom of your floor wipe, and only then install the coating back.

Worse, if you have to level the floor, you need to make capital work. If you have a rough concrete surface, then you need to remove the mounds and apply a self-leveling coating. With a tree helps zaklevka, and if it is difficult, then thick plywood or sheets of particle board. Garbage and dust are removed, the substrate is laid and the laminate on top. It's a laborious task, but it eliminates the nasty sounds forever. Well, you know what to do if the laminate is creaking, and must already cope with their troubles quickly enough and effectively.