Beautiful appearance, economy and quick installation - this is not a complete list of positive characteristics of the laminate , one of the most favorite flooring . The mood of any owner can spoil the sudden appearance of the creak of a new flooring. To answer the questions, why the laminate began to creak and what to do with it, it is necessary to understand the possible causes of the unpleasant phenomenon.
Laminate creaks and ways to eliminate them
For laminate it is very important to lie on the floor, because even the best quality product for a certain period is able to maintain tension in the locks. If you are sure of compliance with all the rules of laying, extraneous sounds that arise when walking on the floor, will disappear by themselves. There are working moments when the cover is pressed with a plinth or door casing, or the master left an insufficient gap between the material and the wall. Live in anticipation that the board will eventually take the right position is not worth it, it is better to immediately check the quality of work.
At the first stage of the search for the cause of noise, it is necessary to remove the platbands and plinth and make sure that the distance from the laminate to the wall corresponds to the required value of 10 mm, although sometimes 5 or 7 mm is enough. In the presence of creaking, it is desirable to score the platbands, and screw the plinth a little more than the previous one. If the board rests against the wall or the gap is too small, we remove it, cut it by 10 mm and put it back.
Unpleasant sounds when walking often arise from the uneven surface on which the floor is laid. To find out why the laminate creaks, sometimes the flooring is dismantled and the substrate is removed. If there are unevennesses on the cement screed, it is polished or choose a variant with a bulk floor.
While searching for the causes of noise, one should pay attention to the quality of materials with which one has to work. Pieces of poor-quality screed, violate the integrity of the substrate and scratch the board from the inside, damaging the locks. Having discovered defects, they are busy with painstaking work to replace the screed. It happens that with a perfectly flat surface, dust enters the locks. It is vacuumed while cleaning the laminate.
Any sounds coming from the surface can be removed by yourself, or by inviting the master. The main thing is not to panic, but armed with the knowledge to begin work on correcting mistakes.