Amish made hardwood

It is currently Sun Nov 24, 2024 8:34 pm

All times are UTC - 5 hours




Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 2 posts ] 
Author Message
 Post subject: Clic engeneerd hardwood crackles
PostPosted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 10:57 am 
Offline
New User

Joined: Sun Mar 01, 2009 10:31 pm
Posts: 6
Recently put in Trillium engeneered hardwood floor the clic style in which I floated. The floors were pretty solid at first but as time goes by the floors are making alot of noise like a crackling noise. All joist were reinforced downstairs and a proper underlayment was used. This happening all over especially in the hallway. Is their and solution to fix this? Would glueing the seems help or nailing it instead or both?


Top
 Profile E-mail  
 
Amish made hardwood

 Post subject: Re: Clic engeneerd hardwood crackles
PostPosted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 11:13 pm 
Offline
Prized Contributor
User avatar

Joined: Sun May 24, 2009 7:48 pm
Posts: 1802
Location: Las Vegas
Trillium is a "Uniclic" locking system. You shouldnt have to glue or nail. Some manuf. require gluing the end seams, to avoid end gapping, but thats it.

You need to figure out why the floor is "crackling".

I have seen this happen when the planks are creaking at the seams. Usually as a result of the floor being "locked in", not having required expansion around the perimeter. The planks tighten at the seams, and being a floating system there is a certain amount of give. There is pressure at the seams and the give & pressure creates creaking.
If this is the problem, it is fixable. It's a matter of giving the floor more room to expand. The floor will then relax, and solve the creaking.

Without seeing the floor ... This is a possibility.
You may consider hiring a certified hardwood flooring inspector in your area to look at the floor.

In my opinion you should be looking more into why is this happening?

Was the wood acclimated properly? Is your relative humidity at manuf. recomend.?

_________________
Howard Chorpash
Frazier Mountain Hardwood
http://www.lasvegaswoodflooring.com


Top
 Profile E-mail  
 
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 2 posts ] 

All times are UTC - 5 hours


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 1 guest


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  
Powered by phpBB © 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007 phpBB Group

phpBB SEO