Homeowner
· Klagshamn
· 109 posts
Hello,
We have a house with a crawl space from 1985. We have basically completely renovated the entire house. In connection with installing underfloor heating, we used self-leveling compound on large parts of the ground floor. I now feel that the floor is like a drum. When you walk on the floor, it vibrates and you hear, for example, glass in cabinets rattling. I also notice muffled thuds (bass drum) when walking on the floor.
Is this common in houses with a crawl space? Could our choice to use self-leveling compound have had an effect?
We have a house with a crawl space from 1985. We have basically completely renovated the entire house. In connection with installing underfloor heating, we used self-leveling compound on large parts of the ground floor. I now feel that the floor is like a drum. When you walk on the floor, it vibrates and you hear, for example, glass in cabinets rattling. I also notice muffled thuds (bass drum) when walking on the floor.
Is this common in houses with a crawl space? Could our choice to use self-leveling compound have had an effect?
Unfortunately, it sounds like your suspicion is correct regarding the self-leveling compound.
It seems like the floor is too rigid now, and the small movements that were previously dampened by the beams are now, as you say, like a drum.
I had a crawl space before and sure, the glasses could rattle sometimes when the kids ran around and jumped. Only wooden beams.
But absolutely not when walking around normally.
A washing machine with a bit too much in it could also cause vibrations to propagate to the kitchen cabinets.
It seems like the floor is too rigid now, and the small movements that were previously dampened by the beams are now, as you say, like a drum.
I had a crawl space before and sure, the glasses could rattle sometimes when the kids ran around and jumped. Only wooden beams.
But absolutely not when walking around normally.
A washing machine with a bit too much in it could also cause vibrations to propagate to the kitchen cabinets.
Homeowner
· Klagshamn
· 109 posts
I imagined it would get better when we applied the self-leveling compound - better stability = less vibration - but now realize that it might have had the opposite effect... The question is if anyone has an idea of what can be done about it?R RalleB said:Unfortunately, it sounds like your suspicion about the self-leveling compound is correct.
It sounds like the floor is too rigid now and the small movements that were previously dampened by the beams now act as a drum, as you mentioned.
I had a crawl space before and sure, the glasses could rattle sometimes when the kids ran around and jumped. Only wooden beams. But certainly not when walking around normally. A washing machine with a bit too much in it could also cause vibrations to spread to kitchen cabinets.
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