In connection with the kitchen renovation, I laid 10 mm chipboard flooring on the existing floor (planks on joists) and then a linoleum click floor. Despite both gluing and screwing the chipboard, it has now started to creak and give way in places. I would prefer not to remove the linoleum tiles and therefore wonder if it might be possible to fix it from underneath. We have a basement room under the kitchen, and my idea is to make holes in the basement ceiling through plaster, planks, wood shavings, planks until I reach the chipboard sheets from underneath and then reinforce them in some way so they don't give way/creak?
What do you think about this? I would appreciate tips on how to reinforce the floor without making too big an intervention in the basement ceiling as well...
What do you think about this? I would appreciate tips on how to reinforce the floor without making too big an intervention in the basement ceiling as well...
10 mm chipboard ... is thin.
When you say glued, do you mean that you glued the chipboard to the existing floorboards?
Floor creaking typically occurs when two surfaces move against each other, such as if the chipboard is loose, i.e., nailed/screwed but not glued, against the existing floorboards without felt paper in between.
If this is the case, there is no way to eliminate the creaking without tearing up and redoing it - unfortunately.
When you say glued, do you mean that you glued the chipboard to the existing floorboards?
Floor creaking typically occurs when two surfaces move against each other, such as if the chipboard is loose, i.e., nailed/screwed but not glued, against the existing floorboards without felt paper in between.
If this is the case, there is no way to eliminate the creaking without tearing up and redoing it - unfortunately.
Was the floor completely creak-free before the renovation? In other words, do you think the creaking comes from the subfloor, from the chipboard, or from the linoleum floor? Or perhaps from a couple of these surfaces rubbing against each other in case you forgot step sound insulation.
Fixed it now. Cut a small hole in the ceiling of the room below. Took a concrete screw, coarse-threaded and blunt, which I then screwed in from below. The screw raised the linoleum floor that was sagging/creaking. The advantage of the screw was that I could adjust the height of the floor elevation, which would have been more difficult if I had, for example, injected foam sealant.