Question:
I moved into a house several months ago. The idiot homeowners before me had hardwood floors installed over an uneven concrete floor. Now, in certain spots, the wood flexes like there is a small cavity underneath. Unfortunatly, these spots are in the middle of the floor so I can’t just rip up the outside planks to fix it. Anyone have any suggestions? I don’t know if applying epoxy will hold it (for long) and besides, the planks are very tight against one another. Thanks in advance…
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> I moved into a house several months ago. The idiot homeowners before > me had hardwood floors installed over an uneven concrete floor. Now, > in certain spots, the wood flexes like there is a small cavity > underneath. Unfortunatly, these spots are in the middle of the floor > so I can’t just rip up the outside planks to fix it. > Anyone have any suggestions? I don’t know if applying epoxy will hold > it (for long) and besides, the planks are very tight against one > another.
No <good> suggestions- personally I would just live with it until your budget allowed ripping it out and doing it right. You could drill trough the floor and inject leveling compound, but I would be paranoid about that causing humps and blowouts elsewhere. Or if you prefer a lumpy floor to a bouncy one, drill some countersunk holes and shoot screws into epoxy-filled holes in the concrete. Either of these options would requiring filling the holes with plugs, available in any flooring shop. (‘pegged’ oak used to be popular.) aem sends….
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> Anyone have any suggestions? I don’t know if applying epoxy will hold > it (for long) and besides, the planks are very tight against one > another.
There is no pad underneath the floor? On concrete slab, I would think the pad would take care of most of problems unless the slab has a serious settling problem. If the planks are put together only with tongue and grooves without glue or nails, you could unfloor it by removing the edge boards, put a new pad and then refloor.
