How To Fix A Floor That Bounces

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How to fix a floor that bounces.

No one likes the feel of a supposedly solid floor bouncing or sagging underfoot. I have a kitchen floor that bounces whenever we walk on it. Bouncy floors can be a sign of structural problems but most bouncy floors can be stiffened to the point that the bounce is no longer a problem. The basement is finished and i don t want to tear out the dry walled ceiling.

The method or methods tom chooses depend as much on practicality as on effectiveness. The floor hardly bounced at all and the client was happy. This article will show you three better ways to take the bounce out of a floor. Remembering his boyhood kitchen tom makes sure that any new floor he builds is rock solid.

Would screwing another sheet of plywood stiffen it up. In most cases repairing bouncy floors is no easy task. It s a span of 10 feet. But if you have an unfinished basement or a basement with a drop ceiling you just might have enough access to stiffen up the floor from below.

Contributing editor mike guertin teams up with structural engineer david grandpré to detail six common and not so common ways to stiffen up the joists and keep the china cabinet from wobbling. Let s take a look at some of the different options for stiffening up a floor from below for each of the possible floor. But i know now that we could have made that floor just as stiff even stiffer with a lot less trouble and expense. The area in particular is in the center of the room between the fridge and the dishwasher.

Even structurally sound code compliant new floors can deflect or flex more than feels comfortable. Tom s house was built in 1765 but bouncy floors aren t just an old house problem. Knowing which of the 7 common causes will help determine the seriousness and help determine the fix. Bouncy and spongy floors generally are of little concern unless the cause relates to a certain structural issue.

Photo by richard howard 4 ways to stop the bounce. There are a variety of ways to stiffen a floor. Learn how to fix your bouncy floor with the four methods listed below. How to fix springy and spongy floors.

You can stiffen the floor in just one room or in as many rooms as you like. How to take bounce out of floors. Stiffening upper floors typically requires removing some or all of the finished ceiling below.