Laminate Floor Squeaking?
I have just installed Harmonic laminate floor with recommended underlayment for my living room, dining room and kitchen. I did as instructed (not overlap underlayment, leave gap around edge of wall...) The floor looks flawless and nice but is has squeaking noise when I walk on it and it happens in different places. If I jump on it couple time where it made the noise, then the noise disappears when I try to walk on it right after that. If I come back few minutes later walking on it, it has the squeaking noise again. I prepared the subfloor (concrete) as much as possible and it was not that uneven at all. Any suggestion or advice on how to get rid of the squeaking noise is greatly appreciated as I am about to replace it back to carpet again if there is no other way.
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That is normal and you will find that the floor will open slightly in the seams and close back up again throughout the year. Our floor sqeaks or crackles quite a bit after it is washed and once it is dry the noise subsides.
You did a great job!
Its all good!
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