Hi All,
Been trawling the site for information and have come close but still haven’t found what I’m looking for.
My laminate floor had lifted in the living room, area around .5m x 3m, noticeable bump in the centre of the floor. Took all the beading off around the edge and checked for pinch points, none present.
Took up the laminate to see what the cause of the ‘bump’ was. When getting to the centre I found that the laminate had been laid on the old parquet flooring (40 years old). The parquet had actually lifted the laminate, the parquet was the little square type and came up easily. It had been laid on a bitumen base. Only the section of the parquet (when the laminate was lifted) had come away, the parquet around it was fine and still firmly fixed.
Things to note, when we first moved in 6 months ago, the laminate floor was noticeably not level in areas around the edge i.e. when putting the sofa down it would not sit flat, over time it seems to right itself.
Where the patio doors have been fitted they have ripped the old ones out and they seem to have broken the link from the living room floor to the outside of the house, thus breaking the DPC join (could be nothing).
We have two large radiators in the lounge, not to sure where the pipes run to get to them BUT I turned up the pressure on the combi boiler to 1bar as it was on 0 and also increased the dial to 7, previously on 4 . Week later the floor lifted, could be linked but not too sure.
Rally not too sure what to do, do I take up the rest of the laminate up to check the rest of the parquet or put back the laminate and hope that it goes away. Only thing is if I relay it could the parquet lift elsewhere! View media item 52804 View media item 52805
Been trawling the site for information and have come close but still haven’t found what I’m looking for.
My laminate floor had lifted in the living room, area around .5m x 3m, noticeable bump in the centre of the floor. Took all the beading off around the edge and checked for pinch points, none present.
Took up the laminate to see what the cause of the ‘bump’ was. When getting to the centre I found that the laminate had been laid on the old parquet flooring (40 years old). The parquet had actually lifted the laminate, the parquet was the little square type and came up easily. It had been laid on a bitumen base. Only the section of the parquet (when the laminate was lifted) had come away, the parquet around it was fine and still firmly fixed.
Things to note, when we first moved in 6 months ago, the laminate floor was noticeably not level in areas around the edge i.e. when putting the sofa down it would not sit flat, over time it seems to right itself.
Where the patio doors have been fitted they have ripped the old ones out and they seem to have broken the link from the living room floor to the outside of the house, thus breaking the DPC join (could be nothing).
We have two large radiators in the lounge, not to sure where the pipes run to get to them BUT I turned up the pressure on the combi boiler to 1bar as it was on 0 and also increased the dial to 7, previously on 4 . Week later the floor lifted, could be linked but not too sure.
Rally not too sure what to do, do I take up the rest of the laminate up to check the rest of the parquet or put back the laminate and hope that it goes away. Only thing is if I relay it could the parquet lift elsewhere! View media item 52804 View media item 52805