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The movement in t&g seems to be due to overlapping joists right in that area. One of those joists (inside one) seems to be bit higher (few mm) than the one right under the short edge joint. So this is probably causing uneven support putting stress at the joint. I found this when drilled holes to...

Unfortunately no access to joists from below (sealed ceilings below) and don’t want to cut and take newly laid t&g boards out. So stuck with trying to somehow fix it from the top.

As I mentioned in my original post, there is already a joist right under the short edge joint and it supports both adjacent boards (half joist width under each board).

Yes thinking of drilling shallow holes at the short edge and inject some dry lubricant first (graphite powder) to try it out.

In two mind whether to use watered down pva glue or not. Have heard it works well to stop squeaky and fill gaps but not too sure about very tightly coupled joints like me. There is a risk apparently it may swell the joint and make things worse with noise which I really cannot afford to happen...

Sorry should have mentioned this is part of a loft attic conversation with new joists / properly supported floor etc. (it’s not a standard temporary access storage floor).

Hi all, Got new t&g chipboard floorboards (18mm) flooring put down in a new loft floor. I don’t believe the builders properly glued everything as they should so it was making squeaks / popping noises a lot. After couple of builder visits and additional screws, my own attempts at adding many...

Anyone? Doing some further online research, it seems like what is happening in my case is low frequency sound from passing heavy traffic is being transmitted to our house via ground. This then

lol… anyone else can shed some light please. In fact I noticed today it’s not necessarily only large heavy vehicles (buses/lories) but also many times a stream of traffic (cars/van) going at pace causing similar creaking / cracking / popping noises from the bedroom ceiling under loft. I cannot...

The hatch is tightly secure when closed so definitely not that. The cracking/ creaking/popping noise definitely comes from ceiling under the loft floor. It seems like the roof structure shudders / slightly wobbles with passing buses pressure / air build up.

Hi @Jamie3019 How did you managed to resolve this in the end? I have exactly the same issues with creaking / popping sounds from the bedroom ceiling just below the loft space when heavy vehicles (buses / lorries) pass in front of the house on a B road.