We had the floor checked out first by a specialist contractor. There was no dampness and no powdering. We actually painted the subfloor with a watered down PVA mix prior to putting the underlay down specifically to address that. Also we vacuumed thoroughly.
When you put heavy weights on the...
I recently installed a tongue-and-groove floating bamboo floor over a concrete subfloor and almost immediately it began making an unbearable cracking sound whenever I put my foot on it.
- I left an expansion gap of 1 inch around the floor with no pinch points.
- I used PVA glue to glue the...
