Hi guys
I am currently having a new engineered floor installed (Kahrs indossati - 15mm boards).
The previous floor was a mess - bouncy all over the place and badly fitted, so I had it taken up.
The new floor layer (who is a close family friend, so I'm familiar with his work - its generally high end stuff and very good from what I've seen) did a lot of prep on the sub floor. He was pretty meticulous from what I saw. He latexed it completely, twice in some areas, to get a flat base, went over it with a long level, etc. The underlay is Timbermate Excel, so good stuff.
This is the problem - he has laid about half of the floor in one room, and it's still bouncing in some areas. Pretty similar to how it was before - I'm not talking about normal flex, it's that feeling you get when you're walking along the floor, it all feels fine and then, boom, you hit a low spot and you hear/feel the board slam down against the sub-floor/underlay.
I know that it's not finished yet, and there's no furniture in the room, or skirting boards pinning the floor down, etc but I'm worried. He has laid maybe 6 or 7 rows of boards and the bounce is in the middle - not at the edges where of course there will be quite a lot of movement
I waited over the weekend to see if the floor might settle, but it's still bouncing. It's not the worst bouncing I've ever seen, but it doesnt feel solid under foot and there is clear movement (I know all floating floors have a bit of give, but this is more than that)
Am I worrying about nothing? Is this normal and does the entire floor need to be installed/finished before these issues go away/?
I'm wondering if I should say something now, as if there is still slight unevenness in the sub-floor, surely quicker to fix it now. Equally, I don't want to interfere.
Any thoughts/advice very much appreciated.
I am currently having a new engineered floor installed (Kahrs indossati - 15mm boards).
The previous floor was a mess - bouncy all over the place and badly fitted, so I had it taken up.
The new floor layer (who is a close family friend, so I'm familiar with his work - its generally high end stuff and very good from what I've seen) did a lot of prep on the sub floor. He was pretty meticulous from what I saw. He latexed it completely, twice in some areas, to get a flat base, went over it with a long level, etc. The underlay is Timbermate Excel, so good stuff.
This is the problem - he has laid about half of the floor in one room, and it's still bouncing in some areas. Pretty similar to how it was before - I'm not talking about normal flex, it's that feeling you get when you're walking along the floor, it all feels fine and then, boom, you hit a low spot and you hear/feel the board slam down against the sub-floor/underlay.
I know that it's not finished yet, and there's no furniture in the room, or skirting boards pinning the floor down, etc but I'm worried. He has laid maybe 6 or 7 rows of boards and the bounce is in the middle - not at the edges where of course there will be quite a lot of movement
I waited over the weekend to see if the floor might settle, but it's still bouncing. It's not the worst bouncing I've ever seen, but it doesnt feel solid under foot and there is clear movement (I know all floating floors have a bit of give, but this is more than that)
Am I worrying about nothing? Is this normal and does the entire floor need to be installed/finished before these issues go away/?
I'm wondering if I should say something now, as if there is still slight unevenness in the sub-floor, surely quicker to fix it now. Equally, I don't want to interfere.
Any thoughts/advice very much appreciated.
