We have been lucky with our new build, only really minor snags and the builder has been mostly helpful... But this is an issue we can't resolve.
Our upstairs hall (and to a lesser extent the bedrooms) are excessively noisy. The house is around 2 years old, but it has been like this since 6 months old.
They crack/creak/squeak really badly when walked over.
Some spots you can constantly make noise by shifting your weight from left foot to right foot - but other areas make a loud noise once, and then only "reset" when you walk over to the other end of the hall and back again.
I have very limited knowledge about these things... But the builder's explanation was something about new-builds having floors glued down, and because the heating pipes run under the floor in the hall the glue dries out.
They attempted to fix this last year by lifting the carpet and screwing in about a million screws (that's what it sounded like... They were at it for 3 hours, and it's not a big hall). It made literally no difference, not even 1% better.
I know that the house got built during an especially wet winter (even by Scottish standards) - could that have warped something?
I'm not sure what to do at this point. I'm reluctant to let them pull the carpet up constantly in case they wreck it.
Advice?
Our upstairs hall (and to a lesser extent the bedrooms) are excessively noisy. The house is around 2 years old, but it has been like this since 6 months old.
They crack/creak/squeak really badly when walked over.
Some spots you can constantly make noise by shifting your weight from left foot to right foot - but other areas make a loud noise once, and then only "reset" when you walk over to the other end of the hall and back again.
I have very limited knowledge about these things... But the builder's explanation was something about new-builds having floors glued down, and because the heating pipes run under the floor in the hall the glue dries out.
They attempted to fix this last year by lifting the carpet and screwing in about a million screws (that's what it sounded like... They were at it for 3 hours, and it's not a big hall). It made literally no difference, not even 1% better.
I know that the house got built during an especially wet winter (even by Scottish standards) - could that have warped something?
I'm not sure what to do at this point. I'm reluctant to let them pull the carpet up constantly in case they wreck it.
Advice?
