Laminate Floor Flexes When Walked On

It may look real but it s still a synthetic that feels unnaturally hard and can be harsh sounding when walked on.

Laminate floor flexes when walked on.

The wear layer of laminate floor contains plastic that doesn t degrade in landfills. Laminate flooring will snap and pop as you walk on it if it s bridging across hollow spots under the flooring. Laminate flooring brings good looks at a less intimidating price point than high end solid wood. New good quality laminate floor making cracking noise when walked on we recently had our hall and lounge fitted with good quality laminate our floors are concrete and we had the hallway already fitted with a much cheaper laminate which we removed this never made any noise when walked on.

Having read other topics and flooring faqs in internet it seems that this sort of problems is normally caused by the sub floor not being flat or floor expansion. Some laminate even mimics. Your laminate floor will flex up and down adjusting to your uneven sub floor and the end effect will be damaged locking system micro gaps between boards and poor floor performance. Neither former nor latter applies as this is a new installation week old and the sub floor seems to be flat enough.

Avoid cheap laminate flooring.