Tile Floor Popping Sound

Pry up the perimeter of the first piece until you hear a slight popping sound indicating the piece is no longer bonded to the substrate.

Tile floor popping sound. Know its functions types. It is the original tile with no signs of repair or cracks in the tile or grout. The popping noise also happens from time to time when i step on the laundry room floor and in some spots i hear a crunching noise when i walk on the floor. Tell us what s going on.

I had my kitchen remodeled with the floor tiled first on a wooden subfloor and cabinets installed the following day. Remove the adjoining grout with a carbide tipped grout saw before you attempt to remove individual tiles. And it s not the same spot all the time. There is an area about 15x15 inches that makes a crackling noise when you step on it.

If the area of the floor is directly exposed to sunlight and if poor quality adhesives are used then there are chances of tile tenting or popping up of tiles. The sounds also comes and goes in severity. Sometimes you might walk across your floors and hear a popping or creaking noise. If your wood floor is already down this might mean you have to pull up the section that squeaks to repair the subfloor and then put down a new section of flooring.

Laminate flooring materials don t tolerate humpy and bumpy subfloors. Subfloors need to be quite flat. Today i just heard a similar popping noise when i stepped on one of the tiles in the main bathroom and a cracked developed in the grout around that tile. Floors that make a popping sound.

It s a high traffic area and there s various areas on it when you walk over it it makes a popping noise. At another location i can hear a popping sound. The snapping sounds are almost always traced to an uneven subfloor. Kimberly in missouri is dealing with a noisy floor.

This was in 2011 the grout has come off in different places and i can hear a crunchy noise when i step on a tile at one location. To reuse the tile grind thin set off the back with a 4 inch grinder. Have noticed 1 2 tiles in various places popping sound as well. I have a section in my tile floor.

The direct sunlight will lead to expansion of the tiles.