Soft Spot On Laminate Floor

How to fix springy and spongy floors.

Soft spot on laminate floor. Putting the trim down will help keep the floor down and lessen the void in the soft spot but it won t get rid of it completely. My question is is there any way to fix it without having to take the whole floor back up. Soft spots in a laminate floor can be caused by an uneven sub floor or improper installation of flooring underlayment. For quick repairs of soft spots in your laminate floor use an air inflation needle or a syringe used to blow up sports balls on a can of spray foam.

For the first method you ll need a drill with a 3 32 drill bit an air inflator needle used for inflating balls and a can of expanding spray foam. Have someone heavy adult walk on the floor soft spots while another person looks from below if the floor joists beams visibly bend under their weight then you need a structural engineer to assess your subfloor system adequacy probably about 300 500 range to assess and develop plans or instructions for the repair which would then be done by a remodeling general contractor if major. Just get a chunk of 2x4 and sister it to the joist so that the flooring sits on top of the 2x4 with no gap between them. The location of the soft spot is between my kitchen island and end cabinet.

It s a plywood subfloor over a crawlspace so i can get to the underside. These soft spots in the laminate floor can be fixed using an air inflation needle or a syringe that is used. There are three methods you can try to address an uneven sub floor causing those soft spots on your laminate floor. I have a soft spot in a laminate floor i installed recently.

I have not put the base trim on the island yet. A springy or spongy feeling could indicate a minor issue a major problem or. No one likes the feel of a supposedly solid floor bouncing or sagging underfoot. Soft and spongy spots in laminate flooring can be caused by the uneven sub floor or an improper installation of the flooring underlayment.

Attach an air inflation needle as an extension onto a can of spray foam. From island to cabinet there is 4 5 feet of laminate.