In most cases repairing bouncy floors is no easy task.
Fixing bouncing floors.
Bouncy floors are one of the most vexing problems faced in houses both new and old.
Working in the unfinished basement below the bouncy floor we had to remove the plumbing and electrical lines running through the joists and then rerun the lines.
But if you have an unfinished basement or a basement with a drop ceiling you just might have enough access to stiffen up the floor from below.
No one likes the feel of a supposedly solid floor bouncing or sagging underfoot.
Fixing bouncy and sagging floors.
There are a variety of ways to stiffen a floor.
Tom s house was built in 1765 but bouncy floors aren t just an old house problem.
How to fix springy and spongy floors.
You can also pull up the subfloor and look at it from above but this is.
The first and second floors in our house seem overly bouncy and sag toward the middle.
Fixing bouncy and sagging floors.
For a bouncy ground floor you need to get under the house or look at the floor from the basement.
A springy or spongy feeling could indicate a minor issue a major problem or.
January 24 2014 by buildingadvisor 7 comments.
Contributing editor mike guertin teams up with structural engineer david grandpré to detail six common and not so common ways to stiffen up the joists and keep the china cabinet from wobbling.
It was a complex expensive job.
How can we evaluate whether the floors need reinforcement and if so what is the best way to do this.
Let s take a look at some of the different options for stiffening up a floor from below for each of the possible floor.
Tom s solutions for fixing bouncy floors shown here in order of effectiveness are easiest on the first floor where joists are accessible from the basement or crawl space.
For example sistering with new lumber the fix tom s dad used makes sense only if the joist bays are not cluttered with electrical cable plumbing lines and ducts.