Carpentry & Joinery

caber board P5 layed on top of concrete creaking badly on newly sound proofed floor

Anonymous user 15/03/2024 - 2.42 PM

Hi I recently had my floor sound proofed, the original floor is concrete with vinyl tiles and they laid Mass Loaded vinyl directly on top, then ISO foam ( sound insulation foam) then the final layer is caber board. I am not happy at all with the results, I still have the noise issue travelling via the floor and now the caber board is creaking adding even more noise than I had before. I did point out to the company manger on the phone that the board had all different size gaps around the edges while other boards were flush against the walls with no gaps at all. As I was concerned this would be an issue and still allow sound to leak via the floor but he said it was to allow for the board to expand. Now its creaking like old loose floor boards!! Is it because of as I feared the way the board was laid in the first place or another reason because as far as I'm concerned there should be no creaking at all from the caber board . Thanks FOUND THE ANSWER TO MY PROBLEM IN-CASE ANYONE HAS THE SAME PROBLEM HERE IS WHY........ I rang NORBOARD,who make caber board and spoke to their Tech this morning after speaking to you and explained the creaking situation to them as I knew it shouldn't be creaking at all. And they said its not the Caber board the problem is underneath the board and the whole floor needs to be taken up to resolve the problem and redone again. And also if its a floating floor it shouldn't be moving either