Floor Has A Hump

If you notice humps bumps ridges or bulges in your basement floor these could be signs of serious damage beneath the surface.

Floor has a hump.

In the colder months your bump will probably disappear since wood shrinks in cold. We lived in our home for 22 years and recently noticed a hump in a floor between the kitchen and the living room. The bump was in wood laminate flooring that was layed down over the original tiled floor main floor the slab. Some causes have easy fixes such as replacing certain parts of the flooring.

In ideal conditions a finish floor s surface will be flat across the entire installation area. A level floor isn t necessarily a. For instance the builder may not have properly installed the subfloors regardless of the reason you have to repair the subfloor to preserve your existing floor or make sure that your newly installed floor doesn t sustain future damage. We have no clue what to do to fix this.

If the hump in the floor feels spongy or gives underfoot when you walk on it the most likely cause of the problem is underlayment that has come loose from the subfloor. A hump in a subfloor occurs for different reasons. When you walk in the front door there is what almost looks like a speed hump running from the front door all the way to the opposite wall. I pulled up the wood laminate flooring and found 3 shattered tiles that had shoved upwards and 2 more with cracks down the middle that hadn t shoved upwards.

This was done before i bought the house. Hi we are in the process of buying a house and we have no clue what to do about this floor. The home has a basement where we can see the floors and i cannot see anything.