Floor Feels Spongy

No one likes the feel of a supposedly solid floor bouncing or sagging underfoot.

Floor feels spongy.

Now as i walk through the house i feel a lot of low spots and the floor tapping on the concrete. If the brake pedal goes to the floor but still stops you could be having a failed brake power booster. A springy or spongy feeling could indicate a minor issue a major problem or. As homeowners we quickly get used to a floor that has a little bouncy or spring to it as we walk across it and seldom give any thought to whether there is a problem.

How to fix a spongy floor in a travel trailer. I have a 2008 coachmen captive 288 fks and the floor from the front entrance door to the sofa slide out visually gives and feels spongy underfoot. Be especially vigilant around slide outs places where plumbing is above the floor such as in kitchens and bathrooms and all around your freshwater storage tank if it is inside. On the main floor we immediately noticed low spots in several areas floor felt soft or hollow almost sinking not solid underneath sorry don t know how to explain better builder said that high spots were actually the problem so added extra support underneath in crawl space i don t feel an improvement.

If you would have discovered the spongy feel during a walk through just after the framing was complete simple engineering solutions could have been enacted at a low cost. The house i recently bought has hardwood floors but i ve noticed that some spots are spongy when i walk over them. Move around the whole interior of your rv travel trailer testing the floors everywhere for a soft feeling and noting the locations on a roughed out floor plan. How to fix springy and spongy floors.

Hollow sounds it feeling spongy. Spongy and bouncy floors generally are of little concern unless the cause relates to a serious structural issue. These soft spots in the laminate floor can be fixed using an air inflation needle or a syringe that is used. I took a coin and tapped across the floor and the spongy spots have a hollow sound.

Or take it all apart and break the locking mechanisms do proper prep buy more product hopefully have same dye lot. I put a level on the floor and the biggest gap i saw was 1 8. The squeaks could have been totally prevented if the builder had installed coarse threaded screws through the subfloor into the floor joists just before the finish flooring was installed. Therefore if the rubber seals that keep the brake fluid inside are worn out or get torn it will lead to internal leaking which finally causes the spongy feel under your leg.