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Posted by: jerry quarles on October 04, 1999 at 10:57:38:
The original plan was to have a parquet floor with a distinct pattern produced by using two types of parquet tile (nominally 12' by 12"). The pattern would be created in the center of the area to be covered. This was done as a part of originally constructing the house. Installer tried to mix two different types of tiles, one being mesh backed (not rigid, no tongue and groove)and the other was tongue and groove and very rigid. They are noticably different in size when compared - the tongue and groove element makes this tile slightly larger. This resulted in the mesh backed tiles "floating" and making loud popping and crackling noises when one stepped on the tiles. They removed the mesh backed tiles in the center of the foyer and the ajoining dining room. They took the pattern out of floor and attempted to replace them with the tongue and groove parquet tiles. Because the tiles were not the same sized, gaps between the tiles, larger than 1/8 inch were created and the floor still makes popping noises when walked on and, from time to time the floor will make a large popping/crack sound which can be very easily heard in ajoining rooms twenty to thirty feet away. I think they should have removed the floor and start over since they could not create a tight fitting floor in the center of the floor because they did not work their way out to the edge of the floor keeping it tight all the way. The tiles were made by Bruce, whose company representatives inspected the original instyallation and said it was an installation problem and not a problem with the materials. Should the floor be reinstalled/redone since I am worried about compression set problems with moisture not to mention the popping sounds? What can be done about the apparent instability in this floor? Thanx!
