Floor Of Bathtub Creaks

This can potentially weaken the tub and lead to cracks and splits in.

Floor of bathtub creaks.

I need to fix it. Oftentimes the squeaks and creaks you hear are caused by the floorboards rubbing against nails or the floorboards. The majority of sub flooring issues can be corrected by adding screws in the areas where the creaking is occurring. It doesn t seem to be such an issue when it s full of water and i m sitting down i suppose the weight is more evenly distributed.

Screws will normally do a much better job of holding the. The tub does appear to be level so i don t think that s the problem. The tub flange moving against the wall the tub drain plumbing maybe rubbing against the subfloor. The grout in an a joining bathroom cracked also after squeaking in winter.

With no water each footstep in an empty tub loads and unloads the floor of the tub thus the movement. One tile has a hairline crack now. Yeah it sounds as if they removed the structural support. The noise is typically from movement.

Occasionally if the floor joist are spaced two far apart to properly support the sheeting then floor creaking may occur. Driving short screws through the bottom of the subfloor through the bottom of the finished floor can alleviate the noise. Or if separating floor from subfloor is causing the creak drive two nails at opposite 45 degree angles into joists which you can locate with a stud finder. I think the floor was not prepped correctly.

Using your power drill make a pilot hole through the subfloor then a smaller pilot hole into the finished. Loaded with water the water weights the tub down thus no movement. This could be due to new construction under the tub. When you step into the shower the floor flexes and the wood rubs against the screw or nail making a squeaking noise.

Rarely is this the case. It was about three years old. If you re doing a full remodel and can see the bathroom floor framing from the room below you can usually see where the floor moves and squeaks when someone walks on it. Bigjaylow nj i recently installed a new acrilic tub in my bathroom.

Is this from humidity. Since the first shower in it i continuously hear a loud creaking as i move my feet all over the base. The four year old tile floor in our bathroom started squeaking during winter after four years and stopped squeaking in summer. A lot of times when new construction is nailed or screwed down they have a little give and take which will cause the sound of creaking.

I know it s not the floor boards since the rest of the bathroom is silent. The tub creaks a lot and there is a great deal of vertical play when standing and moving around.