Floor Of Bathtub Creaks

Loaded with water the water weights the tub down thus no movement.

Floor of bathtub creaks.

Oftentimes the squeaks and creaks you hear are caused by the floorboards rubbing against nails or the floorboards. 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. 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.

The noise is typically from movement. When you step into the shower the floor flexes and the wood rubs against the screw or nail making a squeaking noise. Is this from humidity. Yeah it sounds as if they removed the structural support.

A few well placed screws can eliminate the squeak. Driving short screws through the bottom of the subfloor through the bottom of the finished floor can alleviate the noise. 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. Bigjaylow nj i recently installed a new acrilic tub in my bathroom.

Rarely is this the case. Screws will normally do a much better job of holding the. With no water each footstep in an empty tub loads and unloads the floor of the tub thus the movement. I think the floor was not prepped correctly.

It was about three years old. This can potentially weaken the tub and lead to cracks and splits in. I need to fix it. Since the first shower in it i continuously hear a loud creaking as i move my feet all over the base.

One tile has a hairline crack now. Occasionally if the floor joist are spaced two far apart to properly support the sheeting then floor creaking may occur. Then fill the holes with wood filler. The four year old tile floor in our bathroom started squeaking during winter after four years and stopped squeaking in summer.

This could be due to new construction under the tub. The tub does appear to be level so i don t think that s the problem. 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. Using your power drill make a pilot hole through the subfloor then a smaller pilot hole into the finished.

The majority of sub flooring issues can be corrected by adding screws in the areas where the creaking is occurring. The tub flange moving against the wall the tub drain plumbing maybe rubbing against the subfloor.