Floating Wood Floor Repair Solutions?

We are considering 2 different approaches to eliminate the hollow, spongy spots on the installed engineered floating  floor as we are not going to remove the floor at this point. Option 1) There is a product for this purpose called Dri Tac. It’s some sort of adhesive kit that works by drilling small holes in the trouble spots and then applying the adhesive with a syringe, and then fill the holes with small dowels. They supply all of this and it’s specifically for engineered flooring. Option 2) Using some very small finishing nails, nail down floor around trouble spots to the wood underlay. Floor installers/experts please comment – thanks!

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in Flooring 13 years and 6 months ago

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xistent | 13 years and 6 months ago

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its clear to both of us that the concrete was no level. he is a good contractor overall, but I think he charged me for a quality floor install and he’s obviously not an expert with floating floor installations. The concrete was not level, and he didnt modify in any way to make the subfloor go down level. I have not been too aggressive with this yet as we’re 90% done and to take off all muolding, floor & subfloor and redo would be a huge set back. I Know floating floors have a little give, but there are significant loose spots that I would like to fix. Any suggestions? What is a range for square foot installation of click lock floating floor including a partcial board subfloor with a moisture barrier? I would like to know if I overpaid for a jobnot mastered.

hancockone | 13 years and 6 months ago

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I am afraid that it sounds as if the original was not screeded before the subflooring went down. Even if the engineered floor is glued to the subfloor, if the surface supporting the subfloor is uneven you will probably still experience bounce. What does the contractor have to say about the situation?