Quiet Walk? Floor Muffler? Need Help Choosing Underlayment?
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Comments (4)We have very good experience with Floor Muffler Acoustical underlayment with 73 and 74 STC and IIC rating, vapor barrier and self sealing tape. See the picture....See MoreBest Underlayment for engineered wood floating floor
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Comments (10)Hi, jfcwood. Thanks for the insight. That makes sense especially since the Quiet Walk seems fairly thick. It did occur to me that this might be one of those things that everybody does in spite of the manufacturer's instructions and it works out fine. I can't give these guys the benefit of the doubt though. We are having this flooring installed on two floors of a house that is still under construction. At the time of my original post, the first floor was maybe 50 sq ft from completion and the crew had taken a break for another trade to come in. We saw issues with the expansion gap of the wood and a few other things and brought them up to the installer. He sent us a list of excuses and told his crew to complete the installation ASAP. They even had someone there on 4th of July installing baseboards on any wall with flooring even though that was supposed to be done by another trade. We now have the following list: The underlayment is cut into pieces ranging from about 6"x12" to 2'x4' and laid on the floor in a patchwork pattern that leaves gaps averaging about 1/2" all around. The underlayment touches the wall in some places and is 3" away from the wall in others The overlap edges of the underlayment have been cut off of some (but not all) of the pieces and none of them are taped - despite the underlayment itself being printed with instructions in three languages to tape the edges. Of all of the debris strewn about the house there is not a single roll of tape or empty core. The wood has an uneven expansion gap won't be covered by the baseboards in a couple of places and touches the wall in many places. The wood has been butted up against the exterior doors, wedged into each corner, and touches the lengths of the walls at random intervals. The wood is installed at a skewed angle that is not only unattractive but the narrow taper of the edge pieces is already shifting and allowing neighboring pieces to loosen up. The installer blames the builder for crooked walls but the walls are parallel to about 1/2" over a length of about 20' and the skew is the same at each wall. Each room has one or two prominently placed split or mismatched planks. I am not expecting perfection from mother nature but I am expecting the installer to discard these or use them in less conspicuous places. Thanks for asking - ha ha! I really need advice now on how to handle this without going to court....See Moregc01480
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