Floors in all my rentals still holding up great. Had a slight slope in one bedroom recently and I remembered this easy fix! Thanks again. Very creative !
I don’t have laminate floor but I do appreciate the idea of attaching a tire inflator to the great stuff nozzle. That’s pure genius. Not long ago I needed to inject foam into a narrow opening. I racked my brain for a solution. The best I came up with was using the front of a pen. It worked but the inflator would’ve been better.
I always wear socks with sandals. Ever gotten a wasp or bee sting between your toes? And then have to use a $130 Epi-pen to save your own life? Socks with sandals, a life saver.
IT WORKED! I did everything the same as the video except I drilled a few holes at once in case the foam needed more space to expand. I went very slow and alternated between the holes. When I was done I left Olympic weights on it overnight to make sure it wouldn't buckle. I wasn't about to tear the floor up for one soft spot. To all the people saying prep the floor beforehand, no duh. That would obviously be better but unless you have a time machine to go back before the floor was installed, this quick fix is cheap and easy.
I’m in the middle of a replacement floor and have found a little dip in the subfloor after installing about three feet beyond it. Will be trying this solution. Thanks for sharing your idea.
Your Video on laminate floor was ABSOLUTELY GREAT on so many levels. Listen People! If replacing the floor is the option a Pro would do then why not give a $20 fix a shot and see the results. I loved the Puritans say this was a horrible job! I loved the People who loved this trick and I even loved the idea of glue instead of Great Stuff. Even the guy who wanted to come up from the bottom of the sub floor to inject the stuff ..AMAZING.. This video got people together talking and thinking. Thank you to all the people with the "should not be tried" comments, I do see your points made..they are quite valid and have experience behind them. I am being called in to repair a floor and have the quote to replace the floor, a quote to repair the sunk in areas....And, now I have an idea to try it myself. A big THANK YOU to the Author of this video; You have provided inspiration!
If ur replacing the floor, use a leveling compound and make it flat for when you put the new one down. Thats as complicated as it has to be. But most times people wanna save a little money
I used this cheap trick on my laminate flooring and it completely removed the gap between my subfloor and laminate boards. Glad I watched this review before buying those expensive wood floor fix kits!
No matter what product/kit you use your gonna have to drill into the floor. Installers do it all the time so theres really nothing to worry about. I usually drill into a knot where the hole can be easily hidden. I normally use Dritac repair glue but its expensive compared to this foam stuff. Ima give it a try the next time I have a repair.
@@amyrose7261 drilling into the floor is really no big deal. If you drill into a seam or knot, you will never notice a little 1/16 inch hole once it’s filled. Don’t stress!
I'm glad I found this video. I'm going to fix my floors this weekend and was ready to drill a hole big enough to fit the tube on the can down in it. Now I know to use a needle!
Amazing how so many so called pro installers know nothing about these type of fixes. The owner has to go on youtube to find these solutions lol. Thanks for the upload, saved me time and money from having to rip up floors.
I'm pumped I found this video. Installing a new floor now and just tore it all up just for a soft spot only to try and level it, lay the floor back down and still have a soft spot. I'm not tearing it up again. Just ordered foam and needles haha.
@@rasscal I have all the stuff but haven't tried it yet because I'm away from home for military stuff. I don't think I'd worry about injecting too much, I don't think it would cause the floor to have high spots. It probably only expands into empty areas.
This laminate flooring fix really worked for me. No problems with the foam drying. It's the same as being in a cavity behind a window or door frame. :) Thanks s a lot! 5 stars!
Yeah I used this method to stop our new subfloor that was squeaking in certain places. We had secured the boards and counter sunk the screws but somehow there was just enough of a space for the subfloor to give a bit and cause squeaks and creaks. Drilled a hole or 2 where needed slid the little hose in and give it a shot of window & door trim expanding foam. Being the subfloor was screwed down SECURE the foam only filled within the areas it could get into and expanded only as much as the gap available. No squeaking, no creaking and no feeling like it had any give. Also remedied the possibility of causing the new vinyl to be damaged due to that slight subfloor shift/movement.
some of these comments are ridiculous and over thought (engineers) lol this is a perfect fix for a homeowner or flipper who has an already existing laminate floor they did not install themselves. No tearing out a perfectly good floor for a minor bend in the planking. Nice video.
John, I am a Quantum Molecular physicist from the future and i came back to tell Aglobal llc that his repair saved the human race. How? His repair with stand a nuclear explosion of 1000k joules....lol
I'm neutral for arguments sake: It's scary to use the word "FLIPPER" and assume high-quality,code compliant repairs or builds. BOTTOM line, would this procedure work to make a long lasting quality, trouble-free repair?
This works ridiculously well, if you are ever in Edmonton I owe you a beer. Like others said, this video is for people who made the error of laying floor on an uneven surface, not for those smart enough to level it correctly beforehand
When I was buying new floors my first choice was vinyl but everybody said that it requires perfectly even surface. Since I had old tiles and parquet they advised me to go with laminate because, with a the 3 or 5mm underlay, it can withstand some imperfections. Now I now it's not the case. I bought 10mm 33 class laminate and now I regret not buying 15mm one. I installed 85m2 of it and the price difference was significant but still..... I have some part that are moving when walking over and one piece that is cracking. I suppose that the one that cracks was not installed correctly and the V groove does not match. I was wandering if I could drill from under the pavement and then do something similar and then I came across this video. Even if I would prefer not to drill on new laminat the procedure is inevitable. Will it work? And will the hole do problems in future after few years of washing?
A fellow Albertan! And I just dumped 6 buckets of leveller on my floor and there’s STILL some low spots. So I’m saying f it and just putting laminate on top anyway because seriously I just hate floors so much at this point. Over it….
Great idea. Remember a little goes very far as it's only filling about 1/8" max. I do this exact repairs for spongy tub floors also. It works great. On the tubs, I use epoxy patch for the hole/s, then spray the floor with epoxy paint. 👍
I guess one precaution would be - DO NOT USE THE HEAVY EXPANDING FOAM !!!!!! BE SURE IT IS "MINIMAL EXPANDING" or you will be very very sorry ...... Just thought I'd throw that out there even though you said it in the video .... This warning is crucial to NOT creating a disaster
Good tip! I kind of wondered about that too. I thought of the same trick before watching this. But I was worried it might expand too much and push the flooring up.
Great idea . I used it to fill area from tile to bare concrete along line and used several holes along it , about 15 feet . pressurized it along line starting at one end . great fix . wife wont even know HAHA. Can i used though - didn't have wide hose , but with some rigging made it happen THanks dude good idea.
@@Mr.Beastforpresident used the same brand as the video. When spraying the foam, I would stop and step on the area lightly to spread the foam. Hope this helps.
Great Video! One piece of advice i would recommend is to drill a second hole right around the edge of the soft spot to let the air out, otherwise over time you will see that the soft spot just moved to a different spot of the floor.
Thank you so much for the idea. I had the idea to use liquid nails and small drill bit but had no idea how to get the liquid nails through such a small hole. Plus it would be flexible afterwards. This is a much better solution. Hope it holds up over time!
I just wanted to say thanks and this worked like a charm. The only downside I got which was minor, is a little bit of the Great Stuff goes a very long ways so be careful. I had a few soft planks and it sure does beat ripping up the floor.
Thanks for this. Do you think it would probably be okay to inject the foam into the ends of the boards were 2 meet, rather than in the middle of a long side? That seems to be the center point of my two soft spots.
I have vinyl flooring and uneven hallway. It was so bad that I was close to taken all out and replace it. Would have been very Messi. You safes me time and my marriage. That’s an amazing trick. I am at my second bottle and it works fantastic. Thank you very very much!
Put down vinyl plank flooring and found a soft area. Was sceptical but tried this fix and worked perfect. Floor is solid now. Pushed down every so often to help spread out. Thanks this was a great help
@@mikegrguras9825 I was initially concerned with how I would fill the hole but it's so small honestly I couldn't see it after so I left them . Darker flooring so not sure if that helped. I didnt worry about drilling in the bevel I tried to find the center area of where it was low. Did about 8 different spots couldnt tell you now where they were
@@colintaylor8234 sounds good. Yea my floor is lighter and I grabbed a scrap piece to see the hole size. Mine might need some patching and see come putty kits out there. Thanks for the reply!
I can't wait to try this!! I made the mistake of hiring a "flooring installer" from the internet to lay vinyl plank flooring on the entire main floor of my house for a cash deal. I quickly found out why his price was so low. This guy put NO underpad or anything over the subfloor before laying the vinyl planks. So I have SEVERAL uneven spots that are now causing some planks to crack. I'm going to try this genius trick today. One question though, how do you hide the drill holes? I am going to have quite a few and a lot of them will be in plain site. THANK YOU!!!
@@kathr3335 If possible drill the hole through a knot looking area of the plank and gill with regular wood puddy to match. you will still see it when the light hits it right bit it will be less noticeable.
My first attempts at leveling large rooms seemed to go well but it became apparent that even tiny undulations left LOTS of soft spots all over my floors. I'm basically turning my floors into swiss cheese doing this I have so many places but it SEEMS to be working pretty well so far. Ive done about 12-15 holes and it's definitely much better. TIP: Ive been laying large heavy slabs of old countertop over the floor where I filled to press things level and try to avoid any swelling. Which also SEEMS to work well. Fortunately I have a "natural/worn" style engineered hardwood, so the holes aren't too noticable and I've even been able to hide the foam dots with a bit of matching wood stain. Thanks for saving my ass man. I hope I can find enough cans of foam to fix this squishy floor of mine!
@@chasecomptondesign slab which was liquid leveled, but pretty sure the sika leveler either sucked, or was expired (thanks home Depot). Additionally, my hickory engineered hardwood tongue and groove planks seem overly flexible conflated to many thick lvp click locks
My son is a flooring guy and he uses 2 25 lb weights. He drills the hole and then lays the plates over and injects down thru the holes on the weights. Holds everything steady and level.
Wow I was afraid to attempt this in a new plank floor I did and then I discovered a small soft spot and boy I’m i glad I seen this video, thanks it worked for me...... Update: the very next day, I realized that I put too much foam in my soft spot and now I have a raise spot not crazy high but when you walk on it you can feel it, f#%k I can’t win, my suggestion is to put small amount of foam, I did use the window and door foam but I just put to much, thanks
I did this repair on a few spots on my engineered wood (snap together and glued down) flooring. It worked well (so far). No more popping noise that annoyed me. The foam did not spread-out as much as I thought it would. You might have to apply this treatment in a few different places to remove the whole soft-spot. Do wear gloves as the foam stuff will not come off of your hands! Some excess spilled on the floor but cleaned up nicely with mineral spirits (paint thinner).
How long did you squeeze the trigger on the foam can for? It sounded like you did for a second or two and then left it for the remaining time the tip was inserted in the floor.
I have a wood floor with the pad under it on a concrete floor, in summer its bummy as the wood expands. Can this trick work? should i make sure the foam gets in between the wood and the pad and also between the pad and the concrete floor? the wood is interlocked. thank you!
tire inflator tip and tape on the floor was the solution ..... I had thought of foam but was not wanting to drill a big hole .... tire inflator solves that ..... good video , great idea , thanks
correction "football" inflator tip , NOT "tire" inflator (my bad) .... anyway , good idea , I used it the other day and it worked ..... I know one thing , that foam did go everywhere !!!!!! I didn't wear gloves ..... Next time i will !!!!!!!! That crap is like roof tar , no matter how careful you are , IT GETS ON YOUR HANDS !!!!!!!
How about if there is sqeaking noise coming out of the underneath the floor when we step on? I might have to remove the laminated pieces in affected area and nail the floor down first and reattach pieces. Have 2 spots in the condo that make noise due to loose flooring under.
I’ve had a poorly fitted spot on my floor that has made a loud crack every time I step on it and has done my head in for years. Not any more, thanks and well done for the brilliant idea👍
So you did this procedure and it worked? I too have a same spot that cracks when I walk over it. I think that in that spot the laminat was not inserted correctly. (the V groove part that connects one pice to another) On some other spots around the edges with the wallsbI have the problem shown in this video, it's moving when I walk over. Not sure if I want to drill in my new floor tough, I will try from the edge since the laminate is 1cm from the walls.
I have got a few low spots in my hallway I have access at the moment as the Toeboards are off the linen so can have access from the side and under the laminate instead of drilling. Is there any other options I have? I can slide things in if there is something suitable
Will this fix work on a floating floor? Won’t it keep it from truly floating or will the spray foam move with it over time/not be too much of an adhesive?
This is genius. Ive been doing tile for years and have seen alot of tricks but this is something else...very smart and awesome trick I will hang on too on future lvt jobs. You can't make every floor flat, some are beyond screwed up....
I actually did this before but used a 3/8s drill bit which is the same size as the tube and I plugged it afterwards with a piece of wood and colored the plug with a stain pen
just right now i am installing laminate over a concrete slab that is uneven near the door of the bathroom, and i have a rebel soft spot, that i already tried to level, i used mortar to level before installation and quickset after the first time i took it off, but man it is still there haunting me i cannot level it flat because i would be over the level of the hallway ( i am installing the laminate without transitions) .ill try this method instead owe you a beer.
Hi, spray foam is often recommended for Laminat injection. is silicone or acrylic not better for laminate? It is more flexible and the laminate can move, please clarify thank you!
Would this work between two end joints on laminate as one end goes down when stepped on and the other raises slightly. Must be due to a slight dip so I'm thinking the foam would level it out. Would only need it raising a tiny bit.
That is my exact problem and I'm going to try this tip I hope it won't lift the floor where injected and create a hump where it can crack somewhere else.
Great info. However, I had difficulty with the inflator needle, couldn't get a good seal. Ended up drilling 1/4 inch hole for the foam directly. That worked better for me. Everything else the same.
I placed linate on an uneven floor ...So now at some places the joints have lifted a bit...i thought about doing this thing qoth the foam so as to support the piece underneath it.Will the foam dry? Cause ubderneath it has the membrane ..?
I have a soft spot on my engineered wood flooring I may try this on Would you inject the foam between the flooring and the underlay or try to drill through the underlay and inject the foam between the sub-floor and underlay?
Kevin Russell either way it's worth a try since if your laminate flooring is bad it will have to be replaced. I'd say if you measure the depth of injection try to get it under the uderlayment it may feel even under your feet. Either way it should fill the gap and should give you positive results. Please share your results.
I finally got around to doing this. I was a little reluctant as it is a new floor and quite a large soft spot. The flooring guy really fu*$#$ up and would not fix it. I seemed to worked pretty good. I am not 100% happy yet with the results but it is far better than it was. I am about 90% happy lol. I have a couple other spots I will fix this way as well. Thanks for the tip, it saved me a lot of grief!!!
