Floor Of Bathtub Creaks

Yeah it sounds as if they removed the structural support.

Floor of bathtub creaks.

I know it s not the floor boards since the rest of the bathroom is silent. The tub flange moving against the wall the tub drain plumbing maybe rubbing against the subfloor. This can potentially weaken the tub and lead to cracks and splits in. One tile has a hairline crack now.

Squeaking in an acrylic tub when weight is placed on the floor of the tub can be due to the tub flexing or bending. 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. Oftentimes the squeaks and creaks you hear are caused by the floorboards rubbing against nails or the floorboards. 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.

Loaded with water the water weights the tub down thus no movement. It was about three years old. This could be due to new construction under the tub. I need to fix it.

A few well placed screws can eliminate the squeak. 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. Screws will normally do a much better job of holding the. Occasionally if the floor joist are spaced two far apart to properly support the sheeting then floor creaking may occur.

Bigjaylow nj i recently installed a new acrilic tub in my bathroom. Then fill the holes with wood filler. Rarely is this the case. The four year old tile floor in our bathroom started squeaking during winter after four years and stopped squeaking in summer.

The tub does appear to be level so i don t think that s the problem. The majority of sub flooring issues can be corrected by adding screws in the areas where the creaking is occurring. Since the first shower in it i continuously hear a loud creaking as i move my feet all over the base. Using your power drill make a pilot hole through the subfloor then a smaller pilot hole into the finished.

Is this from humidity. The noise is typically from movement. Driving short screws through the bottom of the subfloor through the bottom of the finished floor can alleviate the noise. I think the floor was not prepped correctly.

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.