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Update on floorboard creaking

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New Home Expert:
Nothing surprises me with housebuilders these days.
It could be a cheapest possible design where the housebuilder ignore the manufacturer's recommendations went for the cheapest design option.
It could also be due to not being fitted inn accordance with best practice and manufacturer's  design and instructions.
It could be an idiot trade has cut away a large critical section of the joist.

No housebuilder is ever going to mention a defect in a home they have built. Why would they?

And finally yes, it will be a lot of work to fix. You will have to move out as they will take up the floor and ceiling and install new or additional joists.  OR just the floor if they try and bodge it with stiffeners!
What was done in the photo below didn't work!  These floor joists should never be modified like this!

simba_ali:
Does that mean they could refuse to do anything if it's done to a certain specification?
Even with a bouncy floor? My main issues are safety and being able to sell it at a later date. Which a bouncy floor will most certainly affect.

Is joist stiffening a common attempt by house builders? Is it something I should refuse if they offer it as a fix?

Kind regards

New Home Expert:
You really need to make a claim under the warranty. It would be in the warranty provider's interests to ensure that any remedial works are carried out to manufacturer's recommendations, design and guidance.

There will always be an allowable deflection in the design of floor joists. When this is exceeded, the design will need to be beefed up.
As you notice the deflection, I would guess it is excessive for one of the reasons I have already suggested.

As for whether bodging the problem with stiffening being common, I could not possibly know. All I know is in this one instance that was brought to my attention it was attempted and did not work.

Write to the housebuilder and copy the letter to the warranty provider.

In your nine posts regarding your floor joists, you have not once mentioned the name of the housebuilder so others are warned.  This is the whole point of this forum. 

As you are shared ownership, you should also involve the HA.

I have now said all I can on this matter.

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