Hi,
I just had about 700 sq feet of laminate floor professionally installed in my kitchen, dining room, hallway and entry way. The work is about 2 weeks old, and is a quality quick step linesse product. It has a pre attached pad. All in all, it's a nice job. But I noticed in about 2 or 3 spots there is about a 1'x1' section where there seems to be a bit of a pocket between the laminate and the subfloor. When you step right on these spots there is a bit of give and a soft tapping sound as the laminate hits the subfloor. I would guess the gap is about an 1/8inch at most. Is this normal? Is it possible to have a floating floor w/o ANY pockets? I guess I never really noticed in the past w/ all the other people's laminate I've walked on. I don't know if that's because it wasn't there, or it was there and I 've just become hyper aware of it now that it's my floor and my money.
Thanks!
M

I've done my entire house, and helped others as well. What you are feeling is an uneven dip in your slab. This is normal and will happen if the floor is not completely level. Though most company's will pour a filler for most of the jobs they do, it is literally impossible to have a completely level floor, hence you might notice a couple of spots that might dip in a tad, but there isn't really anything you can do to prevent that. Overtime it might give to where you fill it less and less.

I've done my entire house, and helped others as well. What you are feeling is an uneven dip in your slab. This is normal and will happen if the floor is not completely level. Though most company's will pour a filler for most of the jobs they do, it is literally impossible to have a completely level floor, hence you might notice a couple of spots that might dip in a tad, but there isn't really anything you can do to prevent that. Overtime it might give to where you fill it less and less.

Thanks. They did trowel on some compound where rooms transitioned to one another and there was slight amount of uneveness.