Kitchen floor vibration

Alter_ego

We live in a fairly (2016) new build.  Assume the ground floor is concrete beams (What are they called?)

Walking near the cooker hob causes pans left on there to vibrate noisily. Is this something we have to live with? or is there a DIY fix?

aoleks

It’s not the beams, they wouldn’t move ebough to cause vibrations when you walk on them. If they did, you’d be in trouble…

what’s your floor like? What about the cooker, does it have adjustable legs? Is it moving?

Belenus

Is it a free standing cooker and hob? As above check the legs.

If not, then if you bang the work top near the hob, does that also cause the pans to vibrate?

stuart45

Block and beam floors do sometimes vibrate due to greater spans with the pre stressed units.

Alter_ego

To answer the questions. Flooring is ceramic tiles, cooker not free standing, banging the worktop does not create vibration/noise. I guess the beams span about 4.5 metres, can measure if this is important.

Belenus

Check the legs supporting the cabinets.

They are usually adjustable by screwing clockwise and anti clockwise.

Make sure they are all tight against the cabinet base.

Alter_ego

Belenus said:

Check the legs supporting the cabinets.

They are usually adjustable by screwing clockwise and anti clockwise.

Make sure they are all tight against the cabinet base.

Thanks for that, do kickboards usually pull off?

vic_sf49

They do yes.

There's usually c-shaped clips fixed to the kickboards,  which clip onto the cabinet legs.