1 locate the popping portion of the wood floor by.
To stop floating hardwood floor from popping.
If your wood or laminate floor is squeaking you may be able to stop the squeaks by dusting a lubricant such as graphite or talcum powder over the squeaky area.
If your wood floor is already down this might mean you have to pull up the section that squeaks to repair the subfloor and then put down a new section of flooring.
A board pops loose and the nails rub against the subfloor when you walk on it.
There may be loose debris under the floor crunching as you walk.
Floors that make a popping sound.
The builder installed the flooring with 2 by 1 2 inch crowned staples.
Movement in the flooring system is generally the cause of noises in hardwood flooring.
As a solution you can strategically find the particular wood floor panel that is popping and directly attach it to the floor joist with new nails.
Squeaks and creaks in a nail down floor usually come from the nails.
In either of these cases whether the problem is an uneven subfloor or a dirty subfloor there is not much you can do to fix the floor except pull it up and start over making sure that the floor prep is done properly and the subfloor is clean of all loose dirt and debris.
If you notice any squeaking in the subfloor you can apply nails or screws to the subfloor to silence it.
The best wood flooring is traditional nail down type or for heated concrete polyurethane glued parquet works extremely well although it makes for a very firm floor compared to the floating junk.
Spread the powder liberally then force it into the cracks between boards with a broom or a dry mop.