While this doesn t mean your floors are defective there are various reasons it can occur.
Popping feeling in ribswhen laying on hard floor.
If your floors are nailed down to the subfloor the popping noise could be coming from the nails.
Cracked broken or poped out one of your ribs.
A sternum fracture or break in the breastbone is usually caused by direct trauma to the bone.
Slipping rib syndrome goes by many names including clicking rib displaced ribs rib tip syndrome nerve nipping painful rib syndrome and interchondral subluxation among others.
The sound happens when a plank becomes loose and the nail rubs against the subfloor.
Slipping rib syndrome occurs when the ligaments holding the ribs in place move cause the ribs to shift or slip slipping rib syndrome is more likely to occur in women than men.
If you re hearing a snapping or popping sound when you stretch your rib cage it is most likely your breast bone or sternum popping.
The swelling of the joints associated with sternum fractures can cause popping in this area as well.
You will need to take it easy for a week or two so it has time to heal.