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I am working on a bathroom remodel and I am getting ready to prep the floor for ceramic tile installation. I have removed the old tiles, mortar and cement board. Upon scrapping the remaining little chunks and verifying the floor was level, I noticed the subfloor doesn't have a single fastener holding it to the joists. Looking at the joists from the bottom side in the basement I see they used only glue. I know this is not a good practice, especially if installing tile due to flex and possible movement but is there a building code requirement to use fasteners? The floors in the bathroom, as well ad the rest of the upstairs, creek very bad as well. Could the use of only glue be the cause of this? The house was built in 1996. I ask because if it is required, I wanted to dig into how it passed inspection. Thanks