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How do you fix your creaky floors?

Updated: 10/5/2023
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15y ago

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If you can pull up the carpet to get to that area, then you can screw or nail through the offending/sqeaking floor board into the subfloor and then put back the carpet. If you have a basement try to find where it sqeaks from below [while you are in the basement, have someone step on and off the offending spot]. Once you know which board(s) is loose, screw a screw into it from the floor joist, through the subfloor, into the offending floorboard. Hopefully, this will pull the squeaking floor board down against the subfloor, and make a tighter fit and stop the squeek. Or, from the basement, screw a piece of 2x4 onto the floor joist, and then screw through the 2x4 and subfloor,into the loose floor board, from below. Or, gently drive a shim between the sub floor and the floor joist to see if that works. That all the thoughts I have for you. Hope they work.

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td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;} When it comes to fixing a squeaky hardwood flooring may it be made of oak timber or any other type of wood, you can try using powdered soapstone or talcum powder and pour it in between the boards. Another way to prevent it is using shims and placing or sliding them in gaps of subfloor or joist. You can also use short screws to fasten the subfloor.

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Try using baby powder between the joints that sqeak. Other than that tear up the whole floor and use a million screws to secure the subfloor and re-install the floor boards.

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We had to have the carpeting pulled up and the floor leveled and re screwed. Many times it creaks because the screws/nails have pulled loose. we then had the carpet relayed.

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If the boards themselves are cracked, realistically the only practical solution is to use wood filler, sand, and refinish the floor.

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