Creaky hardwood floor

Discussion in 'Flooring' started by buzzSaw, Nov 12, 2006.

  1. Nov 12, 2006
    buzzSaw

    buzzSaw New Member

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    Hi Everyone,

    Does anyone have any suggestions for stopping my hardwood floor form creaking. Their is around three areas that are just driving me crazy. I definitely don't want to take up the flooring and replace the sub-floor. Any suggestions

    thanks
     
  2. Nov 16, 2006
    penguinmama

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    My grandpa recently put a wood floor in his kitchen, and he said it creaks terribly (especially with temperature changes).. I'm not sure it is possible to keep it from happening.
     
  3. Nov 16, 2006
    Melos

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    I just saw this very same problem on an episode of "Ask This Old House." :)

    The floor creaked because the subflooring was not attached tightly to the support beams / boards - whatever they are called. The guy on the show used some weird tool that went through the carpeting to glue or nail the floor back to the beams.
     

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