creaking floorboards
- Thread starter sabre
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Sabre,
There's quick & there's effective long lasting...
Carpet actually doesn't stop floor boards squeaking - if you put carpet over squealy boards you can end up with squeaky boards with carpet on top & it's harder to fix.
There are a few ways to fix them, depending on your access to the underside of the floor and whether you intend carpeting or polishing.
Here's a few techniques you can use:
http://www.bhg.com.au/home_improvement.nsf/Content/bhg_article_july01_floorboards
http://www.homedoctor.net/tipsfaq/13.3.html
Personally we fixed a floor we were carpeting & no base access - sheeting rather than boards - in this case we punched existing nails, renailed the joints & drilled holes to get glue into the joints of the worse areas.
We've also fixed standard boards with underfloor access that were to be polished - in this case we wedged the piers, punched the nails slightly & renailed bad sections that were not pier related.
Cheers,
Aceyducey
There's quick & there's effective long lasting...
Carpet actually doesn't stop floor boards squeaking - if you put carpet over squealy boards you can end up with squeaky boards with carpet on top & it's harder to fix.
There are a few ways to fix them, depending on your access to the underside of the floor and whether you intend carpeting or polishing.
Here's a few techniques you can use:
http://www.bhg.com.au/home_improvement.nsf/Content/bhg_article_july01_floorboards
http://www.homedoctor.net/tipsfaq/13.3.html
Personally we fixed a floor we were carpeting & no base access - sheeting rather than boards - in this case we punched existing nails, renailed the joints & drilled holes to get glue into the joints of the worse areas.
We've also fixed standard boards with underfloor access that were to be polished - in this case we wedged the piers, punched the nails slightly & renailed bad sections that were not pier related.
Cheers,
Aceyducey
Yup, I would try the talc trick first up. Sprinkle it over the located problem/suspect area. Put newspaper over and tred gently so the movement makes the talk work between the boards & in joints. Lift up the newspaper and vaccum the remainder away.
(newspaper is just so you don't traipse the extra through the house.)
With the drier weather I believe a lot of Sydney houses are having this prob lately... heard this from a tradesman recently who redid our floor.
Good luck banishing the squeekies...
(newspaper is just so you don't traipse the extra through the house.)
With the drier weather I believe a lot of Sydney houses are having this prob lately... heard this from a tradesman recently who redid our floor.
Good luck banishing the squeekies...
I once rented a house where not only the floorboards squeeked, the walls used to crack as well. Honestly it was the noisiest house I have ever stayed in.
The house was in Tara, in western Qld in a 'melon hole' area and the houses used to move around quite a bit there.
The house was in Tara, in western Qld in a 'melon hole' area and the houses used to move around quite a bit there.
