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Posted by EXT on April 13, 2008, 9:03 pm
Solved a very noisy floor that straddled a beam. Used over 1000 screws to
seal it down. Then I levelled it with filler as it was low on both sides of
the beam. Then I glued and used 1" long staples to fasten 1/4" fir plywood
down to change the thickness from 5/8" to 7/8" total. It made the floor,
silent, solid and flat.
>> My 20 year old house is getting new rugs. Before the installers come in,
>> I'm cutting out sections of old carpet where squeaks have developed. I
>> have taken two approaches. first, ball-peening the old nails back in
>> snugly and then screwing down adjacent to the old screws with new
>> flooring screws. My question, is this going to an extreme? Can I
>> eliminate the screws and just make sure to sink the existing nails into
>> the subfloor? I do want to make sure that we don't have any squeaks
>> develop in the next few years. Thanks for your help.
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> If you can, and if it's still squeaking, try inserting some screws up from
> the bottom.
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