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Posted by Drew Cutter on June 23, 2007, 7:26 am
Lawrence wrote:
>> Lawrence wrote:
>>>> I ripping the carpet out of my house. The house is around 50 years old.
>>>> The stair has several squeaky (where you put your foot). What make a
>>>> floor squeaky and what is the fix ? These are solid oak stairs.
>>> The nails have come loose over the years. Then the tread rubs against
>>> the stringer causing the squeak. Pull the old nails with a cats
>>> claw. Then replace with a screw in the same hole. That should hold
>>> it tight.
>> So it better to go with screw over nails . Do i use a stud finder to
>> local the center of the stringer ? I don't see anywhere on the stair
>> trend for the old nails. Most of squeak is in the front of the step. I
>> need to also buy a floor squeak kit.
>
> There has to be nails or fastener of some kind on the two edges where
> stringers will be. It might be covered with trim. If there is/are a
> central stringer(s) then the nail should be in the exact center or
> equi-distance from the edges.
>
> Give the tread some raps with a hammer and you should be able to
> reveal the location of any central stringers and their fasteners.
> Removal of the nails is not really necessary since screws can be
> installed in between the nails. It is always wise to pre-drill for
> screws especially if the nails are not removed.
>
> If the squeak is only one step and fastener replacement don't work
> then you might be able to replace that one step entirely to solve the
> problem. It is possible for the board itself to cause the squeak and
> not the failure of the fastener though not common.
>
> another solution, if the stairs is accessible from underneath then yu
> can: 1. hit it with a hammer from underneath to pop up the nails or
> 2. use wedges between tread and riser if no fasteners are used in your
> stairs or if the treads are bowed.
>
> Some high quality stairs are constructed where there may be no
> fasteners on the tread at all. The treads and riser can be let into
> the edge stringers with dados and glue, no fasteners. If your was
> covered with carpet then it is probly not in this category.
>
I was talking to a friend about wood floors. They felt that wood floors
were harder to keep clean. What products would you suggest to seal/stain
the wood floor ? i.e low maintenance cleaning , etc
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