I’ve got creeky floors under carpet (relatively new building). I don’t own the place but the creeks and squeaks bother the hell out of me at night when I’m trying to not wake up the pup.
Didn’t see any particularly useful advice online so any thoughts are appreciated.
Drive a screw into it. This is far easier to do with a carpeted floor since the screw head (and hole) is not as noticeable. Be aware not to have any screw heads sticking up anywhere when done. They do also make special screws that will snap the head off once sunk. Thus leaving no major visible trace, but you could use normal screws as long as you got them flush.
Try sinking the screw down on or near a squeaky spot in an attempt to tighten it up. You’ll need that screw to hit a floor joist as well to have something for the floor surface to tighten to. Sink one screw and test. If it didn’t help, back it out and try elsewhere nearby. It helps if you can identify the joist pattern for your floor.
You could also try from below the floor assuming access was available. But in that case, I’d also use caulk/glue from there too to help quite things down.
I would not do anything from above for a finished wood floor. Too easy to mess it up and your landlord would charge you for the damage. It is potentially do-able with finish nails, skill and careful precision (which I lack).
Sounds good. Given its creeky all over the place, I’ll probably try mapping out the joists first. I’ll (hopefully) post an update after my attempt.
Thanks for the advice!
Trim screws have small heads so they are even less noticeable. That’s what I’ve been fixing my squeaky floor boards with.
Try damming the creek upriver?
Is this a bot or joke (or ‘yes’) response?
Its also a typo for wood that makes squeaking sounds.
(A typo is a terrible thing to waste. 😜 )
The typo wasn’t wasted, there was a clever joke about it.
In a ‘Dad’ joke sort of way, sure, I’d agree with that.
Ask this old house has a couple videos on this.
What kind of a pup?
Blue heeler!
You should really send a video of your floor. The pup has to be visible. I’m really sorry. It’s the only way the floor can be saved 😂
Does your landlord suck? If not, maybe they might fix it.
Do you have access to the floorboards from below (cellar access)?
Nope, unfortunately
I’ve seen people try wax, but I have no idea how well it works.
Yeah I’d say that’d be pretty tough with carpet
