How To Fix A Squeaky Subfloor

Fix a squeaky floor any handy homeowner can silence all squeaks and creaks that occur beneath the subfloor using one of these three easy techniques.

How to fix a squeaky subfloor.

The squeak ender is a brand of joist support available at most home repair stores for a couple of bucks a metal brace that connects between the joist and the squeaky subfloor. Spin a nut onto the rod then tighten it with a wrench until the subfloor is pulled down snug against the joist. Then when someone walks across the floor the flooring and or subfloor moves up and down and rubs on the nails or screws causing squeaking sounds. Hold the squeak ender s steel mounting plate against the joist then screw it to the plywood subfloor.

You ll have several options to stop it. To locate the source of the squeak have a helper spring up and down on the squeaky area while you listen and watch for subfloor movement from below. When determining how to fix squeaky floors start by shimming the subfloor if possible. Creaks and squeaks belie the stability of a floor covered with a richly textured carpet but they aren t that difficult to eliminate.

You can fix a squeaky subfloor from above or below the floor using any of several techniques. Creaky floors occur when the subfloor has been separated from floor joists. Modern subfloors are made from plywood or oriented strand board. Squeaks are caused when the subfloor begins to separate from the floor joists.

The nails squeak as they slide in and out of the joists. You can solve this by shimming the subfloor. The cure for a squeaky floor is to reunite it with the floor joists. Older subfloors were made from planks that ran diagonally across the floor joists.

Tighten the nut with a wrench until the subfloor is pulled down snug against the floor joist. Wedge shims between the joist and subfloor and use a clawhammer to tap them into place. To fix squeaks caused by large gaps from beneath the floor fasten a piece of scrap wood against the floor joist so that it fits snugly against the subfloor. Fix the problem by installing a long douglas.

Finding the squeak can be difficult but if the squeaking floor is open from below you re in luck.