Second Story Floor Creaking

The flooring is vinyl tile.

Second story floor creaking.

I can slide a putty knife under the wall and feel the nails. If the floor is over a basement or crawl space go below to make the repairs. Or if separating floor from subfloor is causing the creak drive two nails at opposite 45 degree angles into joists which you can locate with a stud finder. For squeaky floor repair begin from underneath the floor if you can.

7 yr old home the floor has started to separate from the wall. This might require you lifting up any carpeting or removing any other layers of flooring that are in the way. Occasionally boards or even floor underlay will warp slightly as well. Start by having someone walk across the floor while you listen from below.

When you hear a squeak have the person above rap on the floor so you can pinpoint the exact spot. Next take a thin wood shim and coat it with carpenter s glue. With hardwood floors drive ring shank or cement coated flooring nails into the seams between boards. It makes quick second story floor repairs and works right through carpeting or other floor coverings.

The floor joist and wall base wre nailed and the joist meet the center line of the house main beam 4 feet into the master bedroom. That s probably one of the worst things you could do to fix a squeaky floor. When you use a shim and place it between the floor and joist what you re actually doing is only filling the. Then fill the holes with wood filler.

Couldn t you just use shims to stop the squeaking. The easiest way to silence a squeaky floor on the second story is to drive a 1 5 8 self tapping screw into the joists where the squeaking plywood is. Squeaky floors are almost always caused by nails that missed the floor joists when the installer was installing the floor. This can cause subfloor nails to pop loose and the subfloor.

I looked at the specs of the sub flooring and what i have is 3 4 sound absorbing gypcrete over 5 8 tongue and groove plywood glued and nailed to floor joists. To fix a squeaky carpeted floor you might have to try a few times until you get the squeak to stop. I am having the same problem. Floors get squeaky when wood dries out either finished wood or a wooden subfloor.

Jeff i live on the 2nd floor of a multi unit building and my bathroom floor squeaks like crazy. Separate wooden bridging members to eliminate noise problems. Fixing a squeaky floor that s carpeted can be challenging.