I pulled out all the carpet in a couple 2nd floor bedrooms in my late 1970's house to replace with new carpet. After pulling up the carpet I realized it is probably a good time to fix the noisy floors. I tried to screw down the subfloor, but it didn't help. What can be done? Do I have to pull up the subfloor and replace it to fix? Is this something I can do myself? Do I cut around the wall with a toe kick saw, pry up the plywood, and then glue and screw in new plywood?
How to Fix Creaking Floor
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nealtw
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Often the noise in the floor are nails that just miss the joist and rub on the side of it. So find noisy spots and locate the joist with a nail and make sure you are not moving.
If you have an area with more bounce than the rest you could have one bad joist. Sometimes with a long span the noise can be at the when the joists bend and your not likely to fix that if yoiu have a finished ceiling below.
If you have an area with more bounce than the rest you could have one bad joist. Sometimes with a long span the noise can be at the when the joists bend and your not likely to fix that if yoiu have a finished ceiling below.
