imported_joeyg
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Hey everyone, I’ve got an issue with popping/cracking sounds coming from a area of an interior wall where the floor meets the wall in my son’s bedroom on our second floor. It’s been very annoying for him and us over the years and it was high time I got around to fixing it.
I did my research and identified a possible cause as the sill plate of that wall not firmly attached to the subfloor and joist. With no access to fix this from below, I learned that a possible solution was toe-nailing long screws into the sill plate and subfloor from both sides of the wall, so they tighten the wall to the floor even if the screws don’t catch a joist.
Our subfloor is ¾” plywood. I removed the baseboards today with the intention of getting this taken care of and discovered that this stretch of wall (about 5 feet in length) has shims under the sill plate. I’ve attached a photo.
Is there something I should be doing in addition to toe nailing the sill plate now that I’ve discovered these shims under the sill plate? Should I be fitting additional shims along that stretch of wall prior to the toe nailing?
I’ve googled “shims under interior wall sill plates” and could find nothing. Is this a common practice for builders to do?
Thanks all.
I did my research and identified a possible cause as the sill plate of that wall not firmly attached to the subfloor and joist. With no access to fix this from below, I learned that a possible solution was toe-nailing long screws into the sill plate and subfloor from both sides of the wall, so they tighten the wall to the floor even if the screws don’t catch a joist.
Our subfloor is ¾” plywood. I removed the baseboards today with the intention of getting this taken care of and discovered that this stretch of wall (about 5 feet in length) has shims under the sill plate. I’ve attached a photo.
Is there something I should be doing in addition to toe nailing the sill plate now that I’ve discovered these shims under the sill plate? Should I be fitting additional shims along that stretch of wall prior to the toe nailing?
I’ve googled “shims under interior wall sill plates” and could find nothing. Is this a common practice for builders to do?
Thanks all.