How To Fix A Squeaky Subfloor Under Carpet

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.

How to fix a squeaky subfloor under carpet.

At around 20 this is without a doubt one of the best diy purchases i ve ever made right up there with my impact driver. Go under the floor if you have access and have a friend walk around on the carpet while you listen for squeaks. Fasten the subfloor to the floor. The trick however is to not damage your wall to wall carpet and to locate where the joists in your floor are located.

Use short screws to fasten subfloor and floor. Peel back carpet and use screw to subfloor. After seeing it on an episode of this old house i immediately went to my local hardware store and bought one. How do you fix a squeaky subfloor.

Floor squeaks are caused by gaps between the sub floor and the floor joists which have separated over time and can be fixed by simply reattaching that sub floor back to the framing. 1 use a hammer to locate a floor joist within the squeaky section of floor. To install one of these joist subfloor braces screw the mounting plate to the underside of the subfloor directly under the squeaking spot. This isn t the same as having a floor squeak when you step on it which simply indicates that the subfloor isn t tightly fastened to the floor joist in one area.

Whenever you hear one watch for movement between the subfloor and the joist in. 2 tap the carpeted floor with the hammer and listen for dull thud indicating a joist below. 3 chuck the joist finding screw into the drill driver. Slide the shim into the gap.

In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to repair a squeaky floor through a carpet. Cut a 6 or 8 piece of wire coat. The floor repair kit that solved our squeaky floor problem is called squeeeeek no more. Locate squeak in floor and drive nail into joist.