How To Fix A Squeaky Subfloor Under Carpet

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How to fix a squeaky subfloor under carpet.

Squeaks occur when subfloor separates from joists. If you can feel a soft spot in the floor under the carpet the subfloor has likely been weakened or damaged. Use shims for smaller gaps in subfloor and joists. 3 chuck the joist finding screw into the drill driver.

The trick however is to not damage your wall to wall carpet and to locate where the joists in your floor are located. To install one of these joist subfloor braces screw the mounting plate to the underside of the subfloor directly under the squeaking spot. Go under the floor if you have access and have a friend walk around on the carpet while you listen for squeaks. 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.

In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to repair a squeaky floor through a carpet. Whenever you hear one watch for movement between the subfloor and the joist in. 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. Locate squeak in floor and drive nail into joist.

Slide the shim into the gap. 2 tap the carpeted floor with the hammer and listen for dull thud indicating a joist below. How do you fix a squeaky subfloor. 1 use a hammer to locate a floor joist within the squeaky section of floor.

Fasten the subfloor to the floor. 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. Use short screws to fasten subfloor and floor. After seeing it on an episode of this old house i immediately went to my local hardware store and bought one.