As with their hands to get rid of creaking floor, simple and without removing the old boards

Residents of older homes are often faced with the problem of the old floor creaking. In this issue, there may be many reasons, but even those who are far from building subjects with the right approach to eliminate them is not difficult. Below we will explain how you can get rid of this defect flooring their own hands, wherein without resorting to complete disassembly of wooden structures.

Because of what can grind the floor

The reasons may be as follows:

1. Poor fixing boards. To eliminate excess noise, in this case, a more reliable fastening, which is provided with several screws. nails for these purposes it is better not to useAs over time they have properties become loose.

2. The problem with the pads under logs. Lining can not be properly installed or fallen into disrepair due to wear them anyway It must be replaced, because the decrease in the stability of the lag will certainly lead to an increase in the level of excess noise walking.

3. The appearance of the gaps between the boards

. This is possible when, during the laying of the floor used raw wood. When walking, such boards are beginning to come into contact with each other and jarring.

4. Lack distance between the boards and concrete wall. The gap in 1 cm. It is left to the board, while climate change could alter the shape smoothly. Otherwise, when swollen board is in contact with the wall and pressing on her distinctive sound occurs.

Eliminating unpleasant creaking

In order to overcome the above defects, you can use the tips that we give in this section.

Tightly secure the floorboards

More 15 years ago it was impossible to meet the floor of the wood, which was accomplished by fixing not using common nails. These floor coverings still serve their masters, occasionally reminding myself squeak. Likely that most of the nails rusted and rickety, in this connection, it is desirable to replace more reliable mounting—screws.

• In the beginning you need to figure lag thickness. For this is the opening to the base and made measurement. A simpler way would be to remove one of the boards and measure the distance to the floor. Screws need to drive down to such a distance that it did not reach the end of the joists 1.5-2 cm.
• Recommended use powerful screwdriver or a drill, otherwise fixing process will be delayed for a long period. If the screwdriver is not sufficient to cope effectively with the problem, can be pre-drilled using the drill hole by self-tapping screws.
• Most often lags are arranged apart at a distance 60-65 cm. To estimate how much you will need to buy screws, multiply the number of boards on the amount of lag.
• Then nothing tricky is left - need tightly secure screws. If after this audible creaks, it is necessary to additionally attach one more fixture.

Eliminate gaps between the boards - step by step guide

When the gaps, there is no need to disassemble the cover. You can use the homemade wedges of wood or other hard material.

Step 1. Make a small wedge of wood, pre-calculating its size.

Step 2. Apply glue on the surface, drive the wedge into the slot.

Step 3. After making sure that the wedge tightly vkolochen - delete the unwanted bulging part.

The most difficult and time-consuming in this work will be done the right size of the wedge.

Swipe recovery of off boards

Sometimes strange sound comes from the fact that the floor laying one or more common boards was used. This effect arises from the fact that the board can not withstand the weight and starts to sag. Under standard conditions, this does not occur, since the neighboring parts of the floor keep each other.

• Drill a hole for the steep slope, so that it can reach the neighboring boards.
• Apply glue on the wooden fastener and drive it into the drilled hole. Fasteners must be in equal proportions to the two boards.
• The same manipulation is necessary to make the other end of the board.

These methods will help you get rid of the annoying creaking floorboards indiscriminately throughout the floor construction. Thus you will save yourself time and effort.