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.

In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to repair a squeaky floor through a carpet. Peel back carpet and use screw to subfloor. Squeaks occur when subfloor separates from joists. How do you fix a squeaky subfloor.

Use short screws to fasten subfloor and floor. If you can feel a soft spot in the floor under the carpet the subfloor has likely been weakened or damaged. 3 chuck the joist finding screw into the drill driver. To install one of these joist subfloor braces screw the mounting plate to the underside of the subfloor directly under the squeaking spot.

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. 2 tap the carpeted floor with the hammer and listen for dull thud indicating a joist below. Locate squeak in floor and drive nail into joist. Whenever you hear one watch for movement between the subfloor and the joist in.

1 use a hammer to locate a floor joist within the squeaky section of floor. Slide the shim into the gap. Cut a 6 or 8 piece of wire coat. 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 shims for smaller gaps in subfloor and joists. The trick however is to not damage your wall to wall carpet and to locate where the joists in your floor are located. After seeing it on an episode of this old house i immediately went to my local hardware store and bought one. Go under the floor if you have access and have a friend walk around on the carpet while you listen for squeaks.