Comments on: help! my floor is so noisy http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/11/10/help-my-floor-is-so-noisy Where people who love their homes click Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:29:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: shelterrific » Blog Archive » five things we learned last week http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/11/10/help-my-floor-is-so-noisy/comment-page-1#comment-8147 shelterrific » Blog Archive » five things we learned last week Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:04:07 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/?p=5245#comment-8147 [...] 5. You can quiet a creaky floor with a common household item. Hannah advices Erica: :The problem is caused by air between the boards. You can sprinkle baby powder into the cracks and it should help. Click here for more advice on noisy floorboards. [...] [...] 5. You can quiet a creaky floor with a common household item. Hannah advices Erica: :The problem is caused by air between the boards. You can sprinkle baby powder into the cracks and it should help. Click here for more advice on noisy floorboards. [...]

]]> By: melinda http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/11/10/help-my-floor-is-so-noisy/comment-page-1#comment-8146 melinda Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:11:46 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/?p=5245#comment-8146 go get a cool mist vaporizer. you can find them in the pharmacy section of your fav superstore. they will improve the humidity (think less dry air/static electricity...) and you'll get fewer colds/coughs because dry mucous membranes (throat, lungs, sinuses) are much more prone to infection. go get a cool mist vaporizer. you can find them in the pharmacy section of your fav superstore. they will improve the humidity (think less dry air/static electricity…) and you’ll get fewer colds/coughs because dry mucous membranes (throat, lungs, sinuses) are much more prone to infection.

]]> By: Stephanie http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/11/10/help-my-floor-is-so-noisy/comment-page-1#comment-8145 Stephanie Tue, 11 Nov 2008 05:42:58 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/?p=5245#comment-8145 I've had trouble with old flooring in my 1920's apartment and baby powder always helped to dampen the noise. I’ve had trouble with old flooring in my 1920′s apartment and baby powder always helped to dampen the noise.

]]> By: monica http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/11/10/help-my-floor-is-so-noisy/comment-page-1#comment-8144 monica Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:20:14 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/?p=5245#comment-8144 I've done the baby powder thing. It works, but it gets messy. Even moreso if you have animals that try to help. I’ve done the baby powder thing. It works, but it gets messy. Even moreso if you have animals that try to help.

]]> By: DJ http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/11/10/help-my-floor-is-so-noisy/comment-page-1#comment-8143 DJ Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:14:20 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/?p=5245#comment-8143 Here's an article on fixing squeaky floorboards from the Sweat Equity column of the San Francisco Chronicle. Good luck! http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/20/HO4B12VBAR.DTL Here’s an article on fixing squeaky floorboards from the Sweat Equity column of the San Francisco Chronicle.

Good luck!

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/20/HO4B12VBAR.DTL

]]> By: Hannah http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/11/10/help-my-floor-is-so-noisy/comment-page-1#comment-8142 Hannah Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:22:13 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/?p=5245#comment-8142 The problem is caused by air between the boards. You can sprinkle baby powder into the cracks and it should help. The problem is caused by air between the boards. You can sprinkle baby powder into the cracks and it should help.

]]> By: amy@inspirationchic http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/11/10/help-my-floor-is-so-noisy/comment-page-1#comment-8141 amy@inspirationchic Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:33:27 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/?p=5245#comment-8141 Get a great ipod! hee hee. No really-that is a drag. you can send a few nails in with a nail gun to teh squeak spot if there is a "area". that may help. good luck Get a great ipod! hee hee. No really-that is a drag. you can send a few nails in with a nail gun to teh squeak spot if there is a “area”. that may help. good luck

]]> By: amanda http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/11/10/help-my-floor-is-so-noisy/comment-page-1#comment-8140 amanda Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:23:57 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/?p=5245#comment-8140 If the heat did just go on, the wood could be dry. We used to have a humidifier built into our heater because the wood floors & antiques of previous owners benefitted. However, the motor on that died and I have noticed that the wood seems to shrink a bit in the cold weather and when the heat is drying it out. Can you get a humidifier? If the heat did just go on, the wood could be dry. We used to have a humidifier built into our heater because the wood floors & antiques of previous owners benefitted. However, the motor on that died and I have noticed that the wood seems to shrink a bit in the cold weather and when the heat is drying it out.
Can you get a humidifier?

]]> By: House Obsession http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/11/10/help-my-floor-is-so-noisy/comment-page-1#comment-8139 House Obsession Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:50:23 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/?p=5245#comment-8139 I have the same problem. I'll keep checking back to see if anyone has any great solutions. I've thought about the finish nails, but the place that I'm having real trouble is on the second floor...therefore no going from up above. I have the same problem. I’ll keep checking back to see if anyone has any great solutions. I’ve thought about the finish nails, but the place that I’m having real trouble is on the second floor…therefore no going from up above.

]]> By: julie. http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/11/10/help-my-floor-is-so-noisy/comment-page-1#comment-8138 julie. Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:31:41 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/?p=5245#comment-8138 My last house had super squeaky wood floors - it's annoying, for sure. It didn't bother us too much until we had a baby and worried he'd be woken with every loud squeak. It always seemed worse in Winter -- I assume the wood was contracting with the cold and just rubbing more. There is some kind of graphite powder you can buy to sprinkle into gaps and help the boards slide past each other and not rub noisily. If you google things like "fix sqeaky wood floors" you'll find tons of ideas. It helps if you have access to the basement and the subfloor. If you can't fix it from the bottom, we tried small finish nails that we nailed right thru the flooring in the loudest areas. The hope was we'd catch a joist or bit of subfloor and it would hold the floor in place and stop some of the squeaks. We used a nail set to countersink the nails so they didn't stick up - it does leave a tiny visible dot in the floor though, but I was willing to live with it if it helped. (This method helped in some places, not at all in others.) My last house had super squeaky wood floors – it’s annoying, for sure. It didn’t bother us too much until we had a baby and worried he’d be woken with every loud squeak. It always seemed worse in Winter — I assume the wood was contracting with the cold and just rubbing more.
There is some kind of graphite powder you can buy to sprinkle into gaps and help the boards slide past each other and not rub noisily. If you google things like “fix sqeaky wood floors” you’ll find tons of ideas. It helps if you have access to the basement and the subfloor. If you can’t fix it from the bottom, we tried small finish nails that we nailed right thru the flooring in the loudest areas. The hope was we’d catch a joist or bit of subfloor and it would hold the floor in place and stop some of the squeaks. We used a nail set to countersink the nails so they didn’t stick up – it does leave a tiny visible dot in the floor though, but I was willing to live with it if it helped. (This method helped in some places, not at all in others.)

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