Simple ways to eliminate the squeak of a wooden floor with your own hands without tearing off the boards.

Wooden floors in the house, of course, are environmentally friendly and beautiful, but they also have one serious drawback.Over time, the floorboards begin to creak unpleasantly.

There can be many reasons for this phenomenon., beginning from the properties of the wood itself change in volume under the influence of humidity and temperature and ending improper installation of the floor covering.

There is not always an opportunity and desire to solve this problem immediately radically. And there is no need to rush.

After all, you can try first get rid of the squeak without opening the floor in simple waysdiscussed below.

Let's start with simple and inexpensive waywhich my grandfather also used.

To eliminate an unpleasant squeak he rubbed the seams between the creaky floorboards of regular candle.

The effect, of course, was temporary, but still the creaking stopped.

Now there is a more modern way to get rid of the squeak.

The gaps between the floorboards are filled special sealant.

After drying, it acts as a kind of shock absorber between the floorboards and the creak stops.

Often the reason for the squeak of a wooden floor is friction of the floorboards against the logs.

The fact is that before the floorboards were fixed to the logs with nails. Over time, this fastening weakens and an unpleasant creak appears.

In this case, the problem will be solved additionalfixing the floorboards to the joists with self-tapping screws.

Wherein get old nails, if their hats do not stick out, at all not necessary. Self-tapping screws can be fixed next to them.

If several floorboards creak, then you can eliminate the creak of the floor using polyurethane foam.

The problem area foams and the squeak stops.

But unfortunately, over time, the foam shrinks and collapses, so the creak will stop for a year or two.

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