A squeaky, creaky floor is an annoying nuisance that can drive you crazy. The causes are typically either structural — like a loose floorboard or two floorboards rubbing together — or environmental — ...

Q: What causes squeaky floors? A: It doesn’t matter how old your home is — squeaky floors can develop at any time, and for a variety of reasons. Poor workmanship, inadequate design or materials, ...

Q: About a year and a half ago we bought and moved into a 13-year-old frame house. After moving in we discovered that a 3-by-3-foot area near the center of the bedroom floor squeaks when we walk on it ...

April Cook of East Dallas Interiors, who designed this home, says some floor squeaks are seasonal. April Cook At Nijo Castle in Japan, the wooden floors were designed with clever, V-shaped fasteners ...

Q. My house is just 3 years old, and we have some creaky floors. The first one is in our kitchen. It’s making a squeaking noise when you put pressure on one of the boards and it moves up and down ever ...

Q: The floor in my kitchen squeaks in an area approximately 2 feet by 4 feet. The subfloor appears to be separated from the floor joist, causing the sounds. I have used many shims, but that has not ...

With warmer temperatures come squeakier floors. Whether it's the creak of an old wooden floor or the grating sound of a poorly installed laminate, such noises have an uncanny knack for subtly ...

Q: The attic in our 4-year-old house creaks, and when it’s windy we hear cracking noises as well. The sounds are loud, waking us up. The builder sent a fellow to add 2-by-4s to some of the trusses. It ...

Q. To get rid of squeaky wood floors, should I use powdered graphite or talcum powder in the cracks of the boards? Jim Wheelock, Charleston A. Experts recommend either one. Both are messy, but some ...

March 22, 2013 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Squeaky floors are great if you want to catch a snoop in your house, but they're terrible for pretty much every ...