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June 21, 2008
Creaking wood floors
Anyone have any ideas as to how to remedy creaking, groaning, 90 plus year old floor boards? Our loft only squeaks and creaks horribly in certain spots (of course right outside of sleeping children's rooms is one of worst offending areas!) but it is a real pain. We've heard that the way to fix is by locating the boards below - crawl space - which we do not have.
And does talcum powder actually work? Or make it worse...
Thank you in advance!
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My Floor Guy used tar roofing shingles unneath to prevent the creaking... but we were also in the midst of a gut renovation when he did it.
Posted by: guest at June 22, 2008 1:12 AM
whether or not talcum powder works, you should NOT use it - anywhere in your home - it you have children, as it contains asbestos.
Posted by: guest at June 22, 2008 12:23 PM
Any body powder will do, even graphite. Just make sure your kids aren't snorting off the floor. Good luck. With your kids, that is.
Posted by: guest at June 22, 2008 2:41 PM
To really cure creaks, you need to pull up the offending boards, and possibly even the subfloor. then you can use shingles, shims etc. to fix the problem. We just live with it.
Posted by: guest at June 22, 2008 4:21 PM
Talc is not asbestos:
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_103.html
Posted by: guest at June 22, 2008 9:03 PM
if I ever get my floors up i will surely spend the extra $$ to prevent this as well as neighbor noise above/below. http://www.auralex.com/sound_isolation_sheetblok/sound_isolation_sheetblok.asp
Posted by: guest at June 23, 2008 12:14 AM
Thank you everyone. It seems this might be a more major issue than we'd hoped. I think we might be out of luck, but I appreciate the comments.
Posted by: Nokilissa at June 23, 2008 7:33 PM
Perhaps one of these products could help?
http://www.mysqueakyfloors.com
Posted by: guest at June 24, 2008 6:16 AM
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