Stop Squeaky Floors Through Carpet

If the underside is covered you will have to work from above.

Stop squeaky floors through carpet. Floor squeaks are caused by wood rubbing against a nail other wood or even ductwork and piping. How to stop wood floors from squeaking. 1 use a hammer to locate a floor joist within the squeaky section of floor. Fixing a squeaky floor that s carpeted can be challenging.

2 tap the carpeted floor with the hammer and listen for dull thud indicating a joist below. 3 chuck the joist finding screw into the drill driver. Floors get squeaky when wood dries out either finished wood or a wooden subfloor. Silencing squeaky floors is much easier if you have access to the space beneath the floor via a basement or crawl space.

In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to repair a squeaky floor through a carpet. For squeaky floor repair begin from underneath the floor if you can. Finding the squeak can be difficult but if the squeaking floor is open from below you re in luck. You ll have several options to stop it.

First find the source of the squeak. This can cause subfloor nails to pop loose and the subfloor. Go below the room with the squeaky floor and have someone slowly walk back.