Q: How do you repair squeaking floors? The house is 47 years old, and simply walking across the floors creates a squeak. But it’s only in certain areas, not the whole floor or room. Can we eliminate ...

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An old issue of Mother Earth News contains "20 of the all-time best hints for making household repairs," including this squeaky-floor fix: A squeaky floor is usually caused by two or more boards ...

Q: Our problem is squeaking floors on the second floor of our 45-year-old house. My husband has a device that is supposed to tell you where the studs are. But the floor is still squeaking. He has put ...

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Creaking floorboards are unfortunately a problem that most people will encounter at least once in their home. While they can ...

As you delicately try to tiptoe past that familiar creak in the floor, your foot is inevitably drawn right to it and that terrible squeak is heard, loud as ever, throughout the house. It's happened to ...

Q: We have several squeaky floors throughout our house, along with a stair step that squeaks. Anyway, we are getting new carpet and thought that now is the time to get rid of the noise. How should we ...

Squeaky floors might have been great during Halloween season, but what are you going to do about them now? There are several things you can do to quiet squeaks. Here are a few things you can try in ...

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Q: I have two steps on my first-floor stairs that squeak loudly when anyone walks on them. How do I stop this? — Jay L., Burlington, Vt. A: Squeaks in stairs (or any wooden surface) are caused by two ...