What to do if squeak hardwood floors Bashny.Net

Perhaps no more powerful stimulus than the creaking wooden floors. It's especially annoying if this phenomenon catches up with the residents shortly after a major overhaul and have to tear off the finishing coat. Today we will tell you what to do if creaking wooden floors, and how to avoid it in the future.

Causes of difficultyin Fact, the ultimate cause of the creaking floor is only one — the friction between the two loose parts. But typical of places where this phenomenon can be observed, from the wooden floor three.

In the simplest case, the floor squeaks due to friction between adjacent floorboards, one of them flexes under load and scratches of the neighboring. Such noise has a characteristic dry sound and quite easily detected when successive punching the floor boards.





More than squeak with a thin squeaking occurs because of a weakened nailing planks to the joists. Rusty metal inside dry wood creates a really nasty grinding sound and to determine the place of origin is much more difficult because the nails are usually hidden under several layers of paint.

The third and most rare form of difficulty — loose connections composite joists and crosspieces between them. The emergence of such a difficulty is typical for frame and multi-storey buildings with a complex system of wooden beams. The floor sound when walking in such cases, muffled and crackling.

 Do I need to break floorIf the wooden floor has been fitted with floorboards for painting or lacquering, the boards tearing is not necessary. Between the creaking of the floorboards is quite possible to eliminate from the surface, plus there is a reason to renovate the wooden floor, to smooth out irregularities with a filler and renew the paintwork.





 

In some cases, the repair may require the disruption of the finishing coating or wooden flooring beneath. For example, if the creak of a Board sub-floor, over which is laid a finishing — laminate or linoleum. In such cases, the floor finish are sorted, performing required manipulation and getting rid of the squeak, and then lay back. If the source of difficulty is the system lag, it will have to conduct more extensive repairs. The greatest challenge is to localize the creaking joints that blindly almost impossible to do. Therefore, disruption of the wooden flooring can not be avoided.





 

 Method raschlenenkiCreaking the ends of the floorboards to the riving each other, thus concentrating the friction in a few places and avoiding the effect of the strings. Use an ordinary wooden chips or wedges with a thickness of 0.5 to 3 mm and a width of up to 30-35 mm.









This is a good approach to eliminate squeaks in the old floor from sturdy Board, where as a result of shrinkage and warpage, there were gaps of uneven thickness. The widest point of the creaking joint score the first wedge, then indented at 50-80 cm add a few more. To facilitate entry of the wedge can expand the joint with a chisel, scoring a 3 or 5 mm.





 

Raklinovo — a rigorous process, but it is almost the only method of local repair creaking floor without disrupting the flooring. After sealing the boards, you need to repair the cracks with putty, in the simplest case will fit a mixture of PVA glue and fine sawdust.









 Doksepina floorthe Cause of the squeak on the ends and the fastener boards may not be sufficiently tight adherence of flooring to the joists. This is a typical disease of the wooden floor for a few cycles shrinkage nails can be loosened and the whole deck becomes lax.

The essence of strengthening the floor to restore the density of pressing of the boards with screws, which over time do not lose in quality of pressing. The catch is that pressing the warped Board in one place, can be loosened at other points, why it is appropriate to docreate the entire floor at once.





 

Another subtlety is that you need to drill the boards before screwing of the screws to avoid the hook thread in them. Technique is ideal to eliminate squeaks in the floor rough. The finishing coating can also be strengthened with screws, but traces of the hats will have to mask the putty, which, moreover, must be adjusted to match the tree at the opening of flooring lacquer.

The greatest difficulty is to identify the areas of the lag, if the traces of the fastening of the deck hidden. Among all the ways we can distinguish two the most effective: drilling with control drilling to determine the step of the installation log the failure and the extreme boards.

 The busting boardwalk,Overhaul wood floor — the only way to eliminate the squeak with a guarantee that does not require significant monetary investments. And with the creaking of the joists this method, alternatives are almost nonexistent.

The point is to consistently tearing and strengthen the place of the Board, without changing their order for a tighter fit. First remove 3-5 of boards with one edge, then a good additional light to visually assess the space under the floor, keeping the log, the presence of harmful organic matter.





 

When iterating fasten the first Board and rip one after checking and securing each subsequent. All boards are check for rotting and damage by pests, bad give me a new one of the same thickness, adjusting the ends of the plane for a tight joining.

To avoid the appearance of difficulty between the floorboards in the future, it is possible to unite the Board on a wooden dowel and is tight to pull their car Jack. If there is no need for concealed fastening, use screws — two for each place of attachment to the joists.





 

 Surface strengtheningis Not very budget, but very effective way of removing the subfloor from squeaking flooring of plywood on it with frequent magnetic mount with screws. The thickness of the flooring shall be not less than 12 mm, the bonding is performed in each Board in two rows in a staggered manner not further 30-35 mm from the edge.





 

In addition to the screws to achieve a quality clutch will help a mixture of sawdust or mineral grit with glue-Bustilat. It is important to place the sheets of flooring so that the joints between them have contributed to the deflection boards in the future. Ideally, you should divide the additional decking on two layers of 6-8 mm, cementing them together with adhesive mixture and carefully consider the scheme of bandaging of seams.





 

The method is characterized by high technological complexity. In addition to quality tightening screws and correct positioning of the sheets, it is required to remember the layout of the boards, so that each of them was doksepina and energized. For the walls of the risk note the location of joints which pull the thread or discourage the lines of a coloring cord.

 Other optionsThere are also plenty of "folk" ways to get rid of squeaky floorboards or between the seats and their mountings. Contrary to popular belief, sealing cracks between boards the adhesive mortar has no effect, at least long-term.

Better quality to warm up the joint construction dryer and fill it with melted paraffin or stearin. The same method with impregnation of boards with vaseline or vegetable oil. Only it is not necessary to use machine and motor oils, they are not ecologically harmless.





 

As prevention measures to prevent difficulty it is recommended to tightly unite the floor boards with grooved ends or dowels made of oak. You can also handle the ends of the boards compositions that reduce friction, with silicone sealant or a rubber paste. Instead of the usual nails it is better to use Arsenie, which is less susceptible to loosening. published

 

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