Wanting to learn how to do glue assist method? Watch our guide below to learn why you should glue and nail hardwood floors that are wide, thin, or in environments with moisture swings. One of the biggest complaints people have with a wood floor is squeaks, creaks, and other noises. We have a lot of …
Category: Squeaks
Why You Need A Whole Home Humidifier To Protect Your Wood Floors
Many homeowners spend thousands of dollars on new wood floors that might end up ruined because they don’t have a whole-home humidifier – which costs a fraction of the price of their floors. Imagine going through the process of putting new hardwood floors throughout your house. First, you go through the design process. Then you …
What causes squeaky floors?
Squeaky floors are frustrating! Unless you are the parent of a teenager, a squeaking hardwood floor is a nuisance. Once a floor starts to voice its opinion about being stepped on, it’s unlikely to stop unless pursuaded to do so. In older homes, the presence of squeaky floors is simply a part of charm and …
Stop Squeaky Wood Floors by Using the Right Fastener
If you’re involved in selling or installing hardwood floors, you have probably had to solve a “squeaky floor” problem for a customer. Nobody likes it when their brand new hardwood floors start squeaking. Prefinished flooring manufacture warranties do not cover noise issues because they are job site related, and it can be a difficult problem …
When A Floor Doesn’t Stay Together
I love it when a floor goes together. Plank by plank, the steady beat of the mallet and boards snapping together and growing into a beautiful work of art. Nothing is worse than getting a complaint sometime after the job is finished that gaps are starting to appear between the boards. Today, we’re going to …
Why is my floor gapping?
Seeing gaps in your wood floor? Dents du bonheur is a French phrase for happy teeth – you know, the two front ones that have a gap. In parts of Africa it is a sign of wisdom to have that gap and in Chaucer’s time women with that quirky feature were considered attractive. There are many …
Expanding on the 4 Types of Gaps
It’s a fact of life that things expand and contract… water, wood, and waistlines after the holidays. Your floor is no different and may decrease in size this winter which will create a few gaps. Don’t worry, most gaps are a result of wood’s tendency to shrink in size as it dries out and those …
Squeaks Can be Scary
It is a given in life that if you’re going to do something, do it right the first time and it will save you a lot of time and trouble. Many a horror story has been told by flooring inspectors of someone cutting corners, not following industry best practices, or who didn’t bother to read …
2 Easy Ways to Fix Your Squeaky Floors
Tim Mc Cool, our technical director, shares a couple tricks of the trade when it comes to squeaky floors! Here are two videos that show you how to fix your squeaky floor with WD-40 or how to fix your wood floor with taclum powder. Fix your squeaky floors with WD-40 . Fix your …
How to Silence the 4 Types of Squeaky Floors
For those of you who have stepped in an older home with wood floors, you’ve probably heard a squeaky floor. It can be quaint and charming, it may even remind you of Grandma’s house. But for those living in the house hearing the squeaking all the time, it may be a nuisance and you really …