How to Repair Squeaky Floors Through Carpeting | This Old House
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- Опубліковано 8 бер 2014
- This Old House general contractor Tom Silva silences a carpeted squeaky floor. (See below for a shopping list and tools.)
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- Squeeeeek No More® floor repair kit [amzn.to/32DjC1Q]
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Tools for How to Repair Squeaky Floors Through Carpeting:
- drill/driver [amzn.to/2LrY6Y6], used to drive specialty screws through carpet and into joists
- hammer [amzn.to/32FNivf], used to locate floor joists
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"No Karen, You'll never know I was here". - Brilliant, Love this guy.
It's bc of that "long, smooth shaft"
@thelastcashew LMFAO
F$%% Karens!
@@elsey1976 🤣🤣🤣
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"wont this ruin the carpet?"
"shut up karen"
Hahahah never gets old
lmao
Haha that one made me laugh
Im cracking up laughing. "Screw" your carpet Karen
Would be funny if he said “actually yes Karen, this is going to destroy your carpet but you won’t hear the noise”
This works equally well as a system to find your pipes and wires... just follow the same procedure but use more screws, when you hear gushing water or there is a loud bang & flash - then you have found the pipes and wires.
blower well when a guy like this the pipes r clogged an the wiring is just no good you got to cut the cord an run...
blower 🤣🤣
LOL!!
Carole Perez what the hell are you talking about?
That gave me a good chuckle
"Now, Karen, let's work on those bed squeaks.... You'll never know I was here."
Lol omg
😂
But now she's gonna squeak
He must want a squeal instead of a squeak
The best advice Tommy gives which the product actual website doesn't is to stand close to the "device" so you're pushing on the floor tight. The screws without standing on it may still tighten the floor but I'm pretty sure it will work even better and for longer when standing next to it.
I love those squeak no more screws, used probably 30 of them in my house so far. Work great.
- "Push down hard. Can you feel it?"
- "No."
Welcome to the club Tommy
Ha!
Brilliant!!
Start snapping the heads off...
That's what she said!!! Michael Scott!!!
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AMAZING !!! This man absolutely knows his stuff !!!
Wish I'd known about this years ago, lived in a house for 12-years with squeaky floors and I'm about to move into one that supposedly has the problem, so I'll be buying that tool kit for sure.
This guy is the freakin Macgyver of house repair!
"...and you'll be tight."
Epic
your a braver man than me sending that test bit straight through the boards ,its only a matter of time before you hit a pipe or a cable
The comments on this video are gold
Omg I was seriously just thinking the same thing🤣🤣🤣🤣sometimes the UA-cam comment section really makes my day😎
This video gets recommended to me once a year and I load it up purely to see the comments
That's gold, Jerry. Gold!
Me: This seems simple.
Also me: hello Home Depot? I need an estimate on a new 2nd floor. I put 736 screws in my floor upstairs to stop squeaking and it didn't go well.
Theres only one tom silva. Thank you. Absolutely awesome
You guys are great, thanks Tom! Can't wait to try it.
I love this because I have customers who come in asking me to help them with this problem by selling them screws I'd recommend. Up until now, I didn't know how to advise them..now I do. Thank you!!
You know, sometimes Tom Silva does things like this that seem straight up magic.
Best description I have seen yet. Thanks
Wow, I’m freaking amazed. I’m buying this right now.
In the UK that would be straight into some plastic plumbing.
My late father loved the squeaky floors in the century old house I grew up in. He could hear what room you were in or which staircase you were on.
That’s a nice image
@@lewismillar-nelson4953 Indeed it is. I was thinking the same thing. 😊
It's great home security ... NOBODY is sneaking in.
Yesssss... so did mine and the squeaky doors too! You better not oil no queeky doors at our house! Each door and floor had its own personal squeeze and she knew exactly where you were according to the tones of the squeaks. RIP Grandma 👵
This was so helpful, thank you! I ordered the kit and when I went to locate joists, it sounds like I’m hitting metal all over where the creak is. I have no idea what’s under our carpet but I can’t drill into it. Our condo was built in the 70’s and the master is above the kitchen.
The knowledge it FILLS ME!!!!!!!!!
you really know your stuff,tommy
"No Karen, You'll never know I was here unless you happen to have a UV light"
Great video!! Great tips! Thank you so much for sharing.
That was awesome. Thanks for sharing. 👍
For those wondering the name of this tool is "Squeeeeek no more" The new ones are plastic and run about $30 for the kit at lowes. Worth the cost!
Thanks for this comment. I just ordered it. For this dang squeak I'm the floor that's been driving me nuts
Awesome! Thank you!
Walmart still sells the metal (zinc) version. It is about 2x the cost of the plastic version, but worth it IMHO.
This tool worked wonders on my squeaky upstairs floor. I must have used 30 screws but it has been worth every penny I spent on this. Two year on and still silent
I assume you had to buy the tools & gadgets shown in this video, plus the special screws that break off? I'm willing to attempt this myself because the floors in this house we bought are incredibly squeaky.
@@kimspearman8444 yes, I bought the tool and a large box of screws that came with it. I think it was 30 or something like that from Amazon. Was super easy and now I don’t wake up the dead when I’m getting dressed in the morning.
@@kimspearman8444 be careful of pipes and wires. You might want to buy a “stud” finder and wire detector.
Wow great system to solve a very specific problem perfectly
Better get it right the first time though!
thanks for the tip. my kids seem to think jumping off their bunk bed is ok for the floor smh 🤦! hence a creaky floor! just when I was thinking about ripping up the carpeting and replacing sections of the subfloor I will try this first lol 😂
In our house you would go through the pipes/electrics/alarm cables/ mice’s tails everything 😂😂😂
Only 110V in the USA. but enough to give you a nastie shock.
love this old house, cant wait to fix my floors.
RockyMtnGobblers how did it go?
@@catsNplanets he never got around to it lol
Use the 12" screws though.
Thanks for the video! 👍
Tom Silva, the magic man!
I like the Dance she did at the end 😊
"You'll never know I was here."
Wrong, Tommy. You fixed her floors. She'll always appreciate that you were there.
Nice. Im saving this video. This is why i love youtube.
Best thing I've seen all week
2:49 Don't assume this, use the stud checker. The squeaky floors I just fixed were 20" on center.
Also wear shoes when you do this, or mark where you leave the screws, foot still hurts...
Indeed, my restroom was 13"
Stud checker???? Them joices arent metal 😂😂
@@angielove417 yeah sure, next you will be saying that's even cold lol
@@smackflack5771 Neither are most wall studs in US houses but the wall panels are secured to them with metal. Regardless, using metal detectors to find studs is so old and impracticable you might as well still use single panned glass windows with glazing strips, Pops.
Stud finders now most often use electrical capacitance to detect different dielectric fields carried, which have different wavelengths based on the density of material. Wood has a different static capacity flowing through it than drywall or metal. The stud finder will sense the change and determine what it could likely be made out of.
Not super useful for things like finding the difference in wooden subfloor and wooden joists, but a powerful enough scanner can give you a good idea of where the metal nails/screws are along the wooden joist, which would give a blend of different fields than the subfloor alone
We even have Ultra-Wideband radio technology in some 'stud finders' now that make use of Synthetic-aperture radar imaging (SAR) for 2D and 3D images. Showing you what and wear something is based on the pulse it reflected back. These work far better for floor and ceiling joists than a standard electrical stund finder. Only catch is they usually just have a scanning range that's 3 inches deep. But that was 10 years ago when that those handheld imaging devices were first released for the civil engineering market. No doubt they've gotten better
I tried this today. It got 95% of the annoying squeaks out. I'm a happy camper for now!
Travel Richie update?
I used this kit today. It did not help at all. Bummer as there is no access below so the only way to fix is tear up the carpet and possibly sub floor and redo everything.
Where can I purchase This
@@tyronewilliams2482 amazon.
@@tyronewilliams2482 it's probably too late, but please don't buy this, just take your carpet up and replace the nails in your floor with screws, a carpet fitter will only charge you a couple of bucks to refit it and it's 100x less likely you'll hit a pipe or cable
Genius ! I need to do this to my room
Hi PPL This is one of the best fixes to date and it 100 percent works......Best keep secret!
No squeak makes it easier for him to sneak out undetected while her husband walks in the front door
That's why he only did the section leading to the window 🤣🤣🤣
with his special tool ..lol
Women are crafty they call because it squeaks when they really are trying to find a stud. BTW this method would only have a couple of threads holding the plywood down. One needs to drive the head all the way in through the fussy and soft part and stop when the head meats home.
Now he can sneek into her panties drawers
Do you think Tommy and Karen are sitting in their beds at midnight watching this video and reason the comments while dying laughing like the rest of us?
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Wow, this is amazing.
Very clever. Now come and try that on my squeaky floorboards in my 1930 UK house!
Good way to burst pipes and cut through wiring, GENIUS!
Wish i'd known this sneaking in n out of the house in high school.
This is fantastic!!
Cool system
Tried out this system on our stairs. It worked great for about a month before the joints loosened up again and the creaking returned bad as ever.
Could be a humidity issue.
Its probably better on floors than stairs
Because you still need to understand the repair to do it effectively. It's not magic. There are other reasons stairs squeak than just rubbing on the stringers
Sure hope so it breaks clean could you imagine stepping on a broken screw barefoot. I’m gonna try this have squeaky spots and few stairs
Great tip
Wow! very nice.
I like squeaky floors. Gives your home a character 😊
In the UK we have wires and pipes under the floor, definitely safer to just roll the carpet back first.
I have my doubts about this system, but generally in the US most pipes and conduit/wiring is run through the walls. All outlets are on walls and any ceiling electrical components are well under any floor joists from the floor above. That being said, I doubt those screws snap off completely flush every time, so all I think of is carpet padding wearing down over time enough to occasionally stab you in your bare foot.
Sean McCauley unless you only have electricity on the one side of your house with the panel box, there is likely wires running under your house. ;)
@@dosmundos3830 the vast majority of us houses have overhead transmission lines supply electricity. Which then goes to meter, to circuit/fuse box, to 2nd floor joists, and routed to walls from there.
@Sean McCauley and the vast majority of single story dwellings have them running along the floor joists rather than above doorways and through attics to reach the far side of the dwelling. 1 story or 2 either way a floor foist is a floor joist.
lol you idiot how rolling the carpet makes you see what's under the floor?
OMG Thank you!
Excellent
Blimey.. when I’ve lifted my carpets and floor boards in my 120-year old house, you wouldn’t believe the mish-mash of pipes and wires cut into the joists. No way I’d ever drill into them blind, but fair play to him!
I like it when he said " alright karen you wanna start screwing the floor now go ahead!"
"Now we'll just start screwing it off!" ... I'm sorry, I giggled.
Wow my phone reads my mind because I always thought how to fix but now utube Gods have sent me this blessing 😂🤔😊
Did that all over my second floor back in the summer. In the winter, when the temperature dropped, all the squeaky sounds are back!
Vasiliy S do it again- problem solved
And again each season for the duration of your residency.
Without a head left on the screw and no thread left to keep the board tight to the joist, it’s a no brainier they move.
If you have a metal tripod guide, I'm sure this works great. But the plastic one flexes as you drill down, so the screws I actually got into my joists most likely went too far down, so the head snapped off in the subfloor and causing my floors to creak more x__x
Thanks for the tip.
Thanjs for your sacrifice
Brilliant!!
Needed this homie, just put a home studio in and of course there is a squeak in the floor lol. Bouta get this out the way
Great method for finding mains water pipes. Simply drive the provided drill bit through the floor and then check your ceiling downstairs, if you see a puddle appear that’s rapidly getting bigger, you’ve nailed it and found your pipe 👍👍😃
If your don't have those screws, you can also hammer in long finish nails through the carpet.
Great tool.
Wonderful! Would be great to share the tools and screw commercial names, part number in case it's available and also where to buy; I'm living in Australia. Can we buy from eBay or Amazon?
You probably don't need this anymore, but in case others find your comment and ask the same question. www.amazon.com/OBerry-Enterprises-3233-Squeek-More/dp/B0006IK8YE/ref=pd_sbs_60_1/141-5174131-5404967?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B0006IK8YE&pd_rd_r=04d43416-529e-4456-8a42-a2c88138221a&pd_rd_w=ANjhn&pd_rd_wg=NEow4&pf_rd_p=ed1e2146-ecfe-435e-b3b5-d79fa072fd58&pf_rd_r=CC78R48BZ7PH9FY2JQ6W&psc=1&refRID=CC78R48BZ7PH9FY2JQ6W
Whole lot easier than pulling the carpet and pad up.
This is an awesome system
wow!! this awesome!
You ll never know I was here till you get the bill.
How do you know if you're in the center of the joist or screwing just into the edge of the wood where the screw is likely to dislodge?
mjinba07 when you miss by the 3rd joist after measuring 16 on center
Great tip, cute homeowner!
Wish I’d know about this eight months ago. Live in a century old apartment building and the crazy lady who lived downstairs complained about me squeaking the floor and how I walked across my floor. Thankfully she’s moved out.
Walks downstairs. You got a leak coming through the kitchen ceiling.
Next video: how to fix a leak
lmao!
you made me just bust out laughing
The better fix is ALWAYS done from the floor below. Either insert shims between ceiling joist and subfloor near the squeak (you’ll see a gap), or use flowable filler that sets in an hour or so. Or use both.
Amazing, I never saw this before
I wonder if this same procedure would fix my squeaky knees joint?.
where do they sell these screws and jig ?
Here you go. www.homedepot.com/p/Everbilt-Floor-Repair-Kit-19594/203429611
"Screw that floor Karen, and break the heads off"...
Magnificent 👏🏽
I remember when these first came out. Still impressive.
You can make a homemade version out of ordinary wood screws by cutting partway through the screws with an angle grinder. They are also useful when you need a hidden screw on a finished piece of wood. Snap the head off a little below the surface and fill the hole with plastic wood.
Fantastic product. If it doesn't work there are 2 reasons. 1 skimping on the 4" spacing or 2 you have missed a joist. I was lucky enough to have the plans of the house when we built it so found joists not at standard spacing that I would have missed. Hint get your 250lb cousin to tip toe next to the adapter when drilling.
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learn something new everyday on youtube.
This is really cool!
Awesome
Can anyone tell me what the names of the tools needed are?
Everbilt floor repair kit. You can find it at Home Depot
Uf you're dumb enough not to find it on this video, don't try to fix it yourself !!
" don't screw, don't reproduce "
What are the odds of sending that "finder" screw through a wire or water pipe?
He screwed them in a floor joist.
MultiPoseur you're required by the code to run electric or plumbing lines only through the wall. You wouldn't have any lines except air ducts in under the floor. But if you do puncture an ac duct it's not really a big deal, it's just air anyway
Doing this what is the tool called
@Shakib M This isn't true at all. Electric wiring can absolutely be run in the bays between floor joists, and this happens all the time. Let's say in this case that the room below has overhead lighting. Are you suggesting that the overhead lights would somehow have to exist WITHOUT wiring and WITHOUT an electrical box in the ceiling? Huh?
Typically the wires are midway down the side of a joist which is typically a 2x12 joist. So unless it's got a 4 to 6 inch screw, you are safe. Plumbing is typically at the center of a joist as well. Odds are slim, but you should know where your water shutoffs, and electrical mains are just in case of that rare occurrence.
Good Video!
brilliant!
Comments on here are gold
Ya armchair construction workers that think electric and water lines run on top of joists
She called him Tommy.
I've got a hangup on step 1. I've attempted to find the joist and although I think I found it, when testing on either side of it I don't have the "give" that he shows in the video. It's as solid as if I was on drilling into the joist.
Any suggestions would be most helpful.
I have used galvanized nails before, and they work pretty well. Use the ones with the small finishing head. You can cut a short length of nail and hold it with a pair of plyers to help hammer the nail down below the level of the carpet.
I believe screws are preferred over nails because they can't push out over time. Similar to why drywall screws are preferred over drywall nails for gypsum board. The issue with nails is over time they experience deflection from traffic over the subfloor between the joists, lifting the nails ever so slightly over time. The squeaky noise is often the sound of the subfloor moving over the nail.
This is a great idea. But do not do it if you live in the UK.
It's common to have pipes notched onto the top of the joists just under the floorboards.
And cables
If pipes and wires are notched on top of studs or joists your suppose to put protector plates before sheetrock or plywood
@@robertreilly1701 so if you have pipes running the length of the house you have to put plates on them? I have never ever seen this.
@@rickunknown5744 if wire's or pipes are notched into the bottom or top of joist or on the face of studs the codes call for protection plates. If centered in wall studs or joists no not needed
@@rickunknown5744 if you look on home depot website for nail protection plates you will see them, inspector calls for them. If it's flex gas pipe and you don't have 3" of deflection it has to be cobalt steel cover plates.