how to fix repair squeaky squeaking creaking floors/floorboards
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- Опубліковано 16 гру 2017
- how to fix repair squeaky squeaking creaking floors/floorboards. Squeaking floorboards or creaking floorboards are often caused by the boards being loose, the movement that is caused when walking on the boards creates the squeaking or creaking noise. Apparently talcum powder can be used to stop the squeaking but it is unlikely that this will be a permanent fix. In this video the floorboards are fixed using Floor tite screws, which are especially made for this purpose. Fixing squeaking floorboards will mean that you have to lift the carpet in order to access the wooden floor beneath, it does not matter if your floorboards are made from solid wood or chipboard as this method will work on either type of floor.
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This video is my 700th upload. Please like, share and comment.
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Ultimate Handyman thank you for this .congrats on your milestone 👌Our issue at the moment is the staircase . Creaky as hell !!
I watch all your vids and have for a long time.
I'm a plumber and your knowledge is vast.
Can I ask....... what is your trade? You must have started with one?
I’ve spent years listening to a squeaky floor, and the main reason I haven’t tried to fix it was not knowing how to get the carpet back down. I’d assumed it needed some special technique/device to reattach it to the grippers.
So simply pressing down on the carpet, onto the grippers, is enough! Great stuff. Thanks again for the knowledge!
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I have done a video on squeaking stairs and did try to add some humour to it by having a young lady walk up the stairs in shorts, but it seems to offend a few people-
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I'm a maintenance engineer in a chemical plant, I mainly do mechanical work but I'm trained in electrical/pneumatics/hydraulics etc.
I've been doing D.I.Y from a very early age as my dad died when I was 6
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This is exactly what I was looking for! 👌 Straight to the point, no messing around. Great video 👍
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exactly
I love watching your videos Chez. Really interesting stuff.
Thanks for all the videos, and thanks for showing these type of on-site situations and the complications you come across.
I think I've learnt a lot from your channel.
I'm glad the videos help, Liam.
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I find that I watch each one of your videos as they come out just because they’re interesting, then I come to do a particular job and remember that you did a video on it so I’ll go back and watch it again before doing the job.
That's great- the more views the better 😊
Sometimes I watch the videos myself as I have forgotten how I had done things previously (it must be my age)
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Great, helpful video as always. Thank you. Now I know where I've been going wrong - using normal screws. Never knew about these. Better get me a job load. Thanks again. Keep up the good work..!
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I had a re-wire, creaking boards all over the house! This will come in very handy. Thanks and congratulations on 700 vids. Keep them coming! 👍
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You can't beat the carpentry skills of an Electrician lol
Hey im an Electrician. That's a, shocking comment 🤣
It's a pleasure watching you work. Merry Christmas!
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Happy 700th upload, thank you for posting.
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My mother has this exact same issue and I’ll be fixing it for her so thanks for the tips. Really helpful. Cheers from Lincolnshire.
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Not many Englishmen left in Lincolnshire these days.
This has been really helpful and helps us laypeople understand the basics of floorboard installation, or words to that effect. Thanks.
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Brilliant mate thanks for this video, i have been waiting for this video to come around as i have some squeaky floorboards, on the landing the same as you had. I already know that you have to use screws and not nails, but didn't know that they had to a certain type of screw, so i'll be buying some of them so thanks again. All the best.
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Thanks for all the work you’ve put in. I believe they are the most watched videos that I subscribe to. I’ve also ordered a number of products that you’ve recommended.
Wishing you and your family the best wishes for Xmas and hope you receive even more subscribers in 2018. Congrats on number 700 too!
You are welcome. Thanks for watching the videos ;-)
All the best for Xmas and the new year ;-)
How have I not seen your videos before? Honestly the best trades channel on UA-cam!
Not sure, I've been around over 10 years on UA-cam 😀
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Well done on the 700th upload. Always enjoy and learn something from your videos.
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Handy video Chez! My floorboards creak, looks a lot of work to put right - I'll put up with it until we get new carpet. Congrats on your 700th video - that's one helluva achievement! Have a great week!
Thanks John, I hope you have a great week too ;-)
Thanks for this video!! It’s clear and straightforward!
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Awesome video! Thank you for sharing several scenarios of squeaky floors. Some peoples videos are lacking in content.
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@ Ultimate handyman - is there a handy way to sort creeking floor boards under a wooden floor without having to rip up the wooden floor? Thanks
Your videos always seem to come around just at the right time! I've got problems with glued down modern flooring, been wondering how to address
Not sure about glued down flooring, that would probably be a big job to fix!
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Perfect thank you. Just reflooring my living room which suffers from creaking floorboards. Will give this a try and post the result.
Glad it was helpful!
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Great video. Congrats on making 700 videos dude.
Thanks David ;-)
Really, really useful video. I am amazed at what is below the floor with a spaghetti of cabling and pipes. Your warnings are spot on (here speaks the man that put a chisel through a concealed pipe !).
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I’ve noticed recently that newer houses use OSB I-beams instead of good old fashioned wood for floor joists. The flange depth and width on these beams looked really very small - too small for a screw? If I ever had such a house I’d hope I had no reason to put more screws into these joists.
Another great tutorial.
I always like to counter sink the holes before screwing into chip board, to save buggering up the screw heads.
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That carpet needs a bloody good clean 😀
Yes, it looks much dirtier on the video than in real life. It's difficult keeping such coloured carpets clean when you have kids ;-)
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and no point upgrading the carpets until ya kids reach 18 and move out :D
Absolutely.
I have two bathrooms to replace and a downstairs WC here, but I'm not doing any of it until the kids are older. It's like having two small versions of Wreck it Ralph LOL
To be fair to handyman I know exactly what he is talking about here. Just got my living room and kids bedroom carpet washed a couple months ago. If you saw it now you would think it hadn’t been washed for years...
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Really good video. Keep the good work up. Thanks for uploading it.
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Awesome video, thanks for sharing your knowledge !
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first thing i tend to do when faffing around with carpets is put my hand right on the gripper and scream out obscenities, love you how you keep your cool doing these jobs :)
Carpet grippers are lethal. If I'm painting skirting boards and the carpets have been removed I always remove the grippers as the last time I checked it was no cheaper to buy a new carpet without new carpet grippers.
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I tried this today and it work, thanks great video 👍🏼
Great to hear!
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Really helpful video. Thanks
2:55 The board says "this side down" LOL
They probably cut it then realised it was upside down ;-)
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I noticed that aswell
That's for all your Videos, best of Heath and happiness for the coming new year.
Best regards Carl.
That should of read "thanks" my bad as our US friends say.
All the best ,Carl.
That should have read "thanks" my mistake.
All the best,Carl.
Thanks Carl, All the best to you and your family ;-)
You can't beat a good bit of HEATH lol
Congratulations on your 700th upload 👍🤓👍
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Happy 700th video mate!
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You are not a handyman,
You are a master 👍
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Thanks for the floor tite screws recommend. Off to get them to fix creaky stairs then to secure oak cleading onto them! Cheers.
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Congratulations ! 🍻 always like your diverse video's 👍
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Thanks for the tips, UH. Have liked and subscribed!
Great video, really helpful, thanks Handyman
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Nice video as always using the screws I would use as well, nicely presented
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Thanks for another Sunday morning video
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Your channel is very helpful and useful, new subscriber!
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Great Video, straight to the job , and good safety tips TY
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Hello mate. I’ve not commented in a while! Still here though, and still watching you brilliant videos. I’ve had to fix flooring like that. But I used normal 40mm wood screws. Anyway keep up the great videos!
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Very good video. Thanks for uploading!
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Brilliant video, thank you!
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Great vid - just what I was looking for. Thanks :)
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Excellent instruction!
Thank you for sharing honey
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I've lost count the amount of times I've been called out to a leak caused by people nailing/screwing down squeaky floors, I should be a millionaire 😀
Great video. Have a great Christmas.
Thank you for all the comments over the year and for watching the videos, I know you are a regular commenter ;-)
I hope you have a great Christmas
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Thank you for all your great content.
Hi Ultimate Handyman! I've come back to this video a few times but I need to finally do somethig about the creak in my living room. I'm in a UK new build ~10 years that has large boards (that's about as technical as I can be) which don't appear to be screwed or nailed anywhere. The noise is coming from the tongue and groove section that takes a beating in front of the sofa.
I don't have the skills to lift the boards up, but I did buy a stud finder that I heard can work for floor joists too. I can feel the pipes to my radiators run behind the walls (and under the first floor), so do I need to be worried about screwing into something else on the ground floor?
Thanks in advance!
Congratulations on your 700th post mate! I always keep an eye out for your vids.
Hope you you don’t think I’m being cheeky here, but you could definitely add another string to your bow by investing in a few carpet tools to help you stretch that carpet tight again. A decent kicker and bolster wouldn’t cost more than £100 and will last a lifetime and you’d be able to get the carpet nice and tight again.
Ps I’m just a handyman, not the ultimate handyman! 😜
Thanks Craig, for the amount of carpets that I lift and put back I don't really need a carpet kicker.
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Great video pal - nice one.
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Great video, thanks! Do you have any tips on getting tongue and groove boards back down? I imagine they're easier to get up than to put back down due to them locking into place with each other. It looks like you put that one back down very easily but I didn't notice whether it had a tongue and groove on it.
Really helpful, thank you!
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This is the vid I've been waiting months to see but you missed out the best bit, 'How to fix squeaking floorboards the easy way'! Many thanks anyway.
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Sorry there is not an easier way that is as effective
Another great vid 👍🏻
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Great video, very informative. I went and bought the screws you suggested to fix my squeaking floorboards. I bought Floor Tite screws but once I got home I realised these are longer than the screws you show in your video. They are 55mm long. Is that too long? Don’t want to risk damaging something.
Thank you in advance.
They will be fine as long as there are no pipes or cables in the joists that could be damaged by the screws.
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Thanks for the great video. I’ve tried to do what you have shown in the video but I have a problem my floor is connected through to my bathroom which has a wall the blocks part of the floor off so I can’t screw anything down in that specific place and lift up my floor and check if there is any piping or cables. I have bought the screws that you have shown in the video and replaced them with my old ones.
Would you be able to make another video or help me out with some advice on what to do
Many thanks
There is not much you can do if you can't lift the floor, I'm afraid!
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Great video! I'm intrigued by the pipes, several of them given the thickness presumably are hot water or heating pipes. What is the UK recommendation for pipe insulation? If you've got the boards up is it worth adding foam jackets? In my own house I've always been a little surprised how long it takes hot water to get from the cylinder to the bathroom for example, and am quite sure there is no insulation anywhere along the run.
Yes, most of these pipes will be for heating. Normally these are only lagged if running below a downstairs floor (with earth underneath).
You would not get insulation on these pipes as the floor boards would not allow for the extra thickness (unless you cut deeper notches out of the joists, which would weaken them more)
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Excellent film.
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Excellent video. Really helped me sort out my squeaky floors so I don't wake up the baby anymore!
I'm glad the video helped ;-)
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excellent video☺
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Great video, thats my challange for 2023. Hopefully i will sort it out. Subs on !
Great video. Just one qtn, what kind of screw bit do i need to screw these in without creating having a hole first? Mine keep on slipping off the screw head
You need a PZ2 bit for the floor-tite screws 👍
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Great video thanks
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Good stuff, thanks mate
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Nice job!
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Thank you that’s enlightening. How do you repair squick stairs?/
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Hi UH, enjoyed the video as I need to do something with my bedroom floorboards. House was built in 2001 and joists are shaped like a H on its side. Pipework and cables are passed through holes bashed into the thinner vertical section. Just wondering what length of floor-tite screws to get to ensure I don't reach pipes etc. I guess the floorboards are 18 or 22mm thick so 45 or 55mm? What do you think?
Cheers Dave
Hi Dave, the 45mm ones should be fine.
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Cheers mate, love your videos.
Dave
Hi mate,
What would your advise be for a floating floor? (Concrete > Kingspan Insulation > Chipboard Floaring)
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Ethan
Not sure about that, to be honest as I have never seen that type of floor construction before.
What is the chipboard fixed to?
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lol. lived in the US, UK, and canada.... that screw you mention at the beginning is asking for bang or a water fountain in ANY country :) and congrats on the 700th upload ches
I've just found the video here- ua-cam.com/video/4gUW-IhSMBc/v-deo.html
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yegods as an electrician, that 'system' is terrifying. But it is 'this old house'..... which is not reality, even in america
I just hope nobody tries that method LOL
So in the UK there are pipes underneath yhe floorboards? But not generally in the US?
Yes, this is very common in the UK. I'm not sure about other countries!
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We have stained and varnished pine floorboards that squeak in places. They are nailed down. Any ideas on a solution whilst retaining the look of the boards? Not sure the missus would be happy with my driving blue screw into them!
You could try using some lost head annular ring nails, but be aware that they are very difficult to remove once they are knocked in.
I’m so thankful for some of your videos they’ve helped me out time and time again. I’ve got an issue with loose and squeaking floor boards upstairs. However I’ve had the ceiling plastered downstairs. The floorboards are nailed in which is the issue. Im guessing if I try to rip them up I’ll damage the ceiling below. Is there any other way of getting the nail out with minimal issue?
It should not damage the ceiling below, as the joists are normally pretty deep in most houses.
You could try just removing the nails and use screws in the holes that are left behind.
I bought a Bahco nail puller a few years back, but have not used it yet, perhaps one of those would work- ua-cam.com/video/8c4WhBI4dAo/v-deo.html
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Can these Floortite screws be removed and put back in the same holes, or will the hole be damaged due to the twin thread?
Yes, they should be fine to go back in the same hole as long as the boards are not being removed regularly.
Very useful. Is there ever a chance existing screws/nails are touching pipes/cables? And thus worth lifting boards to check every time regardless?
If the existing screws are not causing a problem, lifting the boards is a lot of work to check, but it won't do any harm.
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I worked as a carpet fitter many moons ago and belive me folks those garpet grippers are bloody lethal
Yeah, I normally remove them when painting skirting boards etc.
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In the US we have to put conduit and pipes at the bottom of floor joists. I think the law is that they have to be six inches away from the base boards. That's why it's ok for us to use those screws you mentioned in the beginning of the video
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good tips
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there are creaky baords in the flat above, we have taken my ceiling down and can see the upstairs' boards (t&g I think). Anything I can do to prevent squeaking from below?
You have to be careful, as the boards are probably not your property, so doing anything to them could land you in trouble!
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Hi Chez. Hopefully you can advise me on what's best to do with our floor. We've got a mixture of floorboards and Chipboard sheets in the hallway. The problem is that the Chipboard is 7mm higher than the floorboards and it's in the middle of the floor (previous owner did this) so we're worried it will show through the new carpet and underlay when it's put down. Wondered what you would do in this situation as your ideas are bound to be much better than ours. Many thanks.
Yes, that will show through the carpet. I’d lift the low part and put some 7mm battens on the joists, to bring it up to level. You can get 7mm timber cut by someone with a table saw 👍
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this was a great informative video. just what i was looking for to help me sort out the flooring on the landing. can you do one on how to fix squeeking stairs from above though. i have no access to underneath the stairs? i heard expanding glue and drill holes does the job but im not convinced.
I've never done if from above, but the expanding glue sounds good!
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My 2 bedroom upstairs sqeaking all over
Both rooms, if you step out the bed every one downstairs hear you also the staircase is the same thing will this method fix my problem since it's the entire house ? Or any other suggestions will help ,oh its wood floor with carpet thanks inadvance for your reply
This should work for any floorboards, but the stairs might need a different approach (as long as you can get to them underneath)
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How thick was the chipboard? Was thinking of replacing my awful chipboard floor with 18mm ply - what do you think ?
I'm not sure how thick it is. Ply is much better, but more difficult to install as it is not normally tongue and grooved etc. which might need some additional noggins between the joists where the boards meet.
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What boards are them please. I'm in middle of replacing lots of floorboards upstairs just wondered if its more beneficial using boards instead
Not sure, I think they are just regular flooring grade chipboard.
Normal pine, tongue and grove board are better IMHO
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lved the video.
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Great video,thanks for the great tips!! I want to ask you 2 questions?? What size of screws (tight grip) is the best to use? And is there any way of solving creeking floor boards under newly laid wooden floors? :-(
For the life of me I don't know what the guy who laid the wooden floors didn't tighten the floor boards before laying the wooden floor :-( expensive wooden floor too at that :-(
Any help much appreciated 🙏
I think the ones I used were about 45mm in length- www.screwfix.com/p/floor-tite-screws-4-2-x-45mm-200-pack/52936
I don't know of a solution for the floor with the wooden floor on top, without lifting it up again!
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@@ultimatehandyman - ok thanks for telling me which screws you used,I'll get some tomorrow 👍 regards to my floor boards underneath my wooden floor,is there a way of known that there is pipes/cables,like some sort of device and maybe put 1 or 2 screws in? Its just creeking as I enter both bedrooms nowhere else in the room.
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@@ryanhunter2730 No, the only way to tell for certain (that I know of) is to use a wall scanner, but they start at about £500
Chez! @ 0900 Did I not hear another creak! Did you fix that too ?
You might have done. I was only fixing creaks where people walk at the top of the landing.
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Merry Christmas Buddy
How are you liking you new Dewalt impact driver ,hope santa brings me one for Christmas !!
It's brilliant! I always look forwards to using it ;-)
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Good vid thanks...the owners should've gotten new carpet down at the same time pretty filthy!
It looks dirtier on the video than it does in real life. It's pointless replacing the carpet until the kids are older ;-)
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Don't forget to wipe your feet on the way out, haha.
Would it be possible to remove traditional pine floorboards and replace them with chipboard?
Yes, you can do that, but normally pine floorboards are better than chipboard!
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700 wow well done
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Ultimate Handyman I remember the first one I saw that you did about the stairs with the guy walking up them
Got chipboard flooring and told ringshank nails are they easy to remove
Ring shank nails are normally the most difficult type of nail to remove.
What size pozi bit do you use
I think it was a PZ2
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After watching this i think I'm going to take on the creaking hallway floors and kids room. Fingers cross. Great video by the way.
Good luck with it ;-)
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Would this work with squeaky staircase too
No, you have to do a bit more work on stairs- ua-cam.com/video/dRoCUl4sSDA/v-deo.html
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