Loose Boards Under Carpet

Carefully pull back the carpeting from the tack strip on a wall near the squeak.

Loose boards under carpet.

It sounds like the boards may have been lifted at some point and not screwed back down correctly you would need to remove the carpet screw down loose boards and then ply over the top of the existing floor using a 6mm ply. Floorboards are either nailed or screwed into floor. Any ideas or suggestions. This can cause subfloor nails to pop loose and the subfloor.

I have been told they may have compacted matter in the center and perhaps would not grab the screw. I have squeaky floor boards in the living room and in the bedrooms. Any pointers on how to isolate the spot to work on since it seems to cover a few feet as you walk across it. The carpet is loose in the affected areas and seems to have waves or wrinkles in it rising from the surface.

Should we use a screw or a nail to try and resecure it. Floors get squeaky when wood dries out either finished wood or a wooden subfloor. Hi jeff we live in a two story house and the boards under the carpet are large squares as seen in the garage ceiling not hard wood boards. Loose floor boards under carpet.

How to stop squeaks under a carpeted floor. Fixing a squeaky floor that s carpeted can be challenging. Would this squeaky floor kit work on these board. This isn t the same as having a floor squeak when you step on it which simply indicates that the subfloor isn t tightly fastened to the floor joist in one area.

I was going to remove the carpet to have a look but might cause the carpet to go loose its original place. Squeaks in the wood or plywood subfloor under carpeting are usually caused by loose nails in the subfloor or joints in the subfloor rubbing together. We have a squeeky board under the carpet on a second floor room. How to fix plywood flooring that has popped up under the carpet.

This is known as buckling and may be referred to as wrinkling or stretching. When floorboards become loose they may become a nuisance by making noises such as squeaking when stepped on. What are your thoughts. If you can feel a soft spot in the floor under the carpet the subfloor has likely been weakened or damaged.

There are several reasons why broadloom may buckle. How to fix loose floor boards. To fix a squeaky carpeted floor you might have to try a few times until you get the squeak to stop.