Everything you need to know about your creaking floor boards (podlahové prkna)
Your bruise boards (palubky modřin) may creak due to several reasons such as for example incorrect nails, gaps between joist and floor, inadequate nail fittings, poor underlay installation, uneven subfloor, excessive moisture, and many others. Thus, in this guide, we are going to discuss some helpful strategies you need to use to deal with these root causes so your flooring stops generating irritating sounds.
Inadequate nails fittings
The wooden planks haven't been affixed to the floor joist correctly, this might cause the planks to go when being walked across. To solve this issue, you first need to remove and screw off the nails and evaluate where they've gone wrong - the nails could have slipped out, missed a floor joist, or too far.
Incorrect nails
Using incorrect nails which are not strong or long enough to keep the wood planks firmly hold altogether, it may cause creaking. To solve this dilemma, you have to screw or take away the nails and replace them with the proper nails that suit your boardings perfectly.
The gap between joist and subfloor
Creaking may also occur when there's so much gap involving the subfloor and the joist. To affix this, you first need to check on whether you are able to access the underneath of one's floor boards (podlahové palubky) without lifting them off completely? In that case, everything would become way too easy since all you'd need to do is to use the carpenter's glue to a wood shim and embed it involving the subfloor and joist to fill the gap. However, you need to make sure that the width of the shim is perfect otherwise the subfloor will raise an excessive amount of, creating a ball in the flooring. On another hand, if the gap has been generated as a result of shrinking or warping of the joist, install another timber plank alongside the shrunken joist to fill the gap. Again, evaluate the height of the newly installed plank thoroughly.