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  • CREAKING FLOORBOARDS

    Tools required :- Hammer, bolster chisel, pencil, power or battery drill, 4mm pilot drill bit, 8mm approx drill bit, medium / large cross head screwdrivers.

    This is a problem that many homes have, but fortunately it is an easy problem to overcome. If the floorboard is loose in places it will have to be screwed down using wood screws which screw into the joists below. Before you do anything, lift the floorboard with a bolster chisel and hammer and take a look to see if there are any pipes or cables present, if not great, if so then they should be running in the centre of the joists. If they aren’t running central take note of where they are so you don’t put a screw through them. Mark the joists position on the adjacent floorboard so you know where they are when you replace the floorboard.

    The floorboard will need pilot holes (4mm) drilling approximately 25mm in from each edge in line with the joists, this is to stop the wood splitting. You can counter sink the pilot holes using a drill bit the same diameter as the screw heads so they finish flush with the floorboard. Select an appropriate length of screw, preferably cross head and replace the floorboard and screw it down, this should get rid of those annoying creaks and squeaks.


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