Q: I have carpeted floors that squeak when they’re walked on. I was watching a home repair show and it showed a three-legged tool that fit over the carpet and let you drive a special break-off head ...

In an old house with wooden floors, planks are bound to squeak sometimes. In newer buildings, joists, plywood and flooring should be strong enough, and connected securely enough, not to intrude. When ...

Squeaky floors may alert you to kids sneaking in past curfew, but they’ve got little else going for them. Annoying floor squeaks, common in many homes, typically occur after the house has settled and ...

Q: How do you repair squeaking floors? The house is 47 years old and just walking across the floors creates a squeak. But it's only in certain areas, not the whole floor or room. Can we eliminate the ...

Q: I have carpeted floors that squeak when they're walked on. I was watching a home repair show and it showed a three-legged tool that fit over the carpet and let you drive a special break-off head ...

ASqueaky floors can be particularly annoying at night and they generally are worse during winter. During summer, if you do not air-condition, squeaks may totally disappear. Drier winter air makes ...

Q We have a large area of hardwood flooring that was installed 10 years ago and is now squeaking badly. There is access to the underside of this floor in our basement, which is unfinished. Can these ...

With homes closed up tight as a drum in winter, things that squeak or pop in the night are more exaggerated. Fortunately, this paranormal noise isn’t the result of ghosts, but rather the inner ...