Creaking Floorboards Driving You Crazy?

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Have you got chipboard floorboards under your carpet that creak and squeak when somebody walks over them?
We had one of those 'while you are here' requests from somebody while we were filming a shower installation. Jeff has his in-laws over quite often and when his father-in-law goes to the toilet in the middle of the night, he and his wife are woken by the sound of creaking squeaking floorboards directly above their bedroom.
As with many other problems, Roger has seen it all before and has a solution, so here is our 'how to fix a creaking floorboard' video and it only takes around £15 of materials including some watered down PVA glue and some screws (NOT nails).
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[@piespeafield]

I had the same issue, for years, now that im old and deaf, its fine now. Just give it time.

[@londoner89ldn98]

Hahahahaha classic

[@jkb7903]

🤣😂🤣

[@gdfggggg]

Patience is a virtue 😂

[@thecraziestcanuck]

Bravo Sir, I am still a young man at 56, and I have been noticing that life is speeding up. And I really don't care about the little things anymore. Life is too short. Cheers

[@missesAnnCooper]

😂🤣🤣😂

[@benjamintedlund9399]

That guy loves what he's doing and that's awesome.

[@HendersonHinchfinch]

Nice

[@DeanTheDoctor]

Heck yeah. 😎🌎✌️

[@WindWhisperer20]

Just wanted to say a huge thank you for this video. Husband and I have taken on a fixer upper with a 3 year old and a newborn, so we're keen to find ways to save money on the reno. We have a lot of enthusiasm but no real experience or knowledge with DIY. We assumed we'd need to get a carpenter in to tackle all the creaking floorboards and would never, ever, have thought PVA glue and water was a viable solution. It's worked a treat without the need for screws at all and we're so grateful that this video gave us the information and confidence to give it a go ourselves. :)

[@RaymondGroot]

Found the channel 2 weeks ago, tons of useful advice and thorough considerations I can help my customers with! Much appreciated and keep up the great work :)

[@BWVideofilms]

Thank you so much Roger. The PVA method works like magic and saved me the horrendous job of pulling up all the chipboard and replacing with ply, something I have put off for many years!

[@scottmilburn]

Thanks, love the energy. You encouraged me to do it myself instead of nagging my builder.

[@chrismdenham]

This worked an absolute treat! I had a squeak on some new boards. Builder clearly hadn’t used pva as I did as the video shows and sorted all the squeaking. Perfect! Thanks.

[@SkillBuilder]

Great to hear (or not hear) that Chris. It makes it worth doing these videos if we get results like that.

[@jimsunney]

What a great solution. Wasn't sure it would work because the gap between the boards are very narrow but it did. Brilliant.

[@lookme4212]

Watched a number of skill videos and find them informative. Great skills and knowledge. Good natured skilled trades person. Shame on those others who have done the poor workman ship in the first place after owners spend good money to purchase the property.

[@bewster7]

This video saved my sanity, money and my marriage. What a fantastic video and idea, Brilliant. I cannot thank you enough

[@jadejade5303]

Saved your marriage??? 😂 us women are not that terrible.

[@mechanicalmonk2020]

​@@jadejade5303 it was him that was constantly complaining about the creaking. Near killed the marriage

[@martybop]

It's no wonder this and his other videos have so many views: this is a true professional and a great teacher.

[@me-bj5cm]

At first thought it was going to be a video without good explanation. But as the video goes on he does a very great job at explaining everything you need to do. Props on him. A great guy to learn from about that

[@bevtooth]

Fantastic. We have just moved into a detached dorma bungalow and it was a late 1970's build. We have always lived in older houses with inner brick walls and proper wooden floorboards. My husband just used to screwe any creaky floorboards down. I must say this newer house isnt built as good. Dry lined hollow inner walls and chipboard flooring upstairs. These squeak so terribly and my husband was thinking he might have to relay the flooring! I'm so pleased I've seen your video. Something so easy and simple. I've subscribed for more hints and fixes!

[@Peter-.H]

As always, very interesting and informative video. Thank you. 👍👍

[@Snoopydoopy0]

This was extremely helpful and informative. Thank you!

[@arnoldhoward2076]

Excellent teacher. What an ingenious trick to solve floor squeaks.

[@msclippy123]

Sir...I cannot thank you enough for your video. My Husband and I are quite handy however, this one had us stumped! We did not have access to the basement so this solution worked perfectly!

[@MegaReddevil007]

Truly a skilled builder, very informative, educative and highly skilled. Love your videos. Keep it up mate.

[@ZafarIqbal-jl8yq]

And genres 👍

[@1965Haval]

Well done I just tried this and tell you what it works really well. Thank you

[@pg4686]

I used the method where you drive a screw through the carpet and it worked, however it was a constant guessing game and the squeaks eventually came back. This shows you how to do it right, and this is what I plan to do to eliminate the issue for good. Thanks for the video.

[@boonang4097]

Roger very helpful and informative suggestions. Especially not screwing onto carpets, beware of pipes and max length of screws to use. I like the tip where you dilute PVA glue and brushed into the seams. Thanks Roger. You good man.

[@tomtomlin7127]

Yes we have the same problem but thanks to your video hopefully not much longer. Thank you.

[@calummacneill4656]

Thank you so much!! Bought a flat and the floor sheets squeaked horrifically to the point that i didn't want to walk around and annoy the downstairs neighbours. I had no idea where to start, but after watching this video and using your techniques I eliminated the noise completely! There had been a section cut out of the kitchen so was able to lift it completely and add straight PVA to the top of the joists too. Thanks again - silent bliss. The neighbours say thanks too!

[@calummacneill4656]

@I Am it's perfectly safe, just depends whether you can put up with the noise!

[@KaseyMacAwesome]

This is so informative and I am absolutely going to show this to my landlord so the apartment above me gets looked at! I could hear every move my neighbors made and it was wasn’t their fault at all. The squeaking drives me crazy.

[@satyris410]

hiya, I'm in the opposite position, and I feel really bad for my neighbours downstairs. I could easily have a go at doing this, its not like my carpets go anywhere near the gripper rod anyway !

[@robertstace3851]

Had squeaky bedroom floor for a couple of years, followed your method and what a difference! Not 100% cured but massive improvement. Only way to sort 100% is to lift and replace with ply. Hoping the addition of good laminate flooring will also help reduce any leftover squeaks!! Thanks!!

[@Rawrizla]

Thank you thank you thank you!!!! I screwed my floor down and there will still squeaks. It drove me mad. Then I watched this video!!! I used the pva as you said!!! No more squeaking!!!! Happy days. Thanks again!!!

[@SkillBuilder]

That is great to know. Nice to have it quiet when you sneak in late

[@JamesSmith-od7po]

This man is brilliant. I just found his videos. Feel very confident in him.

[@5wisher5weet]

Ditto

[@julianday5528]

Thanks so much for this video it is so helpful. We have a 90s house with chipboard flooring that was nailed down. Carrying out the procedures in this video on our house has made a huge difference to our landing.

[@hanrealistic]

Excellent video making, straight to point, nothing rubbish. Welldone ..

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Great tip. I don't have squeaky floorboards, but will remember this if I ever do 😀

[@stuartwilliamson8459]

I've actually tried this method with the PVA glue in my bathroom and spare bedroom and worked great. I used floor tite screws as well to put into the joists for extra support 👍👍 cheers Roger

[@557535]

How has the floors been treating you since?

[@user-pf5xq3lq8i]

Update please?

[@gigabyte2573]

Thanks for this video, I have a very annoying squeaky landing floor, so now I know how to go about resolving the issue, thanks a million 👍

[@PaulStewartAviation]

Great video thanks!

[@montecarloorbust1757]

I tried using this technique with my landing floorboards, after 15 gallons of PVA glue the floor no longer squeaks. Although changing the lightbulbs downstairs is now a little bit more challenging! 😂

[@justbb4421]

Is it still not squeaking?

[@lesielilangi4984]

Haha

[@weatherboi]

Then you need to find a KZbin video on changing lightbulbs. ?

[@sudo_nym]

That’s proper good advice! I have to tackle this job soon and I wondered how best to do it. Now I know! Cheers 🍻

[@denniskeogh3422]

Somewhere on here was a post saying on steps screw threw the riser on both sides into the stringing. No where else anybody said this... He was spot on and stopped the squeaking..... if i could find his post I'd give him big thumbs-up.

[@LightingJedi]

Such a fab blog so informative thank you! Answered a lot of my questions

[@royaloak5455]

So glad I found this video, I’ll be trying this after a failed attempt at stopping my squeaking.

[@mkbaharris]

thanks Roger! perfect, gotta try this on my landing!

[@MsDR-ys3cb]

You really explain the job well. Thank you

[@user-xl7tr8ie1i]

Thanks, solved about 90% of the creaking - major life improvement for the folks downstairs! Needed to watch another video about getting wrinkles out of the carpet though. Respect to you though!

[@cupiddstunt]

Nice vid simple informative and to the point, far too many people post vids on youtube and really have no clue and people with even less of a clue actually praise them for their efforts. You obviously do this for a living as there was no humming and harring or mindless rambling, just nice simple clear explanation. thank for that you mow have another subscriber.

[@GlassSpider]

I've just moved in to my first owned house and this video was immensely helpful! Thanks so much!

[@SkillBuilder]

Glad it was helpful!

[@catsnmi270]

Many thanks for the video, Skill Builder! Now I know how to solve my creaking floors without having to pay someone to do it for me. Thanks a lot!

[@dmcinnis23]

This was a brilliant demo. Thank you so much!

[@stEVEN_SMARTER]

Thanks Roger, this worked a treat on a floor that has been driving me nuts for years!

[@SkillBuilder]

Glad it helped

[@alexthomson7465]

Thankyou! My flat's floor is terrible and I am at the point of distraction! Every single step is such a loud creak and I'm on 3rd floor so repair is more practical that replace. I am definitely going to try this! Thankyou.

[@stevend9960]

Another great video Roger. Always nice to see a master craftsman at work.

[@dennispritchard73]

Master craftsman?? Bloody amateur. 3 inch screws to fix down behave!! Take nails out screws out and replace with bigger shank not length or take flooring up to be sure. This guy is DIY. That pva does Jack shit!!

[@stevend9960]

Dennis Pritchard screw should be 3 times length of board thickness. Sit down boy.

[@stevel6943]

Great tip. We have the same issue following an extension build, sadly we have laminate covering the boards!! I'm not taking that up...ear muffs till I get to the bed😉

[@UnstoppableTramp]

I have never heard of this trick and I like it a lot. Cheers guys

[@kathyxx8013]

I have just done this after watching your clip and it’s worked a treat. Only difference was I took up a couple of the noisy nails and put the screws in the same holes as I was too scared to put screws in a different location without knowing how long the nails where coming out. Saved me calling out a tradesman. Thank you 👍

[@SkillBuilder]

Taking nails out and replacing them with screws is the best way to do it. Nothing can go wrong with that approach

[@trinitysmate]

Brilliant info as always!!

[@amymoffitt2893]

Just done this and fixed our squeaky floors. Thank you!

[@SkillBuilder]

Great job! We are glad it helped. Sleep well

[@owenbutcher1954]

Always very helpful thank you

[@u187146]

Great advice as usual. If all trades people were like you then we wouldn't have squeaky floor boards in the first place!

[@Noaxe_Tegrinde]

Brilliant presentation. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and tips.....and that's from a lifetime DIYer! Inspired by your approach, I would also consider drilling holes through the flooring in line with joist nail/screw run (every few inches) to a depth of the flooring (plus 1-2mm...these are modern times!) and feed your thinned PVA mixture into the holes. Then, as you did on the inter-board joints, you'll create a locally attached pool of adhesive, attaching the boards to the joists every few inches. Again, as you did, use movement to help capillary the adhesive into the thin gap between flooring and joist. FURTHER TIP: To create more work for tradesman and to inconvenience the customer (at some time in the future) I would wrongly mark the locations of pipes and wiring on the floorboards.... I'm joking I'm joking!!! No Axe

[@neilbanks6845]

just the advice I was hoping for and very well presented.

[@caskwith]

That's a bloody good idea. I am going to try that next time I have the carpets up on a few squeeky areas, not bad enough to warrant lifting now but when exposed I'll give it a try.

[@MrCypress01]

Great video. I just had to resolve the creaking boards in two rooms, prior to new flooring being put down. Followed your technique and it worked a treat.

[@lynettepage2183]

I'm going to do the same. Hope it works for me.

[@BrianPhillipsRC]

Awesome video! Great idea with the water and glue mix, Thanks!

[@stephenjackson5024]

Great video and tips, I've just followed this to stop my landing creaking. Omg it really does work many thanks for doing this video. 👍

[@RetroRepair]

Amazing video, a really good example for other KZbinrs to follow 👏

[@RossPatzelt]

love your presentation style. easy to understand thanks

[@63yorkshire]

Another great video with sound advice

[@ratchriat1716]

nice tip roger enjoyed the video.

[@donnakebabmat5413]

Thank you so much mate, I fixed my creaking floor, did exactly what you said. Perfect job all creaking stopped.And I remembered to water the PVA right down to approx 5-1 Subscribed.

[@SkillBuilder]

Thanks for the feedback. It is a good moment when you walk there like the first man on the moon and there are no squeaks.

[@casperaudi7476]

It’s Hard to find a person like this now of days 👍🤛🙏

[@Chris_2023_]

Awesome advice! Thank you!

[@tonic1987ok]

Loving the videos Rodger. You make a great teacher.

[@SkillBuilder]

Thanks Matt. I enjoy making the videos

[@vijay007in]

Excellent guys good work!

[@benmiles00]

What a brilliant video. So helpful and great quality. Thanks guys. I'll be trying this on our kitchen floor soon as it's creaking everywhere at the moment. Plus making a fart noise in one place! It was funny the first few times. Hehe. Thanks. Ben from Australia.

[@BruceWood-lv2uq]

Been there, done it!! I thought i was being helpful at my sisters house by putting a couple of screws through squeeky floorboards, punctured both feed and return pipes!!!

[@davidbanfield3280]

Brilliant! I have this exact problem

[@jamesh9427]

Perfect video! This is now next week's job!!

[@georgeshepherd3057]

Joiner myself and this is exactly the way I would do this job Great job.

[@robmanmanc]

Brilliant video, many thanks.

[@williammcgrattan9583]

Nice one Roger 👍

[@stevenpinkerton1705]

Great video, really informative, thanks. Getting new carpet so thought I would fix the floorboards first, lazy ass house builders used nails and no glue, just like you said!!

[@sarjeetkaur2704]

Thankyou so much iv got the same problem same floorboards too least I know what steps to take before laying down my carpets

[@blackpoolbootz2790]

Just screwing floorboards down at top of stairs. Lazy past owners tradesmen didn't so I'm screwing alot of floorboard back down. Didn't know about the PVA trick will use that now thanks

[@arfabarmcake2776]

Thanks for that info, i have a 2 year old bungalow, the floors creak really bad, i will need to lift the laminate floor, but it will be worth it to stop the creaking 👍

[@xiaomingyang3357]

It really works!!! In my case, the squeaky sound comes from a joint that is perpendicular to the studs. I have nowhere to drive addition nails like most other videos suggest. So I applied some wood glue and used a hand trowel to work it in. The squeaky sound was gone the next morning. Thank you for this very useful tip!

[@SkillBuilder]

I am glad it worked. I would always water it down so it flows in nicely

[@scottlamber6992]

Thanks! Needed this!

[@philtucker1224]

Thank you, - excellent guidance and advice 😊👍

[@kenmannagh7788]

Brilliant ! Thanks friend wonderful help and to the point.

[@sch2652]

Thank you, I will try this.

[@SoundAssault]

You've got some nice dance moves there Roger! 🕺🏻🕴🕺🏻 😁 . Useful video 👍🏻

[@jackdoesengineering2309]

Great, will try this. Many Thanks Skill builder.

[@zedman442]

Nice tips Roger. Especially loved your river dance moves!

[@ajones8699]

Oh, I thought the bathroom may have been occupied..

[@danle2884]

Skill Builder is absolutely right. You have to be very CAREFUL when trying to find the joist. After watching like 4 videos, I listened to Skill Builder, and went to the garage and cut a small hole about 1 square foot off the sheetrock ceiling near the estimated area that squeaks. Low and behold, there are 2 heat tubings right under the baseboard. If I were to just probe for the joist, I would be drilling into one of them for SURE. Then I drill a 4 inch wood screw from the ceiling of the garage upwards and went upstairs and found it. Then I measure and tape where the joist should be. I will still go down to HD and buy the anti squeak kit to screw it down. Thanks Skill Builder.

[@DIMTips]

Really like this tip. Used it at home.

[@ORIGINAL786dodi]

Thanks for this great idea, will be busy doing this on the weekend! 👍

[@narmypara100]

did it work please ?

[@snakemansnakes1]

Many thanks enjoyed the presentation and the advice. Liked and Subbed

[@froglobster]

Wow Thank You! I am ripping out carpet and laminate and hardwood for vinyl planking and yeah I got creaks. I’ll lookup PVA in Canada here.

[@mariad4183]

You are AMAZING! Excellent instruction! Thank you for sharing honey

[@peterwalton1502]

Great tip about using the pva

[@RI-uv3lm]

Roger. As practical as ever 👌👍

[@liamr6672]

Great camera work when he was pulling up the carpet.

[@charlesknowlton7198]

What, you mean you wanted to actually see what he was doing?

[@steveprice9462]

I've got exactly the same problem on exactly the same type of floor. Just moved in so cash is tight. Was gonna get a carpenter. But now I'm gonna try it myself. Thanks.

[@avegtastefromatoz]

did it work for you?

[@markjprobert]

What a great video!! Can’t wait to try this