Plywood Floor Squeaky I My New House

The subfloor is 5 8 plywood.

Plywood floor squeaky i my new house. Despite all my hard work there are still a few squeaks between unsupported seams in high traffic areas. Squeaky and creaky floors are usually related to one of two things. Your floor joists or your choice of subfloor. For new construction homes squeaking hardwood floors are a frustrating situation with every participant in the construction process blaming another person.

If you have a crawlspace or basement with exposed ceilings you can have one person look at the floor from below while someone else walks around on top. I have posted the video below of the upper level. Sub floor is osb tongue and groove 3 4 on upper floor with carpet main floor sub floor is osb tongue and groove 3 4 on lower floor with 3 4 hardwood. If your plywood subfloors are squeaking it is likely due to the way the plywood is fastened to the joists beneath your floor.

In older homes the presence of squeaky floors is simply a part of charm and comes with the territory. Most squeaks are the result of the plywood subfloor rubbing against the floor joists. They come from one edge of a board rubbing on another. But some squeaks aren t caused by nails.

The squeaks are coming from inside the house. There is however one core cause of a squeaking floor. Since day 0 one of the major issue had been my flooring both main level and the upper level. Which is all carpeted.

Annoying floor squeaks common in many homes typically occur after the house has settled and flooring lumber has dried out and shrunk. The subfloor the structural support below the top floor that you walk on will sometimes shrink over time as the wood dries out changing the shape slightly and resulting in high pitched irritating squeaks. A solid wood floor is usually fastened with hundreds of nails so squeaks often occur as the floor ages. The condo i owned previously had terribly squeaky floors so i wanted to avoid that with this house with preventative measures.

A simple first solution is to dust the squeaky area of your floor with talcum powder working it into the cracks.