creaking floorboards

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    Under Stair Storage and Reinforcement

    Good Morning, The previous owners started to utilse the space underneath the stairs as storage and I want to open it up a lot more. I have the following challenges: 1) The stairs creak underfoot. 2) You will see from the images its a mess and the classic a block of wood and more nails will do...
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    How to Locate Creaking Floor "Sweet Spot"

    I live in a basement flat. I'm having a real problem with a loud and very irritating squeaking/creaking bit of floor from the flat immediately above. It's just one spot - the noise it makes is identical every time. Upstairs it's laminate flooring on top of some kind of timber as a subfloor -...
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    Chipboard flooring cracking noise

    Hi to all, I've had a renovation done on my bungalow that has all sorts of problems. Todays issue is chipboard flooring making a cracking or maybe crackling noise when walked on. Its 22mm tongue and grove flooring that has been nail gunned in as far as I can tell. The carpet has just gone in...
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    Upstairs floorboards creaking causing cracks in downstairs ceiling

    Hi, I wonder if anyone can give any suggestions. Moved into a ground floor maisonette about 5/6 months ago. The entire property was originally a house built in the mid 50s then separated into two flats. I believe upstairs has floorboards however no insulation has been put in as you constantly...
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