Silencing Squeaky Hardwood Floor Boards
Prolonged
cycles of contracting in dry winters and expanding in humid summers
may cause squeaks in your hardwood floor. Air conditioning in
summer and humidifying in winter will prevent extreme cycles.
But squeaks are easily repaired.
To silence
a squeak, try applying liquid wax, powdered soap, talcum powder
or powdered graphite between floor boards that are rubbing together.
If that doesn't
do the job, drive two-inch finishing nails through pilot holes
near both edges of the board, then hide the hole with matching
color putty or wax.
