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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.

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