Can you stop floor squeeking??

[Dave123456789]

hi all

Wondering if you can help

Bedroom Laminate flooring done in 2006 -
Hallway hard wood done in 2010

Both were fine at the time I'm sure but now really bad creaking/squeeking noises

See pics

Is there a remedy ?? I can't afford to replace

Iv heard about talcum powder?? Fairy liquid?? Although the gap in laminate is obviously way finer than the hard wood....


Also Google has showed me this kit from America ??

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Squeeeeek-No-More-KIT-3233-Eliminates-Floor-Squeak-NEW-/320639533771

Would really appreciate any proven advice as the noises have become unbearable
Builder certainly left gaps by skirting so and underlay was good quality

Victorian house so floorboards old admittedly but sure he strengthen at time

 

[Dave123456789]

Laminate

 

[Dave123456789]

Hard wood

 

[Dave123456789]

Any other info pls let me know gents really keen to get this one sorted as noises have become too much!

 

[vinn]

Is underlay in place below both floors?
Both laminate and hardwood appear to stop under scotia floor edging.
If you have a min. of 10mm expansion space at any edge then its not an expansion problem.
If any flooring is touching any abutment or pipework then you will get creaking.
Noticing the hard wear, the hall seems to have been down for more than six years, when did this creaking start?
Was there originally a mat well in the hallway?
Is there any bounce or movement in either floor?
Or any signs of damp or condensation in the ground floor walls?
Has the heating been in since 2006?
You mention the Victorian floorboards but if they were loose you would have been aware of movement soon after laying any finish floor?

 

[Dave123456789]

Yes underlay is in place x2
im sure there is expansion space yes as i monitored this before the beading/edging was laid
not exactly sure when it started. i noticed it within the last 6 months id say.
yes there is a mat by the door = taken out for sake of the pic
there is no bounce or movement. just creaking sound
heating?? you mean radiator? been there forever.
yes wasnt there at the start.


thoughts on talcum powder?? and Fairy liquid?? apparently this in the gaps works?? saw it in you tube
although as i said the laminate gaps are very small.....and not accessible.

Also Google has showed me this kit from America ??
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Squeeeeek-No-More-KIT-3233-Eliminates-Floor-Squeak-NEW-/320639533771

 

[vinn]

Bit of a puzzle? Ground floor and upper floor coverings begin to creak at approx. the same time some years after being laid.
The mat well would have been a recess in the Victorian floor boards for a mat to drop into.

Talcum powder can be scattered and then vibrated into the flooring. It does work but for how long in any particular case i dont know.
I'd stay away from Fairy liquid, and the Sqeeeeek-No-More business.

Why not lift a length of scotia beading here and there and see if the flooring has expanded to touch any abutments?
Desperate measures would say take up an abutting flooring length and shaving off a few mm's that can still be covered by the scotia. But you would now have the difficulties of lifting stuff when you dont know if or how its fixed down?

 

[Dave123456789]

yes but i have other rooms where there is no creaking and its only certain parts of the flooring that have began to creak...

i can check if its expanded by the beading but as you say difficult to know where....

i was hoping the squeek no more business would do the trick.....but was concious it wasnt really a British item....


can i not hammer down any other type of nail into creaking affected areas? and then cover with wood filler?

 

[vinn]

You can nail all you want but unless you are confident of the exact position of any cables or pipes below the floor you might end up with far more problems than you started with.
You might have pipes that are touching the underside of the the floor board sub-floor and when you step on that area you get the creaking.
But short of lifting the finished flooring in the compromised areas you wont know for certain what the causes are.