Caporegime
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- 13 May 2003
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Hi
The extended part of our house has chipboard floors that have been simply nailed to the joists. I don't believe ring shanks or glue were used. Accordingly the boards creak a lot and I want to fix it before we list our house for sale (would definitely put people off).
From Googling it looks like the best option is to get some decent floor-specific screws and lift the carpets, either replacing the existing nails or screwing in addition (next) to them.
It's this I'm not sure about.
- Pros of replacing nails entirely with screws seems to be that I'm less likely to hit a pipe or cable and less likely to have residual noise from the boards sliding up and down the nails.
- Pros of screwing but leaving the nails in situ seems to be a) quicker and b) cheaper as don't need to buy a nail remover @~£30.
Would anyone that has fixed such a thing be able to share their advice please? Should I try screwing next to the nails or could this be a waste of time / dangerous? Note that removing the floor and replacing it with ply etc. isn't happening until I've tried the quick / cheap fixes first.
Thanks.
The extended part of our house has chipboard floors that have been simply nailed to the joists. I don't believe ring shanks or glue were used. Accordingly the boards creak a lot and I want to fix it before we list our house for sale (would definitely put people off).
From Googling it looks like the best option is to get some decent floor-specific screws and lift the carpets, either replacing the existing nails or screwing in addition (next) to them.
It's this I'm not sure about.
- Pros of replacing nails entirely with screws seems to be that I'm less likely to hit a pipe or cable and less likely to have residual noise from the boards sliding up and down the nails.
- Pros of screwing but leaving the nails in situ seems to be a) quicker and b) cheaper as don't need to buy a nail remover @~£30.
Would anyone that has fixed such a thing be able to share their advice please? Should I try screwing next to the nails or could this be a waste of time / dangerous? Note that removing the floor and replacing it with ply etc. isn't happening until I've tried the quick / cheap fixes first.
Thanks.