| Your tired of walking up and down the stairs and | | | | stringer. |
| listening to them squeak, you have no idea what's | | | | The stairs stringer is going to be hard to find, but it |
| causing this horrible noise, but you're tired of it and | | | | will usually be located within a couple of inches, |
| it's time to fix your squeaking stairs. | | | | directly in the center of the stairway. Locate the |
| I have been building stairs for so long, I can probably | | | | center of the stairway, and start screwing your first |
| do them while I'm sleeping. The most common | | | | screw at that location. If the stairway is still |
| problem with squeaking stairs will be a loose nail or | | | | squeaking, remove the screw and moved the screw |
| two pieces of wood rubbing together. Sometimes | | | | over an inch and a half in either direction and try |
| squeaking stairs, are extremely difficult to repair or | | | | again. If this doesn't work, go to the opposite side of |
| fix and other times, it could be as simple as installing | | | | the center and try again. |
| one screw into the stairs stringer, through the stair | | | | Keep working your way at inch and a half intervals, |
| tread. | | | | until you have reached the stairs stringer. You |
| The first thing you will need to do is find out where | | | | shouldn't have to do this more than four or five |
| the stairs are actually squeaking. If you can push this | | | | times, if you do, stop what you're doing, and try to |
| stair tread up and down or move it just a little bit, | | | | figure out where the center stairs stringer is located |
| while its squeaking, there's a good chance that it's | | | | exactly, using a stud finder. That might or might not |
| rubbing up against a nail or the back stair risers | | | | work, you could always try tapping on the stair tread |
| What do I do, if I have one stair treads that | | | | with a hammer. |
| squeaking? It's all going to depend on whether your | | | | As you tap on the stair tread, listen for a certain |
| stair treads are finished in wood or covered in | | | | noise, the stair tread will be located, where the noise |
| carpeting. If you're stairs are covered in carpeting, | | | | seems to sound like it's hitting something solid, |
| you're in luck. You will need to locate the center | | | | instead of a hollow sound. Try screwing into these |
| stairs stringer and trite to install a screw through the | | | | areas and hopefully your problem will be solved. |
| carpeting, and reattach the stair tread to the stairs | | | | |