I was fixing a squeaky floorboard in my 1950s bungalow and realized the original nails had worked loose over time.

I drove in some 2-inch finish nails at an angle next to the old ones, which pulled the board tight and silenced the squeak for good, but does anyone have a better method for old pine floors?

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scott.drew25d ago

Your method is solid, it's exactly what I did. My own 50s floor is now a pincushion of angled nails after my "fixes". I've heard using a bit of carpenter's glue in the seam before nailing can help, but I was too worried about making a sticky mess.

joseph_ellis8525d ago

Yeah, I was totally against glue too until I tried it on a squeaky stair. That little bit in the seam, like @scott.drew mentioned, locks it down without the mess if you wipe the squeeze-out fast. Now I swear by it for quiet floors.

jamiew5321d ago

Funny how that works, the thing you're most scared of making a mess with is often the fix that actually works. See it all the time with people trying to fix stuff around the house, myself included. You avoid the glue or the epoxy or whatever, end up with a half baked solution, and then finally try the "messy" thing... and it's clean and perfect. Just gotta get over that first fear of making it worse.