How to fix squeaky flooring joints along the wall
Squeaky flooring joints along walls often happen when plank edges sit slightly proud of adjoining planks. This movement creates annoying noises whenever you step on them, making it necessary to secure or adjust the affected joints.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Put some screws in it
- 2running a dehumidifier regularly
- 3leaving the laundry-room door open
- 4Locate nails using a magnet
- 5Plan to pull up old vinyl to investigate underneath
- 6Removing the piece, cutting it a little wider and longer on the notched end.
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“Could somebody please help me figure out how to fix the squeaky noise coming from the joints when standing on them?”source ↗
“after checking, I found that the squeaky noise is coming from the joints along the wall”source ↗
“We have squeaky upstairs flooring, in our 30 year old house.”source ↗
“One in particular is that while we have standard joists upstairs, it seems that there are a lot of nails under the vinyl flooring in the guest bathroom.”source ↗
“This is how some of the door casings in my house are and what i dont understand is the casings are already notched to slide the flooring underneath so it’s like why did they not do it.”source ↗
“Over the past few months, I’ve noticed that a few of the plank edges are sitting slightly proud of the adjoining planks — probably only a few millimetres.”source ↗
“How can I fix the second pic here?”source ↗
Where this came up
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