My 20 year old house is getting new rugs. Before the installers come in, I'm cutting out sections of old carpet where squeaks have developed. I have taken two approaches. first, ball-peening the old nails back in snugly and then screwing down adjacent to the old screws with new flooring screws. My question, is this going to an extreme? Can I eliminate the screws and just make sure to sink the existing nails into the subfloor? I do want to make sure that we don't have any squeaks develop in the next few years. Thanks for your help.
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15 years ago