Hello, The whole upstairs of my raised ranch house has hardwood floors. The squeaks are everywhere. Every bedroom, hallway, etc. I have tried everything to fix these squeaks but to no avail. Today I decided to see what was under the hardwood floors. I used a spot in a closet so as to not make it too noticable. I cut out one section of the floor and found that there is a 3/4" gap between the subfloor and the hardwood floor. The hardwood floor is nailed to furring strips that are on top of the subfloor. 16" on center. Why would this be done? No wonder that my attemps to screw down the floor failed to eliminate the squeaks. I guess monster screws that could go through the hardwood floor, get past the gap and into the underlying joices might do the job, if I could find the underlying joices. Lost and confused. Jed.
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16 years ago