footboard repair

badgolferman · 2016-02-05T14:47:57+00:00

The all wood footboard of one of our beds has been squeaking at the joint where the horizontal board attaches to the vertical post. I tried spraying some silicone in there a few weeks ago to silence it but to no avail. Yesterday when my wife was changing the sheets somehow the board separated from the post. Nothing is broken, it just came out of the notches where the dowels and main load bearing connection are. I pushed everything back together for now, but I doubt it will hold together forever. Why is there no glue in these connections? Everything seems to be dry fitted together. Should I put some wood glue in there and hold it all together with bungee cords until it dries?

Feb 05, 2016 21 Replies

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TekkieÃÂ® 10 years ago

DerbyDad03 posted for all of us...

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DerbyDad03 10 years ago

You must be reading the wrong threads. I haven't been away...nor do I plan to be.

See ya 'round the ole ng.

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