Finished Flooring
Problem: Squeaking Hardwood Flooring - 2.
Cause: Inadequate fasteners.
Inadequate fasteners used for installation allow the hardwood strips to flex and thus squeak against one another.
Solutions: Use proper nails or staples.
- Many building codes require wood-strip flooring to be either nailed or stapled, depending upon the thickness of the flooring. Staples can only be used to fasten strip flooring that is not more than 5/16" (8 mm) thick. Proper nail length and spacing depends upon the thickness of the finish flooring as detailed in Table 2.
| Table 2 - Nailing Requirements For Wood Strip Flooring | ||
| Nailing of Wood Strip Flooring in inches (mm) | ||
Finish Flooring Thickness |
Minimum Length Of Flooring Nails |
Maximum Spacing Of Flooring Nails |
5/16 (7.9) |
1-1/2 (38) |
8 (200) |
7/16 (11.1) |
2 (51) |
12 (300) |
3/4 (19.0) |
2-1/4 (57) |
16 (400) |
1 (25.4) |
2-1/2 (63) |
16 (400) |
1-1/4 (31.7) |
2-3/4 (70) |
24 (600) |
1-1/2 (38.1) |
3-1/4 (83) |
24 (600) |
