I purchased a fairly new manufactured home & am noticing that the floor squeeks around the kitchen area. What are my options. Thanks.
get a cordless drill find the joists and put screws in every 8 inch's
many things could be causing the squeaks since your home is fairly new i would call there service department and have them find out whats going on and fix it.
about the only thing to do is to take the floor covering up and throw some nails or screws in the plywood....... most manufactured homes have vinyl in the kitchen and they do not glue them down,they run the flooring under the walls/so if your handy you can cut the vinyl loose from the walls, pull it back then nail the plywood down.....but only if your desperate and it's driving you crazy......but......look on the bright side.....you have you a no cost burglar alarm...............
Rather than tearing up your flooring, find the squeak from underneath in the basement. When you find it, toenail a screw into the side of the joist and up into the plywood. Make sure you use a short enough screw so that it does not come up through the top
Probably where it squeeks is at the edge of a piece of the plywood in the sub-floor. It may be that one of the nails that holds it in place has worked its way a little loose and the squeek is the wood moving a little as you step (put weight) on that part of the floor. If your flooring (carpet, tile, etc.) can be pulled up, you might can stop the squeek by securing that section of the plywood sub-floor. You might want to use wood screws instead of nails. When the sub-floor is tight so that it no longer has any room to give (move) when weight is put on it, then your squeek will probably stop. If you cannot pull up the flooring without destroying it, you might want to just keep this in mind for a future project when the flooring is replaced / updated. (This is assuming that there is no sign of other damage that needs more immediate attention - rot, termites, water damage, etc.)
