How do I get very loud creaks out of laminate flooring?

Ken Semple
by Ken Semple
We just bought our first house and now the floors creak very loudly in the living room.
It was ok in winter, but now with the air on it is very loud.


  2 answers
  • FRED RIGGS FRED RIGGS on Jul 23, 2017

    if you have a basement, find the area where it squeaks and put shims between the flooring and the joists. You will need help, one to walk and one to identify the area. Does weather change it for the better or worse. Drying can cause squeaks in the winter that disappear in the summer moisture. Unknown where you live. That would help.

  • Ken Semple Ken Semple on Jul 23, 2017

    Thanks Fred,

    Basement is all open so will try that.

    We live in Ontario Canada and is very humid in summer so we have the air conditioning on and now is when it is making the noises.

    When we bought the house it was in March and they still had the heat on and didn't hear it then.