Something On My Hard Wood Floors Gym Shoes Squeak

Flooring joists if your floors squeak year round or there are a few spots that are squeakier than others there might be a problem with the flooring joists.

Something on my hard wood floors gym shoes squeak. This old house general contractor tom silva silences some squeaky floors. Kellie walker reply. There are several factors that can make your floors squeak including seasonal changes in humidity levels and installation issues. But if you walk on your shoes like this and don t hear a thing it s safe to say that your problem lies on the outside of the sole.

Nails rub on plywood when walking on floor and cause the squeak. Once the rain hit my sneakers didn t stand a chance. I have some squeaks in my floor that i have narrowed down to exposed nails coming through the plywood sub floor from the basement which is not finished. It s driving me crazy please help.

If your shoes squeak try this method and see how it works for you. If your shoes squeak when you walk on smooth surfaces like tile or hardwood floors it could be because the bottoms are too slick. Before wearing shoes make sure the rubber cement has completely dried. To clarify it is the sole of my shoes squeaking against the tile floors not the shoe itself.

Before i attempt to try anything i thought i would see what you suggested. This will form a protective layer between the floor and shoe which should quiet the squeaky sound the shoes are making. The joists are part of the structural makeup underneath floors. After putting pledge lemon clean on my dust mop and cleaning hard wood floors they squeak something terrible.

Apply a thin coating of rubber cement to your shoe heels. Squeaking is one of the most prevalent complaints homeowners have about wood floors. Obviously the type of damage that caused the squeak in my shoes was water damage. October 31 2011 at 21 00.

Go over the bottoms a few times with a dryer sheet to make them less slick so they don t squeak as much. See below for a shopping list and tools subscribe to this old house. Cause of squeaky hardwood floors 2. Doesn t matter what shoes ones wears they squeak absolutely awful.