Quick fix for squeaky floor?

My Dad's kitchen floor squeaks. It's between the joists and sub-floor.

What's a good "quick" fix?

It's linoleum so I only have access from the basement.

Tar paper if you can slip it in, glue from a syringe if you can't.

What kind of glue did you use? Regular wood glue? I was thinking about trying to force some liquid nails in as far as possible.

Well... I buy syringes to apply glue and oil to things... they have a plastic, tapered pointy part. I would use liquid epoxy cause I have it.

Liquid Nails is pretty thick but if you can get it in there, it will work good.
Maybe you can force the Liquid Nails in there with a putty knife or something ?
Maybe drill a hole ?

Sometimes it is a screw/nail that is making the noise against the wood so a thinner glue would be more likely to work. Carpenters glue will work for awhile.

Long screws. Have you thought about the break-off screws they use with carpeting? Just a thought.

try fiberglass resin maybe Big Al (aka Bob Vila ) could chime in with a proper way to fix this with out messing the whole project up and making more work to fix it right later

dds said:

try fiberglass resin maybe Big Al (aka Bob Vila ) could chime in with a proper way to fix this with out messing the whole project up and making more work to fix it right later

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i always want to know what Big Al looked like and to think he even has his own show

bczoom said:

My Dad's kitchen floor squeaks. It's between the joists and sub-floor.

What's a good "quick" fix?

It's linoleum so I only have access from the basement.

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Hey Boomer , Sounds like you may have a few nails/screws that have loosened up when the sub floor was attached .
If possible , the quickest way I know is to try what one poster already stated and try to force ( using a chaulking gun) some Construction floor adhesive along each side of the joist nearest the squeek . If to have room you "might" be able to install a very thin shim in the gap too, if there is one .

I have also worked on squeeks that were caused by open voids in the plywood subfloor and they can be a pain to repair . It requires using a "gauged stop for depth" drill bit to reach the void , then force glue under pressure into the void . The trick is to not go too deep and pierced the finish floor .

good idea never thaught about a void in the ply wood Al you are a genius

I'd never have thought that a void in the plywood would have made it squeak. Good to know.

I haven't needed to do this in many a long year but when I did I used the shim method. I also used a short screw to fix the shim to the sub-floor once I had it in place. I don't know if it was necessary but I was worried about the shim working loose over time and me having to do it again.