[Greenbuilding] hardwood floor orientation

[Reuben Deumling]

That's a pretty nifty solution I hadn't known about. It seems I might need a
different (shorter) set of screws than they provide as my floor started out
3/4" thick when it was new, but is less now. I'll have to look into this.

On 9/22/07, Chris Green <pojeros at telus.net> wrote:
>
> Reuben Deumling wrote:
> > The 115-year-old Douglas Fir flooring in my house is in poor shape.
>
> Do you have access to the joists from underneath the floor?
>
> If so, you might consider using the "hidden deck fastening system"  this
> company makes to pull the flooring down with screws and stop it from
> squeaking.
>
> http://www.grabberman.com/Deckmaster/
>
> You might have to push the floor boards up a bit to slip these in over
> the joists, but these eliminate the problems of putting screws in from
> the topside.
>
> These would work to get rid of squeaks in old and not-so-old stairs, too.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Chris Green.
>
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