Squeaky Floor Repair Kit for Hardwood Carpet Vinyl Linoleum Complete Floor Squeak Repair Kit Includes Joist Finder Drill

These screws are great I bought an older house where my bedroom floor would squeak loud every step. It took me a while to find a stud. But when I did the were easy to install. It squeaks no more Read more

Used this in my son’s new house where he had carrier at the top of his steps and two hallways leading to his bedrooms. Most difficult part is finding the joists but once you do the product works fantastic. No more squeaky floors. Carpets do not show any wear at all. Next thing to tackle is the hardwood at the top of my steps. More concerned on this as I don’t want to drill too many test holes to find the joists as I’m sure they will show a bit. Read more

This product did what I bought it to do, it secured a really squeaky floor area, so I'm very happy with the result for the price. But I didn't give it five stars because it's not easy to use. The joist finder they include is pretty useless. I ended up putting like 10 screws into a line that I thought was a long joist, only to find out none of those went into a joist. The floor still squeaked, so I measured 16" from the wall and put a row of screws there, and then measured 16" out from that and did another row, just by pure measurement alone. And in those I could tell I hit a joist because the screw was harder to put in and the head broke off easier. After that, the floor didn't squeak anymore. Another thing I noticed was the heads were a lot harder to break off when it was in plywood only, and I should really take another star off for how bad the tool is to remove the screw heads, in that it hurts your hands to use it with a lot of sharp plastic edges, they could have given a long handle for more leverage and cushioned instead of sharp edges. But overall since the product did what I wanted, I just deducted one star overall. Read more

Been trying to find a fix for squeaky hardwood floors for years. This product was recommended by several posters so gave it a shot not expecting great results. So simple, easy to use and tremendous results. Couldn’t be any happier with this product. No more squeaky floors. Used construction adhesive to caulk stairs and no more squeak. Highly recommend! Read more

This I believe is the only one star review I've every given. About Me: I work with power tools, I building things, I built barns, 2x4 construction carpeting, hardwood floors, tile, roofing. Basically I know how to use a cordless drill is my point. About the product: I saw this on this old house and thought "oh what a great idea" and in principle it is. In reality its crap. The screws are an inferior quality and break easily even without the scoring. I screwed 5 into the floor studs and all 5 broke off just by screwing it in on the slowest speed and at a torque that wasn't even enough to drive it all the way down in the case of 3 of them. 5 screws here are the results 1. went in fine seemed to help a little with noise in that on spot. 2. broke off with 1/4" above carpet and it was a 15 minute nightmare getting it out and it left carpet damage. 3. went in fine but broke off on it own. 4. broke off with 1/4" above carpet and it was a 15 minute nightmare getting it out and it left carpet damage. 5. broke off with 1/2" above carpet and it was a 15 minute nightmare getting it out and it left carpet damage. Furthermore this one broke off below the scoring so it was clearly an inferior screw. I got a regular decking screw and screwed it into the same hole and two hole next to it just to test if the wood was really that hard... 1 decking screw was able to do this job 3 times without breaking. I don't know how I'm going to fix this noise but I'm probably going in the crawl space and shimming or just driving regular decking screws into the floor in critical locations. Even a regular decking nail has a lot more promise and a thousand times easier than this product. If You are worried about the 1/16" in or less the head will stick up just hammer it hard so it compresses the wood. Its really too bad because I HATE this floor noise but a product that is frustrating just isn't worth using. Bottom Line: Spending 1 hour screwing in 5 screws only to have 3 of them break and need to be pulled is not acceptable and this is either a terrible batch of screws I got or just an inferior product. Read more

Long story short, this kit works. I used it on a carpeted floor and the squeaks are gone. Finding joists is always tricky but you can do it with the special tool supplied in this kit. Someone here complained that tool gets too hot. Well, yes, it's an auger bit and when drilling an unpiloted hole if you don't take it easy it will get very hot. It's just friction, what more can I say? It isn't the tool's fault. Besides, two are thoughtfully included so if you abuse and break one you can learn your lesson and take it easy on the other one. I drove about 13 of the screws to silence three major squeaks. These squeaks were so loud they would awaken a sleeping baby. The only minor problem I had was on two occasions the screw prematurely broke off just below the carpet surface where it could be felt with bare feet. A few blows with a hammer solved that problem. It seems the screw is designed for a certain amount of torque and if you are driving through a knot in the wood or just a tough spot the screw might break but it is no big deal. I will try using this kit again to silence other squeaks as I find them. The "right" way to fix a floor squeak is to do it during construction or later by tearing things apart if you can't get under the floor otherwise. If you are not up for that labor or expense, the few dollars for this simple kit are well worth the money. The instructions included are quite good which is nice because I had no clue what most of the parts of the kit were supposed to do. The photos are very clear and helpful. I recommend this kit highly. Update 4/7/2014 Well, the squeaks all returned. I suppose that over time the bite of the screw loosens. So this a temporary fix only. Too bad. I'm dropping the rating to 3 stars. Read more