My Motorhome Floor Squeaks

Annoying floor squeaks common in many homes typically occur after the house has settled and flooring lumber has dried out and shrunk.

My motorhome floor squeaks.

Nails rub on plywood when walking on floor and cause the squeak. As you enter my 32bhds bedroom the floor squeaks really bad. Ah the joys of full time rving the floor in our rv kitchen has developed a rather noticeable squeaky spot. 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 has continued to get worse and i now hear it while we re traveling down the road regardless of how smooth the road it. In the last couple of weeks our motorhome has developed a rather pesky floor squeak. As you walk across the floor boards rub against each other or slide against nail shafts to produce a. It started out as an occasional squeak only when you stood on a certain area in front of the refrigerator.

You ll have several options to stop it. Before i attempt to try anything i thought i would see what you suggested. First find the source of the squeak. Squeaky floors may alert you to kids sneaking in past curfew but they ve got little else going for them.

There have been times i will get up at night and the squeaks in this small area wake the kids up. I blame it on that rather rough alaskan rv road trip regardless of the reason i was determined to determine the cause and repair it by any means necessary. How to stop wood floors from squeaking. This is the only place in the whole trailer.

Silencing squeaky floors is much easier if you have access to the space beneath the floor via a basement or crawl space. Before i start running more screws in the floor to tighten it up i thought id ask the experts for some advice. Mobile homes and modular homes are factory built and are built on a steel chassis. Finding the squeak can be difficult but if the squeaking floor is open from below you re in luck.

Go below the room with the squeaky floor and have someone slowly walk back. Floor squeaks are caused by wood rubbing against a nail other wood or even ductwork and piping.