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Easy Squeaky Stair Repair

010509-stairs.jpg Squeaky stairs are just a fact of life. But with a little know-how, you can silence the small, tell tale noise of your escape to the kitchen for a midnight snack. Click through the jump to read step by step instructions on how to locate the pesky sound and stop it dead in it's tracks... or your tracks rather.

 
 

Stairs take a great deal of abuse and like anything in our home that is made of a great deal of pieces... requires maintenance. Squeaky stairs aren't difficult to repair, especially if you have a helper to find the squeaks for you while you help to reattach them from below. Taming the squeak in your floor is as easy as some angled screws and a little pressure!
Want to learn more? Check out the wise words of This Old House on the matter.

While you're there you might brush up on some of their other repair guides and video tutorials.

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painting, fixing & repair, diy, stairs, repair, noise, squeak

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Good tip. :-)

posted by baltimorerowhouse on January 6th 2009 at 9:38am
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