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Nails that go through carpet into wood.

gonelifting

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Anyone know what these are like? I have a squeak in one spot of my floor. I want to try and nail down the wood under the carpet without picking the carpet up. I heard there were nails that can go right through the carpet into the wood without being seen.
 
I would try to get at it from under the house if you can. If there is a crawlspace, crawl under the house to the area with the squeak, and have someone walk on the area that squeaks. Check for nails that might have missed the joist when they put the floor down and if you find any that are rubbing the joist try to cut them off. If there are no nails there, you can put some shims between the joist and subfloor at the area that is squeaking. That should fix the problem.
 
big4life said:
I would try to get at it from under the house if you can. If there is a crawlspace, crawl under the house to the area with the squeak, and have someone walk on the area that squeaks. Check for nails that might have missed the joist when they put the floor down and if you find any that are rubbing the joist try to cut them off. If there are no nails there, you can put some shims between the joist and subfloor at the area that is squeaking. That should fix the problem.
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Thanks bro. It`s on the second floor over a sheetrocked ceiling though. That`s why I was thinking of these specialty nails. I know exactly where the squeaking is at too. I step OVER it at night when trying to be quiet. lol

Also, when I layed the plywood don originally, I glued it AND nailed it down for this exact reason (no squeaks) but that did`nt seem to work. I have a really thick carpet on the floors and was wonering if the nails would show the indentation or..how they worked exactly? I think they break off at the top after you drive them into the wood, not sure.
 
I have never heard of them. Maybe you can call a carpet place or an installer, they should be able to tell you where to get them.
 
How about trying some ring shank nails (look like long finishing nails i have seen them in colors) get it down through the carpet then use a nailset?
 
I don't know if you need special nails, but just small skinny nails with small heads, like the same width as the shaft. And then you use that, damn it it escapes me...that pointy thing used for hammering in small nails without damaging the wood. Thats what I would do, but just ask the guy at the hardware store.
 
gonelifting said:
Anyone know what these are like? I have a squeak in one spot of my floor. I want to try and nail down the wood under the carpet without picking the carpet up. I heard there were nails that can go right through the carpet into the wood without being seen.
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I have the same problem.
 
Any medium size jolthead nails will work for this. You will need to punch them below the level of the carpet, but no mark should be visible once punched.

Possibly a bit late, but if it helps... :)
 
A "lost head" nail is commonly called a jolt head (or bullet head nail).

See pic in case you aren't sure what I mean.

You bang it in, and if you want it lower than the surface you are nailing into, you just use a punch. If the surface is quite hard (like bare particleboard or something) you can actually punch it a little just by making your final hit with the hammer firm (and square on) enough.

In this case, you need to go below the level of the carpet, and of course you'd want it at least flush with the flooring underneath the carpet, so a punch is definitely needed.
 
Use cement coated finishing nail. They should go through the carpet the head is not big enough to hold it forever but once the cement sets you should be good. Use a stud finder to find your floor joists. Or you can always just pull up the carpet and renail your baords. All you need is a knee kicker (you can rent it) and maybe some new tact strip to re-lay it. pretty easy fix!
 
well being in the flooring business......take the carpet up around the edges and cut the pad back and get yourself a screw gun and some screws and do it to it.....then with any luck just tuck the carpet back in and tuck around the edges......if that seems to hard....hire some one should only run 75-100 to resteach the carpet...no real big deal....
 
I just finished screwing them in, and it worked pretty well. Nice piece of equipment.
 
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hotzie said:
how do u break them off below the carpet and not feel them when you step on them.
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They are special screws that are perforated about an inch below the head. When screwed all the way into the wood, you snap them off with the tool that comes with the kit. The screw ends up being just under the plywood surface and of course totally under the carpet.

I just finished and you can't tell there's anything there. The carpet looks untouched. The kit was $20 at Home Depot. Comes with 50 screws, tips for the screws and a tool to find the studs underneat the carpet and the tool to break the tips off when done. That same tool makes the screw go down to the exact depth needed. Awesome.


No more squeaks. woohoo.
 
gonelifting said:
They are special screws that are perforated about an inch below the head. When screwed all the way into the wood, you snap them off with the tool that comes with the kit. The screw ends up being just under the plywood surface and of course totally under the carpet.

I just finished and you can't tell there's anything there. The carpet looks untouched. The kit was $20 at Home Depot. Comes with 50 screws, tips for the screws and a tool to find the studs underneat the carpet and the tool to break the tips off when done. That same tool makes the screw go down to the exact depth needed. Awesome.


No more squeaks. woohoo.
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cool that makes sense then. i was just picturin thinkin it was all the way down and then one mornin while you have a piss hard woodie you step on the shank of a screw and lay your foot wide open and then we get to read another funny ass thread about your life.
 
lol^^^ Post #12 has the link with a pic of it.
 
gonelifting said:
They are special screws that are perforated about an inch below the head. When screwed all the way into the wood, you snap them off with the tool that comes with the kit. The screw ends up being just under the plywood surface and of course totally under the carpet.

I just finished and you can't tell there's anything there. The carpet looks untouched. The kit was $20 at Home Depot. Comes with 50 screws, tips for the screws and a tool to find the studs underneat the carpet and the tool to break the tips off when done. That same tool makes the screw go down to the exact depth needed. Awesome.


No more squeaks. woohoo.
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I just saw this demonstrated on TV last Saturday morning.
It worked great...
 
Pamela said:
I just saw this demonstrated on TV last Saturday morning.
It worked great...
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Was it This old House? I saw that show (I record them all. lol) and was trying to find those screws for years (hence the start time of this thread). Even knowing they were out there, I had a hard time googling them, but finally, it is done! lol

I only wanted to fix one location in my house but it was so easy, I may just walk around all over and fix everything that squeaks, or may squeak.
 
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