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Flooring MDF creeking when walked on

harry999 · 2016-03-10 12:45:19

Hi, The flooring upstairs is MDF and creeks when walked on - I been told if I put more screws on MDF it should sort out the problem. What size screw should I use ? 5.0 x 50mm ? Thanks

10-03-2016 12:45pm

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Hi, The flooring upstairs is MDF and creeks when walked on - I been told if I put more screws on MDF it should sort out the problem. What size screw should I use ? 5.0 x 50mm ? Thanks

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harry999 wrote: »

Hi, The flooring upstairs is MDF and creeks when walked on - I been told if I put more screws on MDF it should sort out the problem. What size screw should I use ? 5.0 x 50mm ? Thanks

4x50 will be fine. Try (as best as possible) to keep centre of the joists. Snapping a chalk line would be handy or follow the existing screws/nail pattern and just double up.

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