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Creaking Victorian floorboards.

last year

How can we permanently fix our creaking Victorian floorboards? We have tried glue & screw and we have the thickest underlays possible but it is getting worse. We live in Bristol. Many thanks Maria

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Daisy England
last year
If you’ve glued and screwed them you’ve done what you can. The problem has probably occured because when they were initially fitted they didn’t glue them down so perhaps the problem has escalated from there.
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