"The Wanderer" wrote in message
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This is my real problem. It already has nice floorcovering already
installed. In my house that I have carpet in, whenever I hear a squeek I
just drive a nail and it goes away. Might not be the correct way of
handling it but it works.

The thing with my daughters house is we're not going to drive a nail
through the linoleum.

I'm thinking that since the house is only 5 years old that the subflooring
in the kitchen will be at least 3/4". I think I might just go underneath
and drive a 1" nail un into the subfloor through the floor joist at an
angle?

That's a desparate fix, but it might work.

Personally, I'd pick an inconspicuous corner and drill a small hole in the
floor and gauge the thickness of the flooring and subflooring at that point.

Then, I'd locate all the squeaks, figure out where they are, and locate them
in the crawlspace.

After that, I'd make a reference marks on the joists (say 2" below the
floor) and drill angled holes through the joists and into the floor and
subfloor beginning at that reference point. If your reference mark is 2"
below the floor and the floor and subfloor add up to 1.5" (hypothetically),
I'd use 3.5" screws to hold everything together. With any angle at all, they
won't penetrate into the linoleum.

A tedious job, but doable...