On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 12:52:25 -0700, Mike wrote:

Can a rookie hope to be successful at pulling up the carpet in a few
places in the upstairs of our house, screwing the subfloor to the
joists to hopefully eliminate some nagging squeaks, and then putting
the carpet back using a carpet stretcher (having never used one, hope
to rent one) and make it look as good as it does now? Some of these
squeaks are just driving me to distraction and I need to fix them. I
addressed most of the squeaks on the main floor by going to the
basement and putting shims between the subfloor and the joist in the
offending area. I know there is a product for eliminating squeaks
under carpeted floors, special screws that you can drill in and then
snap the head off, but I worry about damaging the berber carpet.

Thanks for any guidance/advice.

Mike

I'm not a doctor about you're success; but yes you can do this.

An easy try is to sink one screw where needed - Do Not catch this
screw on the carper pile or you will have torn carpet.

Leave the head on the screw, snug to the jute sp. Allow the carpet
to cover the screw head and "jewt"

--
Oren

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