On Sep 27, 12:52 pm, 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

Mike-

What's under the carpet? If its just plywood subfloor, I'd try my
16 gage brad nailer thru the carpet.
Crank up the pressure, get the nailer shoe down thru the pile & shoot
at an angle.

If its hardwood floor under the carpet, consider the possibility that
sometime in the future you might be ripping up that carpet & going
back to a nice hardwood floor. Would you rather have a few small
brad holes or big screw holes?

JMHO but I wouldn't ruin a hardwood floor by doing a cheap & dirty
fix.

In order for any fix to work you've got to get the fasteners into the
floor joists.

Ask around, maybe you can find a carpet guy who will reset your carpet
on the way home from work. Do it at his convenience and you'll
probably get it done for a reasonable cost.


cheers
Bob