Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Fed Up of Noisy Stairs - Get Stair Lifts

Are you fed up of going up and down the stairs hearing it's squeaking noise and you do not even know its cause? Then it's definitely the time for you to have those noisy stairs get repaired.  If you want to have a more useful one, get stair lifts.

I have been very used to construction stairs for several years now and I could even construct one even when asleep. The most common problem with squeaking stairs will be a loose nail or two pieces of wood rubbing together. Quite often, the problem on squeaking stairs are so hard to fix while there are also times wherein it is as easy as attaching a screw into the stair stringer by way of the stair tread.

When fixing squeaking stairs, you have to first of all locate in which area is the stairs squeaking. When it is possible for you to push the stair tread up and down or perhaps move it slightly while it's squeaking, there certainly is a possibility that the stair is rubbing against a nail or the back stair risers.

So what do you do when one stair tread is squeaking? The repair of this squeaking stair will all depend on if your stair treads are made in wood or covered with carpet. You must be quite fortunate when your stairs are covered with carpet. So first you have to locate the stair stringer and trite. After which, you attach the screw through the carpeting and then reattach the stair tread into the stair stringer.  This way, you can still have stair lifts for disabled installed onto your stairs.

The stair stringer is certainly not easy to find yet in most cases, it is located a few inches away from the center of the stairway. So find the center of the stairway and then begin screwing the first screw on that area. When the squeaky noise is still present, remove the screw, attach it again at approximately one and a half inch farther on either directions. When the noise is still there, remove again the screw then go to the other side and try screwing it again.

Try to do this again and again until you will be able to reach the stair stringer. However when you happen to be doing this over and over again around four to five times, stop it and then try to look for the exact location of the center stair stringer using a stud finder. Using a stud finder might still not work so instead, get a hammer and then try tapping the stair tread.

As you tap on the stair tread, listen for a certain noise, the stair tread will be located, where the noise seems to sound like it's hitting something solid, instead of a hollow sound. Subsequently try to screw into those areas then hopefully, your trouble on squeaking stairs will be resolved.

1 comment:

  1. A slightly cheaper option, if you want to stick straight stair lift, but there is a curved staircase is two or more straight stair lifts in operation and convergence platform. This does not mean there are two elevators, which means paying twice.

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