Stop Movement, Stop Squeaks
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- 0:09–0:13 Secure Lower Stringer Section
From How to Fix Squeaky Hardwood Stairs from Above, Step 4: Address Loose Stringers
Move to the lower section of the stair stringer. Using the same impact driver and an SDWS Timber Screw, drive another screw at a significant downward angle through the stringer and into the adjacent wall stud. This opposing angle to the first screw (driven upward) creates a powerful 'X' pattern or cross-bracing effect in terms of fastening. This dual-angle approach effectively 'locks' the stringer in place, preventing both upward and downward movement, and eliminating any potential for friction and thus, squeaks.
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0:02 Fire your framer if they're not doing this. If we stop movement, we stop squeaks. Good thing it is ridiculously easy to stop movement. Just use the SDWS timber screw. These are the same screws that hold up your deck ledger and attach the stringer to the wall. Then there won't be any movement. And if there's no movement, what did we already learn in class everybody? That there will be no squeaks.
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