When you’re dead asleep and someone in your family sneaks downstairs for a late-night snack, the loud groan of a stair is jarring and annoying. Squeaky stairs are caused by wear and tear on the wooden ...

Q: I have two steps on my first-floor stairs that squeak loudly when anyone walks on them. How do I stop this? — Jay L., Burlington, Vt. A: Squeaks in stairs (or any wooden surface) are caused by two ...

Some homeowners consider squeaky stairs an economical alarm that signals the presence of a family member, friend or intruder. And sometimes squeaky stairs indicate broken parts that can cause an ...

Even if you don`t believe in ghosts, squeaky stairs can be unnerving. But in most cases a few nails and wedges will eliminate squeaks. The key to the repair is finding the exact location of the ...

Some homeowners consider squeaky stairs an economical alarm that signals the presence of a family member, friend or intruder. And sometimes squeaky stairs indicate broken parts that can cause an ...

IT'S late, the office party has gone on rather longer than you had planned, and you are trying to make a low-key return home. The front door is silently inched open, the hall is crossed with hardly a ...

QUESTION: I got caught raiding the fridge the other night and I’ve just got to find out how to fix those squeaks in my stairs. There are only two places where the squeaks occur but what do you do to ...

The stairs in my house squeak. I know why. They are on the path of the thundering herd. My kids, and the neighborhood tribes they belong to, regularly gallop up and down the three flights of wooden ...