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02-13-2014, 01:28 PM
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The upstairs of my house has developed some pretty bad squeaks and creeks over the last couple years. Since I had carpeted floors I didn't think there was anything I could do, short of ripping up the carpet and screwing down the squeaky areas. After hearing my wife complain about it long enough, I started searching for solutions and came across a kit that was supposed to fix this. It consists of a tool that you set on the floor and some special screws that have a breakaway point and finer threads at the top of the screw, which help to pull the subfloor down tight to the joist. It also comes with a screw bit that you chuck up in the drill that only has a few threads on it to help find the floor joists. You screw this into the floor and if it grabs all the way down, you found a stud, it it only grabs the subfloor and then slides freely, you missed it. Just drill every 1" and you'll eventually find it. I had no damage at all to my carpet and it's eliminated every squeak I've attempted to fix. The first couple I tried took about 8-12 screws each to find the squeaky spot but the last one I did got it done with a single screw. Just have to spend some time pushing in the floor to find exactly where it's squeaking at.
Here's a pic before I snapped the screw off. It leaves no trace of a hole what so ever. I'm 100% satisfied with this kit. Just have about half a dozen more squeaks to fix!
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02-13-2014, 02:08 PM
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I'm going to have to remember this...if I can creaks in the new place!
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02-17-2014, 04:14 PM
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Any of you guys had Lasik surgery? I'm having mine done next Wednesday and I'm getting really fucking nervous. I don't like this kind of shit. At all. Here's a youtube video I found. Don't watch it if you're at all squeamish. I must admit that I skimmed through it and was only able to watch about 20 seconds of it.
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02-17-2014, 08:05 PM
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yeah, I'm not watching that....lol
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02-17-2014, 09:55 PM
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Emily is getting it done next week I believe... I got in trouble because I referenced the movie final destination...... Where the girl goes in for Lasik....
I'm not allowed to say anything about it until she gets it done... She is pretty scared lol.. But she is blind.. with her contacts out she can only see 2 to 3 inches at best without contacts or glasses..
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02-17-2014, 10:16 PM
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I'm the same way. I've been wearing my glasses for the last few weeks and taking them off while driving is trippy.
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02-17-2014, 10:36 PM
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Yeah Emily has been having to wear her glasses... and she is not happy about it.... It's all I have been hearing about lol.
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02-18-2014, 08:05 AM
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I was very nervous before my nose surgery and told the nurse about it. She gave me some shit that made me so happy, I was smiling as I walked back to the surgical room.
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02-18-2014, 02:08 PM
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Originally Posted by BMRbrnSNRbrd
I was very nervous before my nose surgery and told the nurse about it. She gave me some shit that made me so happy, I was smiling as I walked back to the surgical room.
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04-22-2014, 10:04 PM
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Originally Posted by BMRbrnSNRbrd
I was very nervous before my nose surgery and told the nurse about it. She gave me some shit that made me so happy, I was smiling as I walked back to the surgical room.
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Duuude, i had my first sugery 2 yrs ago on a finger that ended up being amputated from a table saw accident...i told my doc i was nervous and he was like "ohhh i got something for ya" he comes back in holdin a needle up sayin "i mixed this up in the tub just for you"... puts it in my IV, i was on my phone googlin shit i guess and next thing i know im wakin up from surgery....crazy shit. Lol
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