Do This Before Installing a New Floor | Subfloor Series Part 1 of 5

.re is a link to a video where I show you the different types of screws and how they work. Cheers! https://youtu.be/TqQMGgr9Uns

Squeaky floors will be popular again at some point in the future. They’ll just call it "retro".

"I'm no grand piano".... Hmmmm, that's suspiciously something that a grand piano disguised as a man would say.

I've got a townhouse that is only 14 yrs. old and we have squeaks up the wazoo. This info will help me fix the floors myself without having to hire a handyman. As a woman, I really appreciate all of your step by step instructions. You are helping to make my renovation more accessible and convenient for me so I don't have to pay to have help doing basics. Thank you!!

Also, I really appreciate all of your videos. You make it understandable to me. I just remodeled our powder room. Totally gutted it down to the studs and made board and batten walls for my wife's farmhouse style. It looks amazing and I never would have had the confidence to tackle it before watching your videos. Thank you!

the GRK R4's are the best subfloor screw I have found. star drive, self tapping tip, and they countersink super clean without tearing the OSB and ballooning the surface up. the head is also grooved on the back to increase positive contact and friction.

You are a genius! I love the way you envision everything before you do it - taking everything into consideration (hence, Reno-VISION). After watching one of your previous videos I renovated my old RV using your techniques - it was my first time installing new flooring - and it turned out amazing! Keep it up my man - you are helping out SO many people! <3

Great timing! I have a 2 story house with a garage that is open to the roof. I'm going to add a subfloor to convert the unused space into a room accessible from the second floor. These videos have details that are directly applicable to my project. Thanks Jeff!

Couldn’t find flooring screws and my Home Depot, however, there are deck screws that fit the bill, worked like a charm for my 1940s house

Hello from newfieland. I just read through 30+ comments. No drama or garbage. Great to see there are still great channels out there. Thanks for the content

Thank you Jeff, you’re no grand piano, but you are “The Man”!!

Great job explaining this Jeff! Not only did you talk about it, but you show people it actually happening. I'm getting ready to fix the 50 -year-old sub-floor in the Montana home I bought before plan to put new flooring and carpet in. The original owner tried fixing the sub-floor by nailing a particle board floor onto the existing floor. Of course that didn't fix the problem because he didn't bother to screw the top floor through the old floor to the joists! Now I have to pull all that crap off and redo it! Anyway, thanks for the passion and explanations in your videos. Keep up the good work sir and warm regards from MT!

So excited for this series! I have a 1970s home that was not kept up and has floor joist cut to accommodate plumbing and was never sistered!! So I'm leaving it to the professionals to jack the floor up. But afterwards this is gonna be goldddd

Nice vid. Probably worth mentioning to check for cables and pipes!

This series is going to be useful to my current project. Hopefully I remember to look for the vids. Thanks Jeff.

No future flooring job in the near future but I love to learn. You helped me install my first a several other renovation projects. I get better with each project and your videos are to thank. Hands down the best channel to learn from. Thank you

Renovating a 1969 home in Michigan . Main floor is 2x8 joists and am in the middle of sistering all of them up with LVL to hold porcelain tile. Ripped out all hardwood and next will be doing exactly this to the original subfloor to get rid of all squeaks before laying another layer of 3/4" ply (perpendicular to the lower sub floor) on top. I found 'Grip-Rite' screws at Home Depot that are recommended as floor screws for anyone looking. Can't wait to see these next videos - thank you!

We just bought a 1966 townhouse with an upper floor that squeaks like crazy! I'm putting this video into my research file for when we eventually remodel! Thank you!

In march 2021 I bought a house that was built in 1968 and my wife and I wanted all new carpet put in bedrooms and floating luxury vinyl in the living spaces. I got to work tearing out the old carpet and I discovered that I had a half inch plywood subfloor with a half in particle sheeting stapled down to it. This floor was insanely soft squishy and screamed bloody murder no matter where you walked. It flexed everywhere and there were so many staples it rubbed on. My heart sank a bit because this meant I would have to forever live with the squeaks which isn't even an option if you ask me or tear up all the particle board which was about 1500sq ft. Which I did, that also meant I removed all the the baseboards, door trim, doors and door frames. Then I came back with the 3/4" tongue and groove plywood purchased at record high prices (I was just grateful it was even available to purchase) and laid it over the original 1/2 plywood. Totaling 1 1/4 inch subfloor. I used 2 1/2 construction screws and my impact to fasten all of this down to the floor joist. My impact drill was smoking hot and cant believe it still works. Now when you walk around my house it is so solid you would think it was a concrete slab. Now I am always overkill when I do big projects like this. Anyone else would have just done 1/2 or maybe 5/8 sheeting like you see in this video, but you can see how much it flexes when he steps on it. How anything less than 3/4" is standard practice is beyond me. He steps on it and it flexes, the way I did it with 3/4" tongue and groove over the original 1/2" sheeting it feels like you could park a truck on it. Anyone with a house built in the mid 60's to 70's that has that particle board crap I feel for you, but to me there's no way else to fix it other than replacement.

Jeff, I'd just like to heap upon you all the synonyms for thanks, gratitude and appreciation, in order to thank you for all the knowledge you share... yet, even then, I don't think they'd be adequate. My wife and I finally got a nice little house with "good bones" that we want to renovate, bit by bit, just as we like, with our own hands (it's just sooooooo satisfying!) and your wisdom is priceless!!! Thanks to you, we do most every job with far greater accuracy, skill and quality than ... well, I shudder to think what sort of work we'd have done without it. Thank you seems so weak but, with immeasurable gratitude, I thank you!!!!