Review on Counter 🌳 Snap OBerry Wood Flooring by Brandon Mcvey

Our house is old. I mean 160 years old. Due to the displacement and age of the house/floors, there were some areas of the original hardwood floors that were almost very noisy upon entering. The most annoying of them was at the doorstep of our kitchen and living room. Sometime in the last century someone finished the base and used concrete slabs on the ceiling. the attempt to eliminate the squeaking noises from below failed. I was nervous about this product because that creaking is a VERY noticeable area for anyone entering the house to see if something goes wrong. It turned out to work INCREDIBLY well. I've outlined the steps and tips I found for using all 50 of these screws around the house: Step 1: Isolate the creaking and locate the joist. This was the most important part. I highly recommend using a spike finder. if you try to guess or use the "knock-the-floor" method, chances are you're going to have a bad time. I bought a $9 magnetic nail finder (not battery powered - it basically finds nails in the floor/walls) and it worked flawlessly. Step 2: Drill a pilot hole using the small hole on the narrow end of the plastic guide. This protected the drill from denting the wood. Although the package recommends using a 1/8" bit, I've found that some screws don't "break" when they should, they just turn. This may very well be due to the composition of my floors, but I've had much more success reducing the size (7/64"). After that, each clicked as intended and I didn't have a single crack. Step 3: Drill the screw with the included plastic guide until it snaps in. If it doesn't "snap" when it hits the ground, simply unscrew it, save the screw and try another one. This only happened 1 out of 10 times before I switched to a smaller pilot hole.Step 4: Use wood putty or putty to cover the small hole.I personally have used the Varathane wood stick and I really liked it.If you used wood putty wait, until dry, sand lightly (or as needed) and wipe/paint as needed. That's all! After the first few I was able to complete this process on each violin in about 3 minutes. I also have a picture of the Pr ozesses attached in case something doesn't make sense. Needless to say I am blown away by this product and would highly recommend it if you need to get rid of that annoying squeaky floor!