Editor’s note: Welcome to the second installment of Pink Brownstone, a reader restoration diary. Brownstoner is delighted to publish this ongoing saga of DIY restoration of a brownstone in Bed Stuy.

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 ...

Squeaky, wobbly stairs are more than a nuisance; they can be hazardous if not repaired. Some stair problems are easy to fix. But because of the complexity of stair construction, severe problems often ...

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 ...

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 ...

You come home from the office, late and exhausted. The house is quiet. The kids must be asleep, probably have the dog up there, and there’s no sound from the TV room. Carefully you take off your shoes ...

I’d like to fix the squeaky stairs in my building, but I’ve gotten quotes all across the board. We tried putting screws into the board but it seems like it’s going to be a bigger job than that, and ...

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 ...