Not all, but most old houses I’ve been in required me to practically tiptoe all the time because anything more would sound like I’m stomping, and rattle everything around. Does it have to do with the way houses used to be built?
Edit for clarification: I don’t mean creaking. I’m more referring to how walking even slightly heavily will make your steps sound loud and booming
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Doesn’t have to be old.
Any wooden parquet floor can creak. All it takes is for the wood to dry out and/or warp which means it doesn’t sit flush on the underlying structure any more. Every time you step on such a floorboard you make it move relative to its neighbour which creates sound. You can even feel it. It’s also interesting how it depends on seasons and you can actually see the gaps between floorboards change size from season to season.
If you want to move silently in an old house, step close to furniture. It presses the floorboards down so they don’t move much when you step on them.
Wooden stairs and other structures also often creak, especially if they are not tightly screwed together. It’s pretty much the same effect.
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