An easy guide to silencing the squeak. Apparently, a door's loud squeaking serves a purpose beyond getting on your last nerve. Next time your door begins to screech at you, don’t just shut it out.

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It is why brakes and doors squeak on dirty hinges and why wipers chatter on dry windshields. It is why a finger sings on the rim of a wine glass or screeches on the outside of an inflated balloon. And ...