How To Level Your Floor

On the top side of the floor another fix it idea to lay down new hardwood over the existing floor.

How to level your floor.

You will have to make sure your joists can handle the addition of considerably more weight from the plywood subfloor and any floor coverings. Use a concrete grinder to grind down any particularly high spots. Raise the lower end of the level until the bubble is centered then measure the distance from the bottom of the level to the floor to find the depth of the dip. A plywood subfloor will bridge any minor waves in the existing floor and leveling compound would help too.

Place your level in several different spots as you did before to get a more accurate reading of the floor s overall slope. Check the bubble in the horizontal tube in the level to ensure it floats between the two vertical lines. The level shouldn t be off by more than 3 16 inch 0 48 cm any minor deviations you happen to discover shouldn t impact the stability of the finished floor. The process of fixing both an out of level and an out of plane floor is simply known as leveling a floor.

Lay a 4 to 6 foot beam level on your floor. Check the level again. Get down on your knees and look for daylight under the level or board. If your floor is concrete use a concrete grinder for large open areas or a 4 inch or 8 inch angle grinder with a cup wheel attachment made for use on concrete.

When inflexible flooring is installed over a substrate that dips or heaves various things. In this video we show you everything you need to know how to level a floor into a perfect flat and level floor in your bathroom using self leveling floor com. Mark the high and low spots on the subfloor. Lay a long level downhill on the floor with one end of the level on the level part of the floor and the other end at the lowest point.

Plan to correct gaps of more than 1 8 to 3 16 inch.