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November 28, 2007
Slanted Floors
I saw a small, 200 year old 2 story wood frame house upstate. The 2nd floor bedroom has a floor that slants in toward the center of the house enough to notice. The other room on the 2nd floor doesn't slant. Can the slanting floor be made level by putting a floor on top and somehow making that one level? Thanks in advance.
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Yes, it can be done. This is often the case in old houses. If it's a bad slant I would pull up the floor and see what the problem is and shim the beams and put the floor back. You should look at door openings too. Often they are slanting in tandem with the floor. Sometimes when you level a floor you not only make a step up to a hall, but the slanted door openings tend to look worst. Not seeing your space these are issues to keep in mind.
Posted by: Rick at November 28, 2007 2:56 PM
thanks for the advice.
Posted by: chill225 at November 29, 2007 1:20 PM
I just had a kitchen floor leveled and the way it was done was to pull up the existing floor and shave the joists.
Depending on how wide the room is and thus how much you would need to shave this may or may not be a good solution. It will also depend on the height of the existing beams and whether they can stand to lose an inch or two.
Posted by: guest at November 29, 2007 3:22 PM
shaving joist is never a good idea.
Posted by: guest at November 29, 2007 10:14 PM
I agree with 10:14 - "shaving joist is never a good idea."
You should NEVER shave to meet the lowest part of the floor but shim to meet the highest part.
Once you pick up the floor, it would be a good time to also reinforce the joists as well simply because the house is so old, you will probably have more furniture (weight load) and you can.
Posted by: guest at November 30, 2007 12:28 AM
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