Sloping floor
Q: I have a sloping floor, from both edges to center is 11/2 inches, it seems to be around the chimney, but from the basement the rafters seem tight and not sloping. I was thinking of putting 4 adjustable jacks around the chimney and jacking the floor up slowly so not to crack the walls, or leave the jacks in place to stop the floor from sloping any more and using a filler to level the floor. Can you please tell me what I can do?
A: You could strip off the existing sub floor, exposing the joists. Put a level on each one, and shim or shave as needed. Then screw 3 /4 plywood over top.
Alternately, if you had a tongue and groove pine sub floor, you could use a leveling compound over it and then screw 1/2″ over top of that when it dries. Then you could install the floor of choice.
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