How To Level Your Floor

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

How to level your floor.

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. Use a concrete grinder to grind down any particularly high spots. Grinding and repairing a concrete floor can create concrete dust so be safe and wear a respirator a dust mask will not give you enough protection. Place your level in several different spots as you did before to get a more accurate reading of the floor s overall slope.

Lay a 4 to 6 foot beam level on your floor. 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. Mark the high and low spots on the subfloor.

When inflexible flooring is installed over a substrate that dips or heaves various things. A plywood subfloor will bridge any minor waves in the existing floor and leveling compound would help too. Wear eye protection and a face mask start the grinder s engine lay the disc flat against the spot you want to grind down and move it in a side to side or. You will have to make sure your joists can handle the addition of considerably more weight from the plywood subfloor and any floor coverings.

On the top side of the floor another fix it idea to lay down new hardwood over the existing floor. Get down on your knees and look for daylight under the level or board. Check the bubble in the horizontal tube in the level to ensure it floats between the two vertical lines. Lay the level flat on the floor and look at the bubble in the middle to see if the floor is level in each section.

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.