How To Level A Floor In An Old House. You can do this job on your own but you need to know exactly what youre doing and how to operate equipment like a floor joist jack. Of course you will need to start by addressing the source of the water damage.
Then a string line can be fixed to the top of these two new joists giving you the level for the joists in between. The structure may not be as you expect and you may cause more problems. This typically occurs when the root issue is mild water damage that has caused certain floorboards to dip or buckle.
Although most floors slope it is important to know how much and why.
This is the easiest DIY way I can think of HOW TO LEVEL AN OLD FLOOR - using only screws wood and a level. Screw a straight 2X6 to the old joist 18 above each end of the old joist with a jig saw saw along the top of the old joist start in the center sloping the blade to the old joist to start then go back and go the other way glue to the top of the old joist with a few brads to keep it on now rip the 2X6 so both sides are parallel repeat this to all joists the floor will be straight across but not level if the top plates are not level. By Andrew Grace Issue 286 - OctNov 2019. How to Level a Floor for Installing Tile Before you install file flooring follow the directions above for fixing high spots and low spots in a wood or concrete subfloor.
