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How to level a wooden floor

  • 31-07-2018 10:03am
    #1
    nd2no
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 74 ✭✭


    hi all,

    i have just bought a house and i want to lay laminate in the dining room. The current floor is the original subfloor which is timber planks. The problem is that an extension was built (badly) and the floor has sunk at the end of the extension (probably due to bad foundation - i am not concerned about this as there it is non supporting and i have a steel brace installed between the extension and original house ).

    So where the original floor meets the extension is level, but has dropped by about 50mm at the end. The extension is about 1.5m.

    Any suggestions on how I can level the floor before installing the laminate? Will self leveling compound seep between the gaps of the current sub wood floor? I was thinking about thin sheets of hardwood but how will i get them flush with the extension....

    any suggestions are welcome.


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  • #2
    BrokenArrows
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    Video showing using plywood and leveling compound. use the plywood to build up the 50mm gap and obviously taper it down to 0.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCk6zCNjsQE

    You could fill the gaps in the non plywood covered sections of subfloor with cheap caulk just to prevent the leveling compound dripping through until it dries.


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