Timeline for Leveling out a basement floor
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| Feb 12, 2018 at 23:18 | comment | added | user81381 | Installing scribed sleepers can work too. Make sure you put down plastic under it. | |
| Feb 12, 2018 at 23:06 | comment | added | Ex0r | I almost wonder if it would be cheaper, easier to just get some 1x6 furring strips and custom scribe each one and then place a subfloor over top of it to level it out. | |
| Feb 12, 2018 at 22:56 | comment | added | Ex0r | yes the room is square. The problem is it's completely level in two corners, and gradually slopes down (at different degrees) from the other two corners up to at least the thickness of a 2x4. It almost makes an inverted triangle for the slope. I placed two 2x4s end to end across the span I am trying to match, and ran a level across the top of them and got a mostly level reading. Going from level to the 2x4 on the opposite direction it's off by a significant amount. I was going to just buy enough to do the entire room, but it appears I would need 8-10 bags at $30 a bag. | |
| Feb 12, 2018 at 19:39 | comment | added | user81381 | Is the room square? If so then the same method applies. Mark a level line around the room so you know where level is, coverage per bag is normally 45/50 square feet per bag at 1/8 of a inch, and can be feathered to nothing. | |
| Feb 12, 2018 at 17:33 | comment | added | Ex0r | Is it possible to do it after I put the 2x4's in? I was able to get the rough framing in, level and equal height. there was just enough to slide a 2x4 under it to make it level in the low areas. My plan was to pour the self leveling concrete in the area that is raised, and using a trowel level it off as best I could up to the bottom of the 2x4's. I realize this will probably solidify the 2x4 to the floor, but I don't have any intention of removing them anyway so I am not too concerned about that. I figured if I had the floor level and could see where the low spots are, it would be easier. | |
| Feb 11, 2018 at 20:00 | history | answered | user81381 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |