How To Level A Floor With Sleepers

Lay a 4 foot level across the sleepers to make sure they lie on the same plane.

How to level a floor with sleepers.

If an engineer found no structural issues you may be able to level the floor by applying a cement based self leveling floor product such as henry level. Apply a 1 4 inch bead of construction adhesive around the perimeter of a wood shim and turn the glue side toward the floor. To level a floor start by removing the existing flooring. Once the compound reaches a creamy consistency pour a thin layer into the sunken sections then smooth out inconsistencies with a hand trowel.

You will have to make sure your joists can handle the addition of considerably more weight from the plywood subfloor and any floor coverings. Work your way outward from the interior of the room. On the top side of the floor another fix it idea to lay down new hardwood over the existing floor. Slide the shim under the sleepers until the air bubble is in the center of the level.

In this vid we look at the batte. After making sure that the floor is level use cedar shims to level the sleepers. Insert cedar shims to raise the sleepers at low spots. So happy its been of use to soooo many folks out there.

Fasten the sleepers through the shims with powder actuated fasteners. While most floors are relatively level some are purposefully constructed on a grade such as garage floors or basement floors that slope toward a floor drain. There was a brick chimney estimated to weigh about 2200 pounds that was si. Please read before you ask why i didn t just fix the foundation beams or joists.

Yyyyeeeehaaawww we have just hit over 100 000 views on this vid. Then mix leveling compound according to the instructions on the package in a large bucket. A plywood subfloor will bridge any minor waves in the existing floor and leveling compound would help too.