How To Level An Uneven Bathroom Floor

Continue to check the level in several directions around the toilet bowl and add more shims as necessary to level.

How to level an uneven bathroom floor.

Fixing a floor that sags and dips pour self leveling underlayment in the problem area. When you are dealing with uneven floors one option that you have is to use self leveling compound. I would make the strips narrower than 6 if the floor s slope is not consistent maybe as narrow as 2 otherwise 6 is ok and you will need a 3 4 t g plywood subfloor. If you wanna try it let us know and we can help you.

Hammer a shim gently between the floor and the toilet base to bring a low side up. If the floor slants irregularly cut strips that bridge the cap at each floor joist. Otherwise your method has merit. Compound can correct sags and dips as deep as 1 1 2 inches.

This compound can potentially be utilized on a concrete slab or a wood subfloor and it works well when you are dealing with dips in the floor. To do this simply cut several leveling strips the same size as the original strip. Fill cracks in concrete subfloor and make sure the filled areas are level before cleaning the subfloor. Screw the strips into the floor joists or subfloor.

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. If you have access to the basement or crawlspace it is possible to jack up saggy joists until they are level and then sister them so that they remain straight after the jacks are removed. If the uneven floor is due to floor joists that have warped or twisted over time or were incorrectly installed the only way to level the floor is to remove the subflooring and shim the joists.