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Hardwood Floor Help Needed Rossi 05-01-2007
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Posted by Rossi on May 1, 2007, 1:19 pm
Hello,

I have a 1920s house I am remodelling and got to the floor phase.
Decided for hardwood. Problem is that the upper floor sagged about
1/2in (in the center) over the years and I cannot push the floor back
up.

The hardwood planks are about 5/8in thick and 3in wide.

Right now I am considering two options.

1) get laminated wood in several different thicknesses, cut strips and
screw them to the old floor trying to eliminate or, at least, reduce
the sagging to a minimum and then nail the hardwood planks to them.

2) pour self-leveling compound and then glue the hardwood planks to
the cement, as suggested by a friend, but I am not very fond of this
method.

Anybody has experience with this problem and how it was solved?

Thanks in advance!


Posted by CWatters on May 1, 2007, 7:09 pm

> Hello,
>
> I have a 1920s house I am remodelling and got to the floor phase.
> Decided for hardwood. Problem is that the upper floor sagged about
> 1/2in (in the center) over the years and I cannot push the floor back
> up.

Presumably you have floor boards on joists and it's the joists that are
curved.

Bolt straight joists to the sides of each curved joist.



Posted by Rossi on May 2, 2007, 2:40 am
On May 1, 4:09 pm, "CWatters"
>
>
> > Hello,
>
> > I have a 1920s house I am remodelling and got to the floor phase.
> > Decided for hardwood. Problem is that the upper floor sagged about
> > 1/2in (in the center) over the years and I cannot push the floor back
> > up.
>
> Presumably you have floor boards on joists and it's the joists that are
> curved.
>
> Bolt straight joists to the sides of each curved joist.


Cannot bring the joists up (straighten them) because that would mean
pushing the walls, ergo the ceiling and roof, also up. The sag is
controlled by new beams and columns so the floor will not sag
anylonger.



Posted by CWatters on May 2, 2007, 4:13 am


> >
> > Presumably you have floor boards on joists and it's the joists that are
> > curved.
> >
> > Bolt straight joists to the sides of each curved joist.
>
>
> Cannot bring the joists up (straighten them) because that would mean
> pushing the walls, ergo the ceiling and roof, also up. The sag is
> controlled by new beams and columns so the floor will not sag
> anylonger.

No you misunderstand my suggestion. You don't try to move or straighten the
existing joists. You just add sister joists along side. Drill through both
and bolt together. The sister joist will stand 1/2" above the old one in the
middle and flush at the walls. Fix new floor to flat sister joists.



Posted by CWatters on May 2, 2007, 4:19 am
Sketch here...

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/5198/sisterjoistmr0.jpg



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