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Getting the step down living room up to the floor level qareply 09-08-2006
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Posted by on September 9, 2006, 8:46 am
as long as the floor under this room is supported on at least 2 sides
by cement, laying a new floor inline with the old floor will actualy be
stronger than the old floor alone.
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qareply@hotmail.com wrote:
> Im looking into buying a home whose 17' by 15' living room is approx 6
> inches stepped down from the other floors. There is an unfinished
> basement beneath this room and more than 10ft of ceiling above this
> room.
>
> Id like to know if the floor of this room can be raised and brought in
> line with the other floors on the same level in this house. I was
> wondering if something simple as removing the carpet & subfloor and
> adding some lumber on top of the floor joists and reinstalling the
> removed subfloor and carpet woud be feasible? Would the joists be able
> to handle the extra lumber (essentially deadweight with no structural
> help)? Has someone attempted something like this.
>
> Thanks.
> Bof.


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Posted by on September 9, 2006, 9:08 pm
You will have a load change because of the added lumber
this may mean you need to sister on joists under the room
it may also mean you need to change the center beam

you will probably leave the subfloor if it is plywood and
good condition but you may need to cut each new joist
you use to build the box.

unless you are modifying the home for handicap access
I would suggest living with it. or pic a different house


>
> Im looking into buying a home whose 17' by 15' living room is approx 6
> inches stepped down from the other floors. There is an unfinished
> basement beneath this room and more than 10ft of ceiling above this
> room.



Posted by Alan on September 10, 2006, 8:26 pm
Step down living rooms are still in fashion, except for those who are
wheelchair bound, it seems to me. We have a split level home with two
very broad steps through a wide opening, and that part of the house is
coolest in summer, while in the winter, the radiant floor heating in
that room keeps it comfortable. If the room is a cold sink in winter,
put in radiant floor heating, which will take up about 2" of depth.
Six inches isn't enough difference for two steps, I suppose.

qareply@hotmail.com wrote:
> Im looking into buying a home whose 17' by 15' living room is approx 6
> inches stepped down from the other floors. There is an unfinished
> basement beneath this room and more than 10ft of ceiling above this
> room.
>
> Id like to know if the floor of this room can be raised and brought in
> line with the other floors on the same level in this house. I was
> wondering if something simple as removing the carpet & subfloor and
> adding some lumber on top of the floor joists and reinstalling the
> removed subfloor and carpet woud be feasible? Would the joists be able
> to handle the extra lumber (essentially deadweight with no structural
> help)? Has someone attempted something like this.
>
> Thanks.
> Bof.


Posted by Harry on September 11, 2006, 9:17 pm
Hello,
You simply install a false floor. The house i just bought hasbeen
started and this is what he seems to have done. He put lots of drains
in the floor, and then he found (probably and Home Depot) long, slim
cinder blocks and placed them all along the walls, then on top of those
he placed 2X4's. I imagine this is what you nail your floor boards to.
Ask at Home Depot or they probably have a book on it. Let me know how
you make out, because i will be doing the same as soon as i get all the
moving van chaos move out to the barn.
qareply@hotmail.com wrote:
> Im looking into buying a home whose 17' by 15' living room is approx 6
> inches stepped down from the other floors. There is an unfinished
> basement beneath this room and more than 10ft of ceiling above this
> room.
>
> Id like to know if the floor of this room can be raised and brought in
> line with the other floors on the same level in this house. I was
> wondering if something simple as removing the carpet & subfloor and
> adding some lumber on top of the floor joists and reinstalling the
> removed subfloor and carpet woud be feasible? Would the joists be able
> to handle the extra lumber (essentially deadweight with no structural
> help)? Has someone attempted something like this.
>
> Thanks.
> Bof.


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