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Posted by Red Green on May 6, 2008, 9:08 pm
> Once you get your 2x in there and get it supported, then take the belt
> sander to finish off any unevenness. A pad and carpet is very
> forgiving. You should be ok without the underlayment.
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>> Have a hall where there is unevenness under carpet down part of the
>> length.
>> There will be new carpet going down eventually. Found that the
>> subfloor has
>> a joint that is not on a joist. About an inch away. T&G but it's
>> obviously been ignored many years. Tongue is broken in some areas.
>>
>> I plan to put some 2x' from underneath with the face across the joint
>> and screw the subfloor to it from the top to get the two sides even
>> (I hope). Then support that 2x with a 2x that is sistered to that
>> nearby joist. Hoping I can get it pretty even but being in such a
>> conspicuous place, I think ideally a piece of say luan should go over
>> the floor before the pad and carpet go down.
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>> This would be fine except that the hallway runs open into the LR
>> area. Wherever that luan ends a new unevenness is gonna be created I
>> believe.
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>> Maybe I am overthinking this and once I fasten both sides of the
>> joint solid, the pad and carpet will consume any slight offset.
>>
>> Opinions and/or ideas?
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Yep...part of the plan.
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