Self-leveling compound / load-bearing in wooden floor

[Byggflyt13]

Shouldn't you consider WHY the floor has sunk like that and the suitability of then throwing in several tons of material additionally?

Yes... why?

 

[Matti_75]

What type of flooring are you considering? How much can the new floor build up? Can you upload a sketch showing the slope of the different floors? The price largely depends on whether the old floor can remain before leveling or if it needs to be removed first. You can get the easiest price estimate by requesting quotes.

 

[Nimajneb]

All thumbs and floating an entire apartment by myself, lack of confidence is definitely not the case

 

[tank77]

It will be insanely expensive to float up that much, madness!

No, tear up the floors and straighten the crap instead.

 

[Nimajneb]

The company that worked on our bathroom (6-7m2) chose to tilt the floor instead of adding an extra cm of leveling due to the cost.

I wonder where TS got the idea to level an entire apartment from?
And then you also wonder, if people have lived in the house for 100 years and survived slightly uneven floors... why can't TS handle this?

 

[Alfredo]

Then you might also wonder, if people have lived in the house for 100 years and survived slightly crooked and uneven floors... why can't TS handle this?

I'm sure TS would survive, but I fully understand if someone thinks that a floor that varies in height by up to six cm is undesirable, and therefore wants to try to level it. That then applying over three tons of self-leveling compound might not be the best way is another question.

 

[jeppeknaster]

If you want new floors, it can be a bit difficult to lay them on an uneven and crooked surface.

 

[SBH]

If you want new floors, it can be a bit difficult to lay them on an uneven and crooked surface.

therefore you tear away the old floor and straighten the joists.

 

[tank77]

TS has abandoned the thread? Has he perhaps gotten caught in the flow