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This morning I spent 6 hours on a 200 square foot living room because the subfloor had 3 different heights
Leveling compound was supposed to fix it in an hour but I ended up having to tear up half the old plywood and sister in new joists just to get flat, has anyone else dealt with old houses where nothing is level?
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terryk105mo ago
Man, I'd bet the original builder just poured the foundation by eye and called it a day. Not saying it's right, but sometimes you gotta respect the craft of straight-up winging it.
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stellachen5mo ago
My 1920s bungalow has this whole weird thing where the floors slope toward the center of the room, like the whole house is slowly trying to become a bowl. It's like old houses have their own secret sense of geometry that doesn't match a level.
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sarah_hart5mo ago
Lean into it, @stellachen. My house is from the 40s and the dining room floor dips so bad that if I put a marble on the table it rolls right into the lap of whoever sits at the head. I've given up on level and just accepted that my house is a funhouse mirror version of itself. It's like the foundation settled and nobody told the floor joists to stop partying. Honestly, I think the tilt is holding the walls up at this point.
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