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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terryk1019d 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.

stellachen23d 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.

sarah_hart23d 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.