Leveling a wooden floor

[Helping renovat]

I am helping my daughter renovate her 90 year old house and was thinking of putting yellow tounge on top of the original floor which has a slope of around 10mm - 30mm. The floor is an old verandah which has been converted into a galley kitchen.

[ozwinner]

I am helping my daughter renovate her 90 year old house and was thinking of putting yellow tounge on top of the original floor which has a slope of around 10mm - 30mm. The floor is an old verandah which has been converted into a galley kitchen.

Welcome.

But it will still slope, unless you intend to pack it up.

Wouldnt it be quicker to restump or jack up the house?

Al :confused:

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

What Al said.

You can buy specialist plastic packers to sit on top of the stumps to level the bearers. They come in various sizes, from 2mm to around 15mm. Although they're now oft used by lazy buggers when building new houses, I believe they were originally designed for relevelling old floors, much like your current situation.

Of course, their usefulness depends on how the bearers were fitted in the first place... you gotta be able to jack 'em without affecting other floors and/or structures!

[ozwinner]

I had the same problem years ago with a Weather Board house in Ballarat.
I got the local joinery place to make some wedges from Jarrah.
( 100 of them)
They were made from 3x2", and you put 2 of them under the bearer to be lifted.

You get a 2" lift if driven all the way home.

Place them point to point and drive in ( use glue to keep them there).

Al