Im installing hardwood floor planks. How do I repair a unlevel section of flooring?
Im installing hardwood floor planks. A section of the floor is about a half of inch lower than the rest of the floor. What type of approach should I take to level Flooring? If I use self leveling cement, will the staples or nails be able to penetrate this material into the subfloor?
You will not have good luck stapling/nailing through the cement leveling compound. You are going to have to either fix what is causing the unlevel spot or shim the hardwood.
You can use 1/4" plywood and or layers of 15LB roofing felt.
to shim. You might need to use longer nails in the low spots to be sure they penetrate the subfloor.
This is what my buddy who owns a flooring business told me when I did my floors.
leveling compound applied with as wide a flat trowel you can find is the only way I know without actually ripping up your plywood and fixing seal,if that is whats causing your dip in the floor…………..Ardex makes the best leveling compound I know so that’s a recommendation,kinda pricey though…….
as far as stapling into plywood just check the size of nails or staples and see how long they are….you can get different sizes to fit the stapler and if all else fails,but some extra long finishing nails and just nail through the tongue at that one section of floor
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You will not have good luck stapling/nailing through the cement leveling compound. You are going to have to either fix what is causing the unlevel spot or shim the hardwood.
You can use 1/4" plywood and or layers of 15LB roofing felt.
to shim. You might need to use longer nails in the low spots to be sure they penetrate the subfloor.
This is what my buddy who owns a flooring business told me when I did my floors.
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