Floor With Low Spot

Hardwood floors add style and a distinct look to a room.

Floor with low spot. You can see all imperfections best in a darkened room. Use builder s felt or shingles stapled to the floor to fill small low spots if you don t want to wait for leveling compound to dry. Now as i walk through the house i feel a lot of low spots and the floor tapping on the concrete. Plane refers to the flatness of the entire surface and any high and low spots must be remedied before installing rigid flooring.

Level low spots or major voids using a self leveling compound or concrete patching mixture. Place it at the highest spot in the floor and slowly swing it around in a 360 degree circle. First issue i put a level on the floor and the biggest gap i saw was 1 8. Everything i read said not to worry about leveling if it s less than 3 16.

Sanding the subfloor can remove minor swells or high spots in the wood but any low spots in the floor must be filled in order to level the plywood. Dips or depressions in a subfloor are immediately identified using the six foot long straightedge. Many contractors use a 6 foot level or accurate straightedge to help them locate high and low spots in a subfloor. Use a trowel to apply these compounds to the floor then spread them evenly and allow them to dry.

Make a final check with the level to be sure all the high and low spots are gone. Either of these products can be purchased at home improvement or hardware stores and should be mixed with water in ratios indicated on the package. The low spots will be readily visible under the straightedge. Choose a concrete floor grinder to remove high spots on a.

A garage floor should have enough slope for it to drain but it should not have low spots that allow water to puddle. Before you install file flooring follow the directions above for fixing high spots and low spots in a wood or concrete subfloor. Then vacuum the floor with a wet dry vac or sweep it with a broom. If you need to level low spots on your floor use a concrete patching compound.

If you place one end of the level or straightedge on the benchmark high spot and slowly rotate the level around the floor you ll discover both low and high spots.