We finally got around to "fixing" the hump in the middle of the guest bedroom floor. It used to look like this (click to view close up):
Mum stubbed her toe on that ridge every time she moved around the bed to make it.
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One way to level a woopsy floor is with self-levelling cement, a viscous compound that flows across the floor and settles into the deep spots, thus levelling it.
If we used self-levelling cement at the lodge, I think the front windows would be a foot deep in concrete before we hit level. (sigh).
Plan B was Dad's clever scheme.
Using his table-saw at home, he ripped 2x2 boards into decreasing thicknesses: 2", 1-1/2", 1", etc. These were screwed to the floor forming a grid.
Like this.
Then they covered the grid with three-quarter-inch plywood and screwed that down.
Until it looked like this.
Once the sub-floor was in, the vinyl flooring could be installed.
I think it's high time I approached Coke about sponsoring my blog. It seems like I've got a can of Coke Zero next to me in just about every work shot!
The guest room floor is now mostly level. The only downside to the process is that there's now a small step up into that bedroom (about an inch and a half tall), but that's been fitted with some nice trim so at least it looks good.
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