How To Level Single Floor Board

If an engineer found no structural issues you may be able to level the floor by applying a cement based self leveling floor product such as henry level.

How to level single floor board.

If the level isn t long enough lay a flat board along the floor with a level on top. Rather than attempt to lift the floor by packing out between the boards and the joist the packing invariably works loose as the floor moves with use it is easier and more cost effective in the long run to remove the floor boards and level the joists by fixing new straight ones to the existing. Cut first leveling strip. Floors are rarely perfectly level.

You will have to make sure your joists can handle the addition of considerably more weight from the plywood subfloor and any floor coverings. Cut a leveling strip a very long triangle from a 2 x 10. On the top side of the floor another fix it idea to lay down new hardwood over the existing floor. Raise the board until the level reads true then measure from the dip in the floor to the bottom of the board.

A plywood subfloor will bridge any minor waves in the existing floor and leveling compound would help too.