My kitchen floor has many ups and downs, literally. What to do?
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Linda Nagai
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I have a very small, old home, just inherited it. The kitchen floor is my least favorite place in the house. It has ups and downs, even makes me dizzy sometimes! And it's covered in linoleum. We cannot afford to take out the whole floor and re-do floor boards. Any suggestions how to get a more level affect?
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Making a level floor is not a topical thing...it has to start underneath so you either have to live with it the way it is or find out what the problem is. I recently saw on "this old House" how to level a wooden floor from underneath. It is very simple and rather easy, but you do have to know what you are doing. If you are on a slab, the floor will have to come up and be leveled with a concrete type substance. If you are on a conventional floor, you have to raise the floor from underneath...pretty involved job...simple concept, but lots of work which involves jacks, etc. But you may want to call in a professional before you really have problems...like falling through! If you plan to stay there, you should go ahead and plan on doing some work. Usually an evaluation and estimate is almost free!
Jeanette S
on Nov 20, 2013
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Well, it usually does not cost anything to have it looked at by a foundation person. And it will give you an idea if you want to keep the place and put some money into it or sell it. If it is structurally sound, you may just want to learn to live with this.
Jeanette S
on Nov 20, 2013
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I agree, get someone to look at it to get an idea of what it would cost to have it fixed. Will you be keeping the house? You could Barter something you can do or have already- to help pay for the Floor.. if its that off then I would get it fixed and make payments... and get rid of the linoleum. A decent floor will help get you more money for the house if you decide to sell too..
Jean Thompson
on Nov 20, 2015
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Of course fixing is best but in the meantime; you could paint over that flooring with a solid color to cut down on the dizzy part (porch and floor paint + poly made for hardwood floors)...quick and easy...pretty much floor make-up lol
Moxie
on Jan 15, 2016
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I agree with Jeanette. Find someone to go take a look under the floor.Before you spend a penny.Good Luck
Jackie Prim
on Jan 24, 2016
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UPDATE: A family project in a town home to take up the carpet and put down laminate flooring found that the concrete floor underneath was almost "wavy" but no structural damage. (Many times concrete is not finished out well when carpet is going to be used since carpet will cover a lot of problems.) A leveling concrete product was used . It was a slow proces since this was their first time working with a leveling product but it went well and the flooring went down beautifully.
Jeanette S
on Mar 04, 2016
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