Sagging Floor Upstairs

This job took two people one afternoon.

Sagging floor upstairs. Several other species of wood can be used but these two are the. The average person can sense if a floor slopes 1 inch in 10 feet and sloping floors or sagging floors are often one of the warning signs that structural engineers look for when analyzing a house. One category describes floors that have a general overall slant. How can we evaluate whether the floors need reinforcement and if so what is the best way to do this.

We got muddy because we were in a dirt crawlspace doing just that crawling. Common reasons for sloping or sagging second story floors. Not all floor problems are the same. The first and second floors in our house seem overly bouncy and sag toward the middle.

Normally a floor joist is a 2 inch wide by 10 inch thick piece of yellow pine or douglas fir. Load bearing wall removed or altered on first floor. If the floor is sagging visibly in the middle or is very bouncy you may want to reinforce the floor to eliminate the sag and reduce the bounciness. The average hourly cost for floor repairs is between 75 and 125 for the labor alone.

How much you pay will depend on what s causing the floor to sag type of flooring concrete hardwood etc and how many square feet of floor is involved. Depending upon the conditions it is possible to strengthen or repair existing framing members such as floor joists or roof rafters by adding reinforcing material sandwiching the member on either side with plywood is sometimes worthwhile but the plywood must be installed correctly for greatest strength. Thre ways to fix a sagging or sloping floor. Total cost was less than 200 while a pro would charge 500 1000.

We used 18 000 pound screw jacks 4x4 lumber a circular saw power drill driver and cement blocks. If a load bearing wall is removed on the first floor then the second story floor joist or trusses may drop down in the area where the load bearing wall was removed. Improperly sized floor joists. There are several problems that can cause a sagging or sloping floor which is one of the reasons why fixing a sloping floor is difficult.

Cost time and skills. On average nationwide repairing a sagging floor costs between 1 000 and 10 000.