Self Leveling For Naildown Hardwood

Hardwood floor installers often use the term level when referring to subfloors when actually they are meaning the term flat.

Self leveling for naildown hardwood. I used some self leveling compound without any trouble. I ve got a subfloor that is all wavy and want to get it flat for hardwood installation. How to level a floor. Is there a self levelling compound that can be used below hardwood floors.

Before installing hardwood floors use a straight edge to find the humps and dips in the subfloor. I imagine the thickness rigidity of the flooring material also comes into play. It was only slightly more difficult than the plywood to staple the boards and the staples were plenty long enough to go completely through it to the plywood below. In my specific case i need to level the floor in an upstairs room where one of the floor joists is i m assuming 3 4 higher than the rest of them.

Thanks alot dan dunce. For our hardwood installation there was a patch of floor that was very uneven. Whether you re going on to install hardwood ceramic tile or laminate one of the most important steps of any flooring project is making sure the subfloor foundation is level. Any product recommendations would be appreciated.

Taking an extreme example a 2 thick flooring material is likely to span an imperfect subfloor to a greater degree than a 1 2 thick flooring material. However i m concerned about my ability to nail down hardwood flooring after using a leveling compound and am reluctant to expend the effort to rip out and replace the subfloor per the second answer. Then using a floor leveling compound or asphalt shingles shim the dips so the floor is level. How to level a subfloor for a hardwood floor install.

I would imagine a cement based one wouldn t hold up to the 100 s of nails from the hardwood very well. For instance which install type requires a higher level of flatness glue down floating or nail down.