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if you have time why don't you read my first post called oak disaster and feel sorry for me. We are trying to fix that disaster by removing the oak, buy new one and re level the floor again but apparently better this time by putting the ply ON TOP of the original floor.

Thanks for the reply but I am a little confused. Our floor slopes on the sides where the livingroom door is and where the chimney breast is. the original boards run in the direction of the chimney and are warped in the middle of the room. So we should put two wedges on the sides and level with...

Can someone please tell me if it is possible to level an old wooden floor with ply/chipboard in order to lay new solid floorboards on top. I know the proper way would be packing the joists but I would like to know if it could be done this way.

We have had oak floor laid in the livingroom. The original floor was not level being higher in the middle and lower on the sides. The fitters tryed to level it by using chipwood on the sides and plywood in the middle. The floor is now higher on the sides and not level at all. Also it has been...