Hi,
I was hoping somebody here would know a little about what im dealing with here. I own a flat that I rent out. The living room is around 12ft square. The floor in here is extremely unlevelled, it slopes from all angles of the room so basically the centre is approximately 3 inches lower than the sides of the room. if you place a ball near the wall, it will always roll to the centre. The flat is part of a converted 1873 built railway house, so very old.
I asked a flooring specialist that's doing another job for me the best way to level it up, and he recommended building it up in layers using a latex screed, at an approximate cost of £200. Which sounds very reasonable as and when a time comes that the flat is between tenants.
The floor hasn't moved at all in the 10 years I have owned it. My aunt had it for about 15-20 before I brought it from her, she never experienced any movement. I used to know the previous owned of the flat below and the ceiling down there isn't dipping although could have been battened and plaster boarded. One thing I did note when I was in there once is there is a large wedge shaped structure in the ceiling that extends out from the chimneybreast and across the room to nothing. This wedge shaped structure is dead centre of my room upstairs. The only thing I can think of is that when the flats were converted the removal of certain walls downstairs had caused the floor/ceiling to start moving and this structure was introduced to stop further movement,
Would it be advisable for me to contact a structural engineer before adding the weight of the screed to the floor above. Or is it safe to assume it can take the weight since its not moved in over 40 years since the conversion took place. Its a large dip to level, but it is something that needs to be done at some point as it limits what furniture you can have in the room.
Does anybody know of a light weight way of levelling the floor, or a light weight way of building up the majority of the dip so a screed can go over the top?
Sorry I don't have pictures, the tenants down below aren't the most forthcoming people. The chances of getting a picture of there ceiling is slim, so I hope my descriptions are detailed enough for somebody to advise.
Thanks
Darren
I was hoping somebody here would know a little about what im dealing with here. I own a flat that I rent out. The living room is around 12ft square. The floor in here is extremely unlevelled, it slopes from all angles of the room so basically the centre is approximately 3 inches lower than the sides of the room. if you place a ball near the wall, it will always roll to the centre. The flat is part of a converted 1873 built railway house, so very old.
I asked a flooring specialist that's doing another job for me the best way to level it up, and he recommended building it up in layers using a latex screed, at an approximate cost of £200. Which sounds very reasonable as and when a time comes that the flat is between tenants.
The floor hasn't moved at all in the 10 years I have owned it. My aunt had it for about 15-20 before I brought it from her, she never experienced any movement. I used to know the previous owned of the flat below and the ceiling down there isn't dipping although could have been battened and plaster boarded. One thing I did note when I was in there once is there is a large wedge shaped structure in the ceiling that extends out from the chimneybreast and across the room to nothing. This wedge shaped structure is dead centre of my room upstairs. The only thing I can think of is that when the flats were converted the removal of certain walls downstairs had caused the floor/ceiling to start moving and this structure was introduced to stop further movement,
Would it be advisable for me to contact a structural engineer before adding the weight of the screed to the floor above. Or is it safe to assume it can take the weight since its not moved in over 40 years since the conversion took place. Its a large dip to level, but it is something that needs to be done at some point as it limits what furniture you can have in the room.
Does anybody know of a light weight way of levelling the floor, or a light weight way of building up the majority of the dip so a screed can go over the top?
Sorry I don't have pictures, the tenants down below aren't the most forthcoming people. The chances of getting a picture of there ceiling is slim, so I hope my descriptions are detailed enough for somebody to advise.
Thanks
Darren