Break up any clumps larger than a golf ball.
Floor level soil.
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It can also bring serious building code compliance problems and potential drainage problems due to an insufficient height of the floor above ground and lack of fall to the drains.
Sand 1 to 8 feet.
In other words to avoid ending up with an.
When inflexible flooring is installed over a substrate that dips or heaves various things.
Floor levels getting the floor level wrong can lead to on going moisture problems.
Outside of these ranges hardwood floors might start to experience adverse effects.
Move the subsoil until the plank looks close to level.
Allow heavy wet soil to dry before attempting to level.
Step 4 rake the area to further level the ground.
The process of fixing both an out of level and an out of plane floor is simply known as leveling a floor.
Place a long plank into the area.
First use a power tiller to break up the soil in the area you want to level.
Use a carpenter s bubble level to make sure the tops of the stakes are all at the right height.
Level out the subsoil using a plank and spirit level.
Clay 12 to 20 feet.
Use chopping motions with the hoe to further break up the soil.
Lay your spirit level on top of the plank and keep moving the soil until the spirit level shows that the ground is even.
At first judge where the ground is uneven by looking at the plank.
Soil type and amount of capillary rise.
Roughly level the ground as you go moving high mounds of soil to lower areas.
Likewise wet soil is difficult to work with.
With this approach the water is not.
Move the rake forward and backwards over the land spreading the soil evenly across the area of the plot.
Then mark the area with stakes in each corner and every 2 feet between.
You may be tempted to grab a lawn roller to level the soil.
It does not solve the problem in masonry walls because water remains in the block cores at floor level and the water level is only lowered to the top of the slab.
It takes time but treading over every inch of the site will allow you to get the feel of the tiniest uneven spot which you can break down by stomping it with your heels.
Once you know the stakes are level connect the tops using taught string.
Of course a sudden shift from one temperature and level of moisture to another can also be bad for flooring especially if such changes occur after the wood flooring has already been installed.
Silt 12 to 16 feet.
If your soil appears powdery and dry or hard and dry water it well to a depth of at least 6 inches several days before you start to level it.
