Seeking help with uneven sub-floor.—–In building my new home, we used “E EGGER EUROSTRAND OSB” as the sub-floor material, glued and nailed to engineered “I” joists. during the 3 to 4 week process of framing the open frame was exposed to some rain. It appears now that we are totally closed in all the joints (in the OSB) have raised, some of them as much as .125″. This house is being self contracted with all framing have been completed by one of the largest independent framing crews in this area.
Any ideas or advise on how to deal with this unevenness? I am close to the point on installing the finished flooring. Plans call for a mix of Ceramic Tile, 3/4″ solid Oak and some wall to wall carpet.
Thanks in advance for any “good advise”.
Chuckie
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Better get out the belt sander
A rental floor edger is a little easier on the back than trying to hang on to a belt sander. Rental cost isn't bad and the coarse grits cut through the high spots pretty quick.
Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
Quittin' Time
second vote for the edger, you could also point out the high spots to your hardwood flooring contractor and ask him how much more to grind them down, these guys usually do a little of this anyways so the cost will probably be very reasonable.
james
If it makes you feel any better what you're looking at is not out of the ordinary at all. Some people ignore it, some of the better ones grind them down flush. I've always just seen guys take a minute with a belt and some 50 grit, but I like the other idea. Anything to keep you standing instead of on your kneecaps sounds good to me.
"If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man." - Mark Twain
RW, I wasn't thinking of your kneecaps , but the floor edger is way easier on your back. You've used a belt sander enough to know that anything over about 15 minutes, pulls hard on the lower back, trying to keep the thing from becoming a place finisher in the beltsanderdrags...........
At least with the edger, much of the torgue is coming back to you.
Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
Quittin' Time
Edited 11/18/2004 7:45 pm ET by calvin