{"id":913,"date":"2021-10-24T04:15:43","date_gmt":"2021-10-24T04:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crccheck.com\/blog\/?p=913"},"modified":"2025-09-18T02:43:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T02:43:56","slug":"how-to-level-a-wood-floor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crccheck.com\/blog\/how-to-level-a-wood-floor\/","title":{"rendered":"How to level a wood floor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Writing some notes to my future self so I remember these tricks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crccheck.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/PXL_20211024_230748658.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crccheck.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/PXL_20211024_230748658-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-916\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crccheck.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/PXL_20211024_230748658-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crccheck.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/PXL_20211024_230748658-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.crccheck.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/PXL_20211024_230748658.jpg 885w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Tools\/materials used:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>caulk<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Henry 549 Feather Finish $18<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1-gal bucket &#8211; I found this was the smallest size that was still convenient for holding my tools. A drywall mud pan will also work<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>water<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>trowel or drywall knife, whichever is biggest<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>margin trowel<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>old plastic takeout container to use as a scoop<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>gloves, knee pads, n95 mask<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Step 1: watch this video. He&#8217;s got another good video on the subject too but I can&#8217;t find it right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Floor Prep for Beginners | LVP and Laminate Flooring Home Renovation\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aH_vLiBJ6bg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Step 2: fill big gaps. I filled them up with caulk so the cement wouldn&#8217;t drip under the floor and so I wouldn&#8217;t have to use so much Feather Finish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Step 3: scrape all the crud off, tighten floor with screws, and push the nails back in. You&#8217;ll need to push the nails in because otherwise, you&#8217;ll level the floor up to the popped nail height!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Step 4: Mix. With any Portland cement product, mixing is the most important part of the process. Like a lot of fancy cements now, you shouldn&#8217;t add water after the initial mix. Apart from that, the big lesson I learned is <strong>ignore the ratios on the box!<\/strong> Instead, put about as much water into your bucket as you think you&#8217;ll want, then add product until you get a loose mix, like natural peanut butter. It&#8217;ll quickly stiffen to peanut butter consistency. The final volume will be about 50% more than you started, which will give you extra for safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the end of the bag, you&#8217;ll have to swap it up and mix water into cement to get the ratio right; just make sure you&#8217;re wearing a mask.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Step 5: apply like the video shows. Don&#8217;t worry too much about making it perfect, you&#8217;ll have an opportunity to fix mistakes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Step 6: wait ~ an hour<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Step 7: go back with some scrapers and clean up your work. This is the time to fix any bumps and smooth out ridges. If you wait too long, it&#8217;ll cure and you&#8217;ll be stuck with a bumpy floor! After an hour, it&#8217;ll be like shaving hard clay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Step 8: repeat until you&#8217;re satisfied<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Step 9: wait a day or two<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Step 10: do a final round of scraping. You&#8217;ll probably find that some new high spots as it cement cures and things shift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I did <strong>not<\/strong> use a floor leveler. I would only use that if I needed something absolutely flat and only on the ground floor. I also probably wouldn&#8217;t never use it on wood subfloor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Writing some notes to my future self so I remember these tricks. Tools\/materials used: Step 1: watch this video. He&#8217;s got another good video on the subject too but I can&#8217;t find it right now. Step 2: fill big gaps. I filled them up with caulk so the cement wouldn&#8217;t drip under the floor and&hellip;<\/p>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crccheck.com\/blog\/how-to-level-a-wood-floor\/\" title=\"How to level a wood floor\" class=\"entry-more-link\"><span>Read More<\/span> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How to level a wood floor<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":916,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"Layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[50,6,87],"tags":[86],"class_list":["entry","author-showmewhatyougot","post-913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-best-practices","category-diy","category-home","tag-diy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crccheck.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crccheck.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crccheck.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crccheck.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crccheck.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=913"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.crccheck.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":982,"href":"https:\/\/www.crccheck.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913\/revisions\/982"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crccheck.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crccheck.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crccheck.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crccheck.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}