Fify...

 

How you did it. They teach you it in law school?

 

Nah... basic computer stuff... MS Paint has come with Windows ans has since the beginning... surprised since you fancy yourself a DIY online-reliant lawyer you couldn't figure that one out... :whistling :laughing:

It's as simple as... Open MS Paint, right-click on an image, Copy, go back to MS Paint and paste, rotate and save in MS Paint as a jpeg then upload... took all of about a minute or so for all three... there's a few of us who do it every once in a while for others when they are having a problem with orientation... give it a try and you'll see how simple it is so you can help the next guy...

But now in addition to mastering this and your DIY online-reliant law expertise, you can master that as well... :thumbsup:

 

Some more photos of same floor leveling.

 

And two more.

 

I honestly can't tell if you're trolling anymore.

And you might want to rip off that visqueen where you have kraft faced insulation.


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Good job

 

Nice effort on the floor. Hey the double vapor barrier on the wall is a no no though.

 

That's how I do them too.

 

Geez that looks tedious. Are you sure that house isn't going to fall apart after all that work though?


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Get that visqueen off there. Now. I don't care what the homeowners think.
I use to level floors at FAA for various things like radar testing chambers and they couldn't be out of level more than ⅛" in 100 SF. It's not easy.

 

I do not have much with that visqueen. And will be removed to expose electrician lines.
Honestly I hope to make good money of this skill. I work any way in area where are houses often over 100 years old, but high end, at last they was back than. No this one jet.

 

Sister metal studs for the walls and ceilings. Nice job.


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leveling floors & ceilings. blech.

Needs to be a sticky thread:" Things I learned to do well and always hated doing them"

 

I have leveled many floors and use a laser for more accuracy.

I hope the level is just to make sure after you have rund the shims.

What is fun is after you put the 2x's down you run the level looking for any low or high spots to shim them level or flat which tends to be more important.

 

^^^^^ I do not use level for cutting strips than "dual plane" laser, just like you. It would take to me forever to do it with level. I do decide at one reference point then find joists beneath floors. Then write down numbers every two feet or so and cut with free hand than adjust for every strange bump in 100 year old floors. I can not sister at floor here in MN than must set extension at top. Ceiling and walls I can sister and live it to customer to decide. I love plane lasers so much that if will be neccecery buy a stronger than current Bosch will buy that expensive green one.

 

I have question. If yo see 3dh photo in comment nr 5. 3/4 playwood finish there. But from there to door floor jump up almost 1". I said to customer to set mortar there from top of my playwood to door. So raising of the floor would be only 1/4. I can not, like in this case, always rise floor regard highest point in entire floor as it would add above noticed 1" to entire house just because of bump in one area. Customer didn't want me cut old floor too. I said to him maybe go to 1/2" playwood than 1/4 he do not want. So I just set 3/4 and I have that rise there. Is it mortar most logical option. That to high area is like 27" wide and go along that door wall in length of 14'. To today I do not know how to dill with such problem an that occur often.

 

Do I understand this properly...you have raised the floor in one area, but leaving the floor as is in an adjoining area? And you are wondering how to deal with that difference in height?

If this is the case, you could build an oak "Hollywood saddle", which tapers from the height of the raised floor to the existing floor. If the height difference is 1", a piece of 5/4" oak should work.

Nice looking job.


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I master this sh because I work for one guy who own like 15 duplexes around U of M. Always do same way. Streep all walls. Then he and some other carpenter jack houses in basement with posts beams and footings. Then I adjust all floor and walls to perfect level. Completely new plumbing, Hvac and electric lines. Of course new windows and doors as all are messed from jacking.
He is so good in what he do that city inspectors often ask him to go see if he want take some house from city before they put it at market. Inspectors admire my work too.
In short I get a lot glory and some money. He get a lot money and some glory.

 

I am sorry, what is there to master here? Set the laser on the floor, pull numbers, cut shims and strips, install, install plywood.

 

Cutting strips with free hand. Almost no shims at all and it is visible in photos. Shims would squeek when walk. It is same as someone ask what is to master in shooting 3 points in basketball. Just throw ball toward basket.

 

I clean up my furring strips with an electric planer. It's the fastest and easiest way to achieve a "in plane surface".

 

Sounds like we have a challenger for the world wide champion of floor leveling.

Tipi, I do things everyday most men wouldn't know how or why to be proud of. But I walk away with a grin from ear to ear. I say if it feels good to you then that's all that matters! Great job!!

 

You are blissfully unaware of the thing we call Tipi. Do some searching on his posts. He's a character and hard to take serious.

 

Let a brotha live.

It isn't exactly a cakewalk to accomplish a dead flat floor without any shims.

(Have one of your younger guys try it.)

 

Well Tipi, you might be a character (and certainly not the only one) in your own unique way, but at least you are one determined dude to get it done and learn new things in the process while enduring the occasional job-site ribbing... :thumbsup:

IOW... what makes CT what it is...

 

We all know it's tedious and easy to make a mistake...

If you have a doorway that is too high to compensate, you can run sheet vinyl right on the existing floor in that area once it's prepped.

 

I use a string

 

The post he made after mine left me shaking my head.
Either I can't translate tonight of I am dense.