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    • #23668
      Roundhouse
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      We want to install a hardwood floor in our living room.

      We had new carpet installed a year ago when we bought our 30 yr old fixer upper
      (had to get a letter from a structural engineer saying it was safe to live in) and the carpet is already ruined.
      I know some of the floor is not level, and someone told me that
      roofing shingles were the best to use to shim under the
      new strips.
      We plan to use real wood, not the fake stuff.
      Not sure if we wanna use the prefinished or not.

    • #108121
      Steve:
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      then install your hardwood flooring. You can level the floor with a new subflooring. Is the floor just running up or down hill or is it wavy in sections?

      Using the roofing shingles, I assume you speaking of cedar shake shingles, not asphalt. If you do not have the floor level and de waved, your hardwood floor will be creaking and moving around all the time.

      It may even come un grooved in spots. Before putting down hard earned money on hardwood flooring, I would do the necessary and required prep work first or don’t do it at all.

    • #175752
      glen strickey
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      I am looking to lay hardwood floors in my living room, but the floor is uneven and has a slope running from one corner to the other. It is quite visually noticiable. Does anyone have any suggestions? I could use help.

      Thanks,

      Glen

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