[Greenbuilding] flooring conundrum

[Clarke Olsen]

     I think you should just throw yourself at that hump and grind  
it, plane it,
     saw it down. A miserable task, no doubt, but you'll be glad when  
it's done.
     Or at least tear up/cut out the plywood in the worst spots.
     Clarke Olsen

On Mar 19, 2008, at 2:14 PM, Chris Koehn wrote:

> I have a question for the group:
> I'm doing reno's on a 1975 home my family purchased on Vancouver
> Island, and I need to make some decisions about flooring.
>   It's a straight up international style home, emphasizing saltwater
> views. I tore carpet out of the 14' X 20' living room (we recycled it
> as padding in our timber framing shop) to find a wiggly plywood sub
> floor, with an inch of height variation overall. (I've confirmed that
> the variations aren't symptomatic of any structural concerns: one
> area is due to a badly crowned floor joist, and another area is
> caused by joists bearing on a poorly executed masonry fireplace).
>
> For a variety of reasons, fully correcting these conditions isn't
> feasible.
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