That weird stair landing in the old house on Maple Street took me a full day

It was a 1905 place with a landing that went from 4 feet wide to 2 feet in a weird curve. I figured maybe 2 hours to cut and fit the pad and carpet. Ended up being 8 hours because the floor was so uneven I had to build up the low spots with plywood strips and then hand-cut every piece. Anyone else run into a crazy floor like that and have a better way to handle it?

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davidcooper19d ago

Sounds like a normal old house to me lol

emma_butler8718d ago

My buddy redid his attic floor last year and it was a total mess. The boards were all different heights, like a wooden roller coaster. He tried using that self-leveling cement stuff first, which was a bad idea. It just ran into the cracks between the floorboards and made a bigger problem. He ended up doing what you did, sistering new joists and shimming for days. Old houses fight back every step of the way.