How to Raise a Sunken Living Room Floor | The Lake House Project Ep 7
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This week, we finally start to raise the living room and dining room floor! This is not a common project, so it should be a good learning experience! There are a lot of tips and tricks along the way so sty tuned! We also tearing out the light fixtures and the ceiling in this week's episode! - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
Love the vid, thank you! We’re going to have to do the same with our floors and I’m trying to learn as much as I can before we start. I appreciate how straightforward and the point it is!! Probably one of the very few DIY/how to vids I’ve been able to watch start to finish. Most people add too much filler and random talking lol
Excellent work!
Thank you! Appreciate it!
Next time you cut wires to the lights, don't just cover the whole thing, make sure you separate the cable ends inside, and then cover them. The way you did it, there is a chance that if someone turns the light on, a short circuit might happen and maybe the source of a fire. Hopefully the circuit is correctly protected with a breaker, but still
Love your work. Would like to learn more
Awesome, thank you!
love this vid
Thank you!
We would like to level our living room which is sunken on both sides - a step down from the foyer and a step down from the dining room. Because the padding of the carpet is so thick, not sure about the measurements but it seems to be between 7-8” high.
We would also like to do the same thing in the entrance from the family room into the screened in porch. The carpeting is less dense and the step down measures about 6 1/2”.
What size wood would one get? Since it is higher than 6” would it still be sturdy enough? One would also have to account for the thickness of the sub flooring and the new floor put down, correct?
I am just the housewife, I have no experience, we would hire someone to do the job but from past experience, I think it is beneficial to have some idea of a project before getting estimates. Thank God for You Tube and thank you so much for your videos. Please advise.
Thanks for the comment! You do need to account for the thickness of the subfloor and finished floor in your measurement. I would buy either 2x8s or 2x6s depending on what that final measurement is. It will be plenty strong even at 8” high once you screw in the new subfloor. Hope that helps!
Great work-How would you deal with there being a door already existing where the sunken floors are?
Good question! Luckily my sliding door was already raised high enough so it wasn't an issue. If yours is too low there aren't many options other than making the door shorter to accommodate the difference in height
Reframe the door with a new header
How's the floor doing a year later. Moved into a new place two months ago with a sunken family room and looking to raise it soon.
Good as new! It’s held up really well and still no squeaks! Good luck with your project
Did you have to raise your window and outlets to match the raised floor?
Good question! No we did not. The only thing we had to worry about was the sliding door but luckily it was already raised about 6” off the old floor so it is perfectly level with the new floor!
What’s the cost on raising a sunken Floor?
Glue all the shims and joist to the old floor.
GRK structural screws are plenty strong to prevent squeaks. Been installed for over a year without any issues
The 3 screws to secure the shim to the joist… can you explain a little more. This looks like it’s being laid over concrete. Are you screwing the joist into the concrete?
This is being installed over top of the old subfloor which is plywood. There is a basement beneath. The shim is to make up for dips/unlevel spots in the old subfloor
@@GoldenKeyDesign thanks! Any tips if over concrete how to secure shims?
You can use tapcon screws and construction adhesive
@4:28... eek!
Is that stable enough to tile over
Once the subfloor is added, yes! That is exactly what we did. We laid over 800sqft of tile and it has held up great. Watch the next few episodes to see the process
Why would you raise it??
The ceiling should be done first to clean the dust easily and completely.
Yeah, hindsight is 20/20 haha!
In the beginning of the video you mentioned building a wall and then laying it flat… am I missing something? It seems like you built everything on the floor
It’s much easier to build it on the floor as you can account for the slight variations and changes in elevation of the subfloor. I just used the idea of a building a wall and laying it flat as a means to explain how the subfloor is raised - easier to understand per say
I know im two years late lol, but did you need an inspector/permit to do this? I would have assumed major drywall work and raising the floor would have needed one.
Anyway, great video!
Popcorn is asbestos
Not all popcorn is asbestos. We had ours tested and it was asbestos-free. You can watch my video on popcorn ceiling removal for more info!
The problem with raising a sunken floor in this matter is...squeak, groan, pop, click, etc. You will always be able to tell it was raised.
Like everything else, the sunken den/living room will be "back in style" soon...
Same with the "popcorn" ceilings.
There are no squeaks or pops in this floor. It's been almost 2 years since installing tile across the entire first floor and it's holding up fantastic. You would never know the floor was sunken unless you look at the joists in the basement. Also don't think popcorn ceilings will ever make a comeback haha!
Why would you get rid of that sunken living room????
Check out the tour video after the full renovation. It really opened up the space and allowed us to change the layout
Ankle breaker!!
Great video, but please kill the music.
Short-sighted. Who would raise a sunken living room?
People with mobility issues, disabled people, elderly people… it’s not for everyone
I feel bad for the people who will buy the home after these guys
This should be called "how to make a squeaky floor"
Check out our other videos! This floor is anything but squeaky. The old floor was very noisy but tearing it out allowed us to properly screw down the old subfloor that was only nailed with no glue. The new subfloor on top was glued and screwed. Then thinset, durock, more thinset, and tile. It’s rock solid 💪