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Floor leveling in new dev

Started by duecescracked
almost 18 years ago
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Looking at hardwood floors in some of the new developments downtown (conversions of older buildings) we have noticed that sometimes the floors are not perfectly flat. You can see some waviness as you look across the floor and there are 1/4"+ gaps at the baseboards. I assume this is because the original concrete pour is not completely level (some of these are 40-80 year old buildings turned into condos). Is this normal? Or should we expect perfectly leveled floors and no baseboard gaps.
Response by broadbent
almost 18 years ago
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Member since: Sep 2007

Is this a quality development? Sound fishy. I am buying in a Greenwich Village new development in a pre-war building, and they are leveling the concrete before putting down the subfloor. What developments are you speaking about?

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Response by duecescracked
almost 18 years ago
Posts: 148
Member since: Dec 2007

for example 8-10 warren st, 60 beach st. These are supposed to be quality conversions .. at least judging by the price

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Response by JuiceMan
almost 18 years ago
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Member since: Aug 2007

I was told that those apartments were built specifically for people with one leg longer than the other. Prevents those folks from constantly walking in circles and never being able to leave the apartment.

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Response by flea
almost 18 years ago
Posts: 4
Member since: Feb 2008

The goal for a developer is to get a flat floor, which doesn't mean it has to be level.

In fact many of the old buildings floors are more level than the ones today (Builders, not developers, are that cheap!).

Personally level is inconsequential (As it has to be within a certain ratio by code), flat is a far greater issue. If the floor isn't problems telescope up - wood flooring will have issues et al..

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