flamingpope
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Problem Details:
-Got myself a cape cod, wood beams with hardwood floorboards.
-Already removed floor tiles and toilet (1st floor).
-Toilet slab sits on top of sub-floor wood pieces that are nailed through the side of wood beams (not sitting on top of wood beams), this appears to be a patch from the previous owner. There are 3 gaps to envision between 4 horizontal beam supports, and each gap is where the multiple wood pieces are nailed sideways into the beam.
-Wood setup (except beams) has rotted and decayed into mud and rust due to a previous leak (leak now correctly patched), and has caused the slab to be uneven with the rest of floor boards, +- 0.5 inches, at an angle.
-Toilet pipe comes up through slab from basement and has soldered metal flange on top preventing direct take off of cement slab. (like a bolt coming up from the bottom and a nut soldered to the top).
-I would like to fix the angle, and fix it right so problem will be prevented for the next decade or two.
What's the best approach to this problem?
A few ideas I had were:
MyIdea1st:
1) Demolish/remove existing slab.
a) Replace sub-floor as needed, this time placing them on top of beam, not nailed in-between..
2) Re-pour/replace toilet slab.
MyIdea2nd:
1) Jack-up the slab from the basement using a car jack.
a) level cement slab.
b) Replace nailed sub-floor boards from the basement and nail them into the side, similar to previous owner.
2) Remove jack support.
Out of these 2 ideas or any you might have, what way is more right? I don't care about intensive labor, I just want to super sturdy seat for decades when finished.
-Got myself a cape cod, wood beams with hardwood floorboards.
-Already removed floor tiles and toilet (1st floor).
-Toilet slab sits on top of sub-floor wood pieces that are nailed through the side of wood beams (not sitting on top of wood beams), this appears to be a patch from the previous owner. There are 3 gaps to envision between 4 horizontal beam supports, and each gap is where the multiple wood pieces are nailed sideways into the beam.
-Wood setup (except beams) has rotted and decayed into mud and rust due to a previous leak (leak now correctly patched), and has caused the slab to be uneven with the rest of floor boards, +- 0.5 inches, at an angle.
-Toilet pipe comes up through slab from basement and has soldered metal flange on top preventing direct take off of cement slab. (like a bolt coming up from the bottom and a nut soldered to the top).
-I would like to fix the angle, and fix it right so problem will be prevented for the next decade or two.
What's the best approach to this problem?
A few ideas I had were:
MyIdea1st:
1) Demolish/remove existing slab.
a) Replace sub-floor as needed, this time placing them on top of beam, not nailed in-between..
2) Re-pour/replace toilet slab.
MyIdea2nd:
1) Jack-up the slab from the basement using a car jack.
a) level cement slab.
b) Replace nailed sub-floor boards from the basement and nail them into the side, similar to previous owner.
2) Remove jack support.
Out of these 2 ideas or any you might have, what way is more right? I don't care about intensive labor, I just want to super sturdy seat for decades when finished.
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