Floor Slightly Bending Down

How to straighten a warped floor.

Floor slightly bending down.

When sitting in a chair and moving the knee or standing but with the leg lifted off the floor as you bend it. Warping manifests as gaps between the boards. Dizziness when you bend over is a common occurrence. When there is no weight going through the knee when you bend it e g.

If you re experiencing minor pain it may be due to a muscle spasm or strain. Sometimes all it takes to get that lightheaded woozy feeling is to look up or down or move your head from side to side quickly. Wet down the floor boards slightly. The likelihood a given floor has for bending is affected by many factors but the most common primary cause is simply old age.

Set a cinder block or other large heavy weight on top of the bowed boards. When there is weight going through the knee as you bend it such as when you squat down go up and down stairs and as you sit down in a chair non weight bearing. A new floor design that satisfies code requirements for bearing capacity and rigidity resistance to bend may still be appreciably sloped after many years of service.