On Fri, 12 Aug 2016 01:14:01 +0000, J
wrote:

We have someone renovating our 1920s bathroom. Somewhere along the way, he
discovered a 2" slope in the floor from the back of the 10' bathroom to the
front. He then went ahead and poured self leveling compound (SLC) on the floor
to "even things out" so that we can tile the floor and walls. Now there is a
2.5" difference in height between the bathroom floor and the hallway wood
flooring. I can't even find reducers that run that high, and any mockups I try
to make of a ramp look ridiculous.

Is this standard procedure for leveling a floor? I have never seen such a high
gap between substrates before. I have to really bend my knee to step down from
the bathroom into the hallway. I can't even find pictures of such a high gap
online. I am wondering why they chose to level the floor rather than just find
a middle ground and work from there. A 1" difference in height I could have
handled. Anyone have this happen before? How did you handle it? Thinking of
having poured floors removed, which sounds like a major undertaking I am keen
on avoiding. This just sticks out like a sore thumb as is. Thanks for any
information you can give!
How thick is the "pad" at the thinest point? Sounds like the guy went
overboard. If the house is sagged that badly in the bathroom perhaps
it should be jacked back up to level. The only other alternative would
be to shim the rest of the floors to level to match -- not a small job
- and not as good as jacking to level if it can be done.

I had one situation with a "ski hill" in a foyer where I actually
lowered the floor in the middle by removing the subfloor and shaving
the joists, then re-installing subfloor. This might be an option if
you can "sister" the joists to maintain integrety/strength.