"Richard Blackwood" wrote in message ...

I know this may be another 'How long is a piece of string' type question but
I thought I'd try to get a rough idea here before asking carpenters to come
around.

I have a 3 bed terraced house with sloping floors - about 3.5 inches over
roughly14 feet (the width of the house). My cousin who knows more than I
about these things says it should cost no more than £600 for a carpenter to
take the old floorboards up and put new, level ones down. I was expecting
much more but admit to being quite clueless wrt diy/houses etc.

Is £600 roughly in the ball park?

Also, is there any risk of incurring damage to the downstairs artexed
ceilings if I get a carpenter in to do this job? Money is real tight and I
dont want to solve a problem upstairs only to face new ones downstairs.

Help much appreciated.

the floor boards will be level already: the problem is either in the
joists supporting the floorboards, or in the foundations supporting
the walls supporting the joists supporting the floorboards.

Simplest solution is usually to remove boards and pack the existing
joists, ie fit more wood on top as necessary to make it all level,
then relay boards.

I cant imagine that getting done for 600, but its generally diyable
for £100.


NT