Spent 20 minutes fixing a dip in a floor I should have checked first

Last week I was installing LVP in a living room in an older house in Cincinnati. Got halfway through the second row and noticed a low spot that was causing the planks to rock. Had to pull up 6 rows, mix up some leveler, and wait for it to dry before continuing. That little dip cost me almost an hour of worktime. Anyone else have a routine for checking subfloors before you start that keeps this from happening?

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rowanjenkins29d ago

After the same headache, I started dragging a straightedge across the entire floor before laying anything down. Marking the dips with a pencil as I go is way faster than pulling up planks later. Honestly, a little pre-check has saved me way more time than skipping it ever did.

jordanr8929d ago

Funny enough, I do the exact same thing on every job now after a similar screw up in my own house. Crawled around with a 6-foot level and a marker, circled every low spot on the subfloor before I even unboxed the first plank. Still managed to miss one once because the dip was right where the level's end sat. Now I check every four feet in both directions. Takes an extra 10 minutes but saves a lot of cussing later.