Hump In Concrete Basement Floor

Some causes have easy fixes such as replacing certain parts of the flooring.

Hump in concrete basement floor.

Many basement flooring materials like paint epoxy tile and rubber flooring for example can go down directly over the basement s original poured concrete floor as long as the concrete is in good condition. Our concrete floor has a hump in the middle what would be the best way to remove it. The location of the hump is sort of in the middle of the basement 6 feet from the exterior wall. It can be felt underneath the laminate and causing the laminate to rise and bounce nearby.

The hump is about an 1 1 2 taller than the rest of the floor sort of cantaloupe size in circumference. Floor leveler is more pot hole type i think. The cause of the damage can vary based on the type of basement you have and what floor material you use. Giant hump with crack on concrete basement floor.

Werkmaster concrete grinders and scabbler tooling quickly remove high spots from concrete floors reducing the amount of self leveling compound required to re. When a floor joist or joists are too long and extend past the center beam they can cause a hump in the floor. If your concrete floor slab has a hump it could be that there is heave and the slab is not reinforced. So tear the entire slab up and re level and compact the base with sand and cast a 4 or 6 inch slab with 1 2 inch bars at 12 inch centers both ways and put a light mesh i 2 inch from the top of the slab.

Preston s feb 28 17 at 21 48. If you notice humps bumps ridges or bulges in your basement floor these could be signs of serious damage beneath the surface. Details on the hump. In middle of basement i have a 1 8 to max 3 16 variance with level floor running inline for 12.

If the flooring is linoleum. Its about centered in 1100 sqft basement. A wood floor joist will deflect or sag near the center of the joist under the weight. I imagine the only solution is to hammer it down below level with a handheld jack hammer or air hammer and then fill it in flat with some type of portland cement.

502 views answer requested by. I think ill grind out and chip with hammer vs floor leveler. If the hump in the floor feels spongy or gives underfoot when you walk on it the most likely cause of the problem is underlayment that has come loose from the subfloor. But this direct installation will result in a floor that s cold underfoot.