Had a job in a 1920s house in Tacoma last month where the floor sloped a full inch over ten feet.

My old knee kicker just wasn't cutting it on that angle. I ended up using a power stretcher from the high side and tacking it down in sections, working my way across. It took an extra hour but saved a ton of material from getting wasted. What's your go-to method for a really bad slope?

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wren30128d ago

Had a house in Portland with a slope like a ski jump, maybe an inch and a half over eight feet. I did the same thing, power stretcher from the high point and working down in small bites. The key for me was using a ton of extra staples on the high side before each pull, so it wouldn't creep back. It's slow going, but you're right, it beats cutting a bunch of material just to fight the wrinkle.

the_lee28d ago

That extra stapling trick from @wren301 sounds like the only way to win on a slope that bad.