Good morning everyone,
Can someone tell me where I can find information about the acceptable slope for a floor (in our case, vinyl) in living and sleeping areas?
I am not asking about localized dips – our floor doesn’t have any depressions – but rather how “uneven” or out of level the floor can be in general.
The spirit level lies flat on the floor, but to get it perfectly level, I would have to lift one end of an 80cm (31.5 inches) level by 8-9mm (0.3-0.35 inches).
There must be a standard, probably a DIN norm, that sets the limits here, which may be exceeded.
Thanks in advance.
Can someone tell me where I can find information about the acceptable slope for a floor (in our case, vinyl) in living and sleeping areas?
I am not asking about localized dips – our floor doesn’t have any depressions – but rather how “uneven” or out of level the floor can be in general.
The spirit level lies flat on the floor, but to get it perfectly level, I would have to lift one end of an 80cm (31.5 inches) level by 8-9mm (0.3-0.35 inches).
There must be a standard, probably a DIN norm, that sets the limits here, which may be exceeded.
Thanks in advance.
This is more out of curiosity: have you checked whether the slope remains consistent over the longer distance? I mean, whether the slope is "even"? It wouldn’t change anything practically, but it would be interesting to know. Because in a new build, a slope of 1cm per 1 meter (0.4 inch per 3.3 feet) is quite steep. In older buildings, you can find slopes like that—for example, under the roof we had about 11cm (4.3 inches) over 3.80m (12.5 feet). But that is due to the old construction methods from around 1900 and the ceiling joists. In new buildings, such a slope should not occur as per the relevant standards (e.g., DIN).
cschiko schrieb:
This is more out of curiosity—have you checked whether the slope continues like this farther along? Like whether the slope is consistent? It wouldn’t change anything, but it would be interesting. Because in a new build, a slope of 1 cm per 1 m (0.4 inch per 3.3 ft) is quite steep. In older buildings, you can find something like that—for example, under our roof, over about 3.80 m (12.5 ft), there was roughly an 11 cm (4.3 inch) drop. But that’s due to the old construction from 1900 and the ceiling beams. In new builds, this kind of slope must not occur, as the standards (DIN) also show. The slope isn’t like that everywhere; at some point, it levels out again and then eventually goes upward in the opposite direction. To put it exaggeratedly, it’s like in a bathtub.
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HilfeHilfe12 Jun 2019 16:14Just to clarify: Who installed the floor, and what kind of subfloor was it? Was it an existing building or new construction? Was the subfloor leveled, or was the vinyl simply laid directly on it? I’m afraid determining responsibility will be difficult, especially since such a floor naturally expands and contracts over time.
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