I was looking at a 100 year old house today. The hardwood floors are buckled quite badly. The floors are located above a crawl space with no vapor barrier between the ground and the flooring. I'm not even sure if there is a sublfloor at this point in time. I realize the first thing to do to attempt to solve this problem would be to install a vapor barrier over the basement floor to stop the moisture. I also realize that the floor is not going to magically settle itself once the moisture problem is solved since nails were likely pulled, boards warped and whatever else. I'm wondering if anyone has had to deal with a similar problem during a rehab of an old house and what some possible solutions might be. I've heard about getting at it with screws from underneath (if there's a subfloor) and/or nailing screwing from above. Any advice would be much appreciated, thanks in advance. Geo.
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17 years ago