I was kind of assuming he was not considering MAJOR STRUCTURAL work as that would generally, by this phase of the construction have a snowball rolling downhill on other considerations..........plumbing/electrical/HVAC/whatnot. But of course that's the obvious and correct direction toward fixing this. Maybe there's not that much to do besides pulling up the subfloor and lowering the joists. I'm not very good at optimism. How does that usually work out? I've only been pessimistic for 62 years. So I would not know.I’m assuming the new subfloor is supposed to be lower than the finished floor height of your existing flooring so that when you install new floor in your addition it should flush out with what is currently there.
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If that’s the case then it looks like your contractor gets to remove the subfloor and lower the joists. Any other solution will have a transition with a trip hazard as Incognito mentioned.
His solution isn't crazy but I'd surely want more than "a couple feet" to soften the ramp. I would probably "split the difference" by going back equal distance from the center. Take away subfloor/structure on the new and shim/add on the existing. This can work if you have adequate stock to replace the flooring you might choose to demo to create a ramp up to the new.Nailed in flooring. General contractor, when he found out with the wall removed he said he can fix it by taking out a couple feet of the existing engineered hardwood flooring in the house and level it out and re-lay down the hardwood. "We won't see it" but it feels like we are just kicking the can down the road until it becomes the "issue" at the end of the project.
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