PSA: A piece of scrap vinyl flooring saved a tricky threshold job

Had a weird 3/8 inch gap under a door in a 1950s house where the subfloor was just uneven enough to cause a trip hazard. Instead of trying to build up with adhesive, I cut a strip from some leftover vinyl plank, glued it down as a shim, and then stretched the carpet over it perfectly. What's your go-to trick for fixing a small, annoying floor dip before laying carpet?

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danieljenkins2d ago

Ever try to fix a squeaky floorboard only to make it ten times worse? I had a spot in my old kitchen that groaned like it was haunted. I figured a few nails would shut it up. Wrong. I must have hit a pipe or something because the next thing I know, I'm calling a plumber for a tiny, expensive leak. Sometimes the simple fix just finds a whole new problem.

emmar751d ago

Ugh, that's life in a nutshell right there...