These footings support wood beams carrying the floor structure and walls above.
How to level a floor foundation.
A pier and beam house foundation essentially elevates the house above the ground to provide a level platform based on specifically positioned footings.
For instance you may have a dining room floor that end to end is level but between those two points are various sags and dips.
With a taut string water or laser level make a straight line from one side of the foundation to the other.
Instead it may be an issue with joists and beams below your floor that require shoring up.
Level floors are critical for reducing gaps between the flooring material and substrate and preventing sagging and other structural complications.
You may find this task easier if you hold the string off the sagging floor joists by attaching blocks of the same thickness at opposite sides of the basement.
This video goes over some basic foundation and.
In some cases pouring floor leveling compound will fix the problem.
This video is for more experienced builders or for those who want an inside view of foundations and subfloors.
If you suspect that you re working with an off level foundation you can get it ready for installation quickly by using a floor leveling compound.