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Sloping or uneven floors — and how to actually fix them.

A floor that slopes is a foundation that’s moved. Shimming the floor or tearing up tile doesn’t address the cause — the structure is sitting on bearing soil that’s failed. We level the structure by jacking from the foundation, after stopping the underlying movement with helical piers.

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Symptoms that come with uneven floors

Sloping floors rarely show up alone. If you’re seeing two or more of these, the foundation has shifted:

  • A marble rolls across the room without help
  • Furniture rocks unevenly on what looked like flat floors
  • Tile or hardwood cracks running parallel to load-bearing walls
  • Drywall gaps appearing at corners and ceiling lines
  • Doors that latch in winter but not summer (or vice versa)
  • Visible elevation change between rooms
Don’t level the floor before leveling the foundationSelf-leveling concrete or floor shims hide the symptom and let the foundation keep moving. Within a year you’ll have a level floor sitting on a more-tilted foundation. Address the structure first.

Why Florida floors slope

Differential settlement — one corner sinking faster than the others — is the cause in almost every case. Florida-specific drivers:

  • One corner over a karst void or active sinkhole
  • Outer footing on saturated coastal sand while interior is on firmer fill
  • Expansive clay drying under one side of the house in winter
  • Drainage failure saturating one perimeter year-round
  • Tree roots withdrawing moisture from one corner of the footing

Re-leveling — properly

We install helical piers under the failing side of the structure, drive them to dense bearing strata, then hydraulic-jack the structure back to level. Once the elevation is corrected and load-tested, then any cosmetic floor work (tile, hardwood) goes back. Lifetime warranty against further movement.

What you can expect — typical timeline.

  • Free inspection & quote — within 3 business days of your call
  • Engineer-stamped design — 5–7 business days after acceptance
  • Permit pulled and crew scheduled — 1–2 weeks (varies by county)
  • Installation — typically 2–5 days for a residential project
  • Lift, load test, warranty issued — same day as install completion

Frequently asked questions

Common questions we hear during the free inspection. If yours isn’t covered, call 866-398-9323 — we’ll answer it.

How much slope is normal in a Florida home’s floors?

Building codes generally tolerate up to ½″ across 10 ft as construction-tolerance, no concern. Beyond that — visible slope, marble rolls across the room, furniture rocks — is differential settlement and worth investigating. Most of the uneven-floor calls we take measure 1″–3″ across a room.

Can I just self-level the floors instead of fixing the foundation?

Short-term yes, long-term no. Self-leveling concrete or floor shims hide the symptom and let the foundation keep moving. Within a year you have a level floor sitting on a more-tilted foundation, which means cracks elsewhere, doors out of square again, and another flooring tear-out. Address the structure first; flooring goes back on top of a stable platform.

How do you actually re-level a sloping floor?

By lifting the foundation, not the floor. We install helical piers under the failing perimeter, drive them to dense bearing strata, then place hydraulic jacks at each pier and lift the structure back toward level in controlled ½″ increments. The framing returns toward square as the foundation rises. Only then does any flooring rework happen — on top of a now-level substrate.

Will lifting the foundation crack my walls and ceilings?

Existing cracks may open further as the structure returns to level, and occasionally new minor drywall cracks appear at door and window frames. Done in controlled increments, the lift is gentle enough that most homes only see touch-up drywall work. We include cosmetic repair in the scope where requested.

How long does it take to re-level a Florida home?

Most residential uneven-floor projects are 3–5 working days: 1–2 days to install helicals on the failing side, 1 day for the controlled lift sequence, and 1–2 days for cosmetic interior repair if it’s included in scope. Whole-house releveling on severely settled structures can run 1–2 weeks.

Does the lifetime warranty cover further floor movement?

It covers the structural piers. If the structure moves at a pier location, we return at no cost to re-torque, supplement, or replace. Cosmetic finish work (tile, hardwood, drywall) carries a one-year workmanship warranty. The pier warranty stays with the property through resale.

Uneven Floors Repair by region

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Reviews

What Florida homeowners say.

Real reviews from our Lake City Google Business Profile — covering work across all eight Florida service regions.

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"Sinkhole insurance claim. They handled the engineering report, coordinated with the adjuster, and walked us through the whole grouting plus helical pier sequence. Carrier approved the work without revisions. Took the stress out of a really stressful situation."

BH
Apopka · 2 months ago

"40-year recertification flagged settlement on our condo building footings. Solid Foundations bid against two larger contractors — same engineering deliverable, slightly better schedule, and they were the only one whose torque logs included individual pier capacity. Board picked them unanimously."

EV
Miami Beach · 4 months ago

"Bought a 1960s house in Pensacola with diagonal cracks at every window. Solid Foundations diagnosed it as expansive-clay heave — totally different from the sand washout the inspector had assumed. Specified helicals to a deeper bearing layer. Cracks haven’t reopened."

TC
Pensacola · 2 months ago