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evening folks, im putting an unvented in an old farmhouse in an upstairs room alcove area that will be eventually made into a cupboard.
being an old farmhouse, the floor is all over the place, I put a bit of fibreboard down and levelled it but the floor is out in a compound angle and is a real dog to get the cylinder dead plumb..
anyone got any top tips or use some tricky levelling feet etc that you could recommend?
 
unistrut with a 18mm board of ply and m12 backplate (with a 12-18mm ply on the floor first)

but how out of level is the floor ?
 
It's about 20 mm out in total diagonally sloping up to the high point in both axis.
 
It's about 20 mm out in total diagonally sloping up to the high point in both axis.

could you screw some 18mm ply on the low points and put a sheet across the lot and screw down?
 
Don't forget to check the floor is constructed in a way that can support the load. If it's that out of level...

I understand the sentiment of the question, how should we do this as installers? are we competent structural engineers?
should we make the customer pay for a structural engineer to check?

its an upper floor of fossilised farmhouse joists and boards...
 
4x2 Cls timber and 18mm ply to make up a base, get yoursef some plastic packers to raise the timber to the angle of the slope then a skill saw to rip it down if its upper floor make sure its sitting over a supporting wall to take the weight of the cylinder once its full regards kop
 
how should we do this as installers? are we competent structural engineers?
should we make the customer pay for a structural engineer to check?

It may sometimes be necessary.

Sometimes old floors can be rotten wood held together with a lot of sand and cement that wouldn't pass and building control inspection today.
 
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