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Level the floor

We've just moved.  The audio playpen is the basement, which has an issue I haven't dealt with before: uneven floor.  Left-right is level, but front to back there's a steep slope.  At a distance of 18 inches, the slope is about one inch.

I figure others have dealt with this enough that there's "a way" (or an eternal argument...).  Educate me?

Available equipment would be fine; surprise uses of stuff would be terrific.

Thanks.

mrj

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soix
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You could try something as simple/cheap as hockey pucks. 

soix
8,750 posts
 

You could try something as simple/cheap as hockey pucks.

I had no idea!  (I don't suppose there's a preferred brand of... no no no ignore that.)

When I was growing up playing ice hockey pretty much all the pucks came from Czechoslovakia, so if you can find some of those vintage pucks — since the country doesn’t technically exist anymore — I’d guess those NOS pucks would probably sound best.  Ehem.  I have a similar sloping concrete basement floor issue and have used generic hockey pucks when needed and noticed no sonic degradation FWIW.  That said, since you’re on a concrete slab I’d skew toward getting some granite slabs cut to size at Home Depot, etc. and just do that.  Either way I’m sure you’ll be fine.  If you’re more OCD about it you can see how much it’d cost to level out the basement floor with some added concrete.  I thought about that but my hockey past and the pucks ultimately won out.  Best of luck. 

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