How to level the floor in a sunk in living room

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My home has a step down living room. It has carpet on it, but i want to make the floor level with the rest of the house it is about 2.5 inches step down. People keep tripping. I then either want to put new carpeting in or tile floor.

Best Answer

Install a new plywood subfloor elevated on sleepers to match the existing adjacent floor surfaces.

A sleeper is a piece of dimensional lumber (such as a framing stud) ripped to the desired thickness.