We heard from Glen that they are changing up plans for the floor. While discussing with plumber where/how they were going to bust through existing slab for the guest bathroom and utility room plumbing, Glen realized that all the raised floor where the tile had been was actually poured concrete on top of the original slab. We had assumed that the slab was originally poured with two elevations as the plans clearly indicated where there was going to be hardwood floors (lower) and linoleum and tile (higher). Glen had one of his workers start working at it and the additional layer came off very cleanly. For now, they’ve removed all of the raised sections except where the new utility room is going to go. Remains to be seen if that may also need to go, but think this is going to end up as a much nicer solution as we get to use the lower slab elevation giving us at least an extra inch in the front two rooms of the house where we only have 8’ ceilings.
The floor at the bottom of this picture used to be the same height as the floor under the lumber