How to Install a Sleeper Slab | This Old House

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In this video, Part of old addition consists of a concrete slab that needs to seamlessly integrate with the new floor system. Tom Silva helps Zack Dettmore finish the floor framing so the new floor can run over the slab.

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At the Glen Ridge, NJ house, general contractors Tom Silva and Zack Dettmore install sleepers to the existing addition slab to make it level with the new floor system. A rigid insulation board is added for a thermal break.

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