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Thanks for all the help. I'm still wondering about one thing: if I go down to the basement and float the non-bearing walls now... will the floor above move? That would be bad -- if I make the subfloor level and then the floor drops when I float the walls below. So... what's to do? Float the...

Thanks for the replies-- good info. I'm definitely taking out the particle board. Now I wonder about floating the non-bearing walls in the basement. Don't I have to do this to prevent problems in the future?

My wife and I just bought a house in Colorado, and have discovered that the uneven floor is due to expansive soil. At least, that's what the structural engineer says. The house was built in '72, so they didn't float the non-bearing walls, as they would have done in the 80's. My luck. Also, the...