Converting Cement Floor By Digging Into Another Level

Theres also an inch step into the other room where the floor levels are bad.

Converting cement floor by digging into another level.

We removed walls to combine several rooms. Watch our step by step video showing how to level a concrete floor with expert advice and top tips to help you complete the job with confidence. Finishing the floor can be a long and tedious process. Step out and finish the last bits.

If the area you are working with is very large you may want to ask for the help of a few friends. Its an old house and floors where in a bad way. Can a floor levelling compound be poured over a gas pipe in a concrete floor. Plus ceramic tile in 2 areas is same height as the high room.

This old house general contractor tom silva shows how to resurface an uneven concrete slab. Using the cement tools you can get a very level result. A trench in a 5yr new build concrete floor shows a large cavity near the exsisting drain. Can anyone advise me on whether i can poor a floor levelling compound over a gas pipe in a concrete floor where there used to be.

Jackhammer the 8x10 area. Distribute the concrete with a rake so that it is approximately level inside the form boards. Fill any cracks in the floor with joint repair compound. I just want a matching floor without tripping hazards.

Then a 2 by 4 can be used as a screed to scrape the concrete mix into its final level form. Fill dips or spalled concrete areas where chunks of concrete separate from the surface with mortar. Digging out concrete floor for ufh compromise the foundations i would like to have our concrete floor dug out for the installation of ufh however i do believe there is a supporting wall. In one room ive grinded it down all flat and near level as i can get it.

Found one room has 1 2 inch more concrete than all the rest. The old floor and the extended floor are now. I want to replace this floor with concrete so that if it. Press the compound firmly into the cracks with a putty knife and then scrape the surface of the patch with the knife edge to level the surface of the crack.

Step 4 finish the floor. This level wouldn t match the rest of the house. Secondly what with the crap job already done the fact i m adding another layer of cement plus the ply and wood flooring i m going to be raising the level of the floor by about 1 which is going to be compromising the two separate steps leading down into the area one step by the foyer another by the family room. See below for a shopping list and tools subscribe to this old.

Replacing a floor tile on 50 50 concrete and wooden floor underneath.