Self leveling compound or alternatives.

[Handie Andy]

Recently took out a wall for my brother at the back end of his kitchen. Originally either side of the wall was roughly 4 ft by 10 with the left side stepping down to the back door and the right side being a storage area.

It was decided that instead of raising the back door we would bring the right side down to the same level as the left. Fast forward a day and the step is out and the concrete is poured to roughly the same height As the left side.

My question is is this leveling compound the way to go? Could we achieve a decent flat level floor with this? Also any suggestions as to a particular brand or better alternative.

Thanks.

[mrmaggit]

Floor levelling compound would be fine, just remember two things:

1/check the thickness that it can be used to without adding sand, as most are 6-10mm maximum.
2/Floor levelling compounds are NOT wearing surfaces, so need to be covered by something, whether that be carpet, laminates, lino, tiles etc. If you're going to leave it uncovered, you'll need to add SBR to it, which increases adhesion to the substrate and increases the wearing properties, but still doesn't stop it wearing away over time.

[Handie Andy]

Thanks mrmaggit.

The leveling compound will be covered with lino until later in the year when the main kitchen is done and then it will be tiled throughout.

Edited by Handie Andy on Tuesday 25th January 08:31