Self leveling living room - Any tips?
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Looking at self leveling my living room floor this weekend in preparation for putting down either block flooring (parquet type but 300x60mm blocks) or laminate.
The room is 20sqm roughly. Concrete floor, not bad just has a few hills and dips in it.
Never used Self leveling compound before but have a friend that's a brickie and a general builder with me to trowel it etc.
This is the living room that i'll be attempting:
I'm aware i need to clean, hoover and primer it first.. Is a PVA/water mix ok for primer? or is there specific stuff?
So - before I start... any tips?
Cheers
The room is 20sqm roughly. Concrete floor, not bad just has a few hills and dips in it.
Never used Self leveling compound before but have a friend that's a brickie and a general builder with me to trowel it etc.
This is the living room that i'll be attempting:
I'm aware i need to clean, hoover and primer it first.. Is a PVA/water mix ok for primer? or is there specific stuff?
So - before I start... any tips?
Cheers
DON'T even think about doing it yourself! You WILL f
k it up.
Get a pro screeder in. You have little time before it goes off (about 30 mins), and you need to know what you are doing. Troweling is absolutely NOT the way to do it, you need spiked rollers and ting. "Self levelling" is a misnomer, it needs a lot of skill to get it level, particularly level enough for laying wood floor on. (you need something like no more than 8mm deviation over 2m from memory)
I tried it once on a small room, took 2 goes and hours of faffing before it was good enough for tiling. Then had a plasterer try the front room with a trowel, he had 2 goes and left a right mess. Then had professionals in who did the lot in an hour.
k it up. Get a pro screeder in. You have little time before it goes off (about 30 mins), and you need to know what you are doing. Troweling is absolutely NOT the way to do it, you need spiked rollers and ting. "Self levelling" is a misnomer, it needs a lot of skill to get it level, particularly level enough for laying wood floor on. (you need something like no more than 8mm deviation over 2m from memory)
I tried it once on a small room, took 2 goes and hours of faffing before it was good enough for tiling. Then had a plasterer try the front room with a trowel, he had 2 goes and left a right mess. Then had professionals in who did the lot in an hour.
Neil - YVM said:
Read the leveling compound instructions for primer requirement.
But usually is is a SBR primer, watered down as per the instructions. Norcross Primebond is diluted 4:1 for sealing porous/dusty concrete prior to latexing.
PVA is never recommended or specified.
But usually is is a SBR primer, watered down as per the instructions. Norcross Primebond is diluted 4:1 for sealing porous/dusty concrete prior to latexing.
PVA is never recommended or specified.
CrutyRammers said:
DON'T even think about doing it yourself! You WILL fk it up.
Get a pro screeder in. You have little time before it goes off (about 30 mins), and you need to know what you are doing. Troweling is absolutely NOT the way to do it, you need spiked rollers and ting. "Self levelling" is a misnomer, it needs a lot of skill to get it level, particularly level enough for laying wood floor on. (you need something like no more than 8mm deviation over 2m from memory)
I tried it once on a small room, took 2 goes and hours of faffing before it was good enough for tiling. Then had a plasterer try the front room with a trowel, he had 2 goes and left a right mess. Then had professionals in who did the lot in an hour.
Well said^^^^^k it up. Get a pro screeder in. You have little time before it goes off (about 30 mins), and you need to know what you are doing. Troweling is absolutely NOT the way to do it, you need spiked rollers and ting. "Self levelling" is a misnomer, it needs a lot of skill to get it level, particularly level enough for laying wood floor on. (you need something like no more than 8mm deviation over 2m from memory)
I tried it once on a small room, took 2 goes and hours of faffing before it was good enough for tiling. Then had a plasterer try the front room with a trowel, he had 2 goes and left a right mess. Then had professionals in who did the lot in an hour.
Self Levelling comes in various shapes & sizes. Make sure you *thoroughly* follow the instructions. It is not as easy as it sounds to get perfect - easy to use, hard to master!
Andehh said:
Neil - YVM said:
Read the leveling compound instructions for primer requirement.
But usually is is a SBR primer, watered down as per the instructions. Norcross Primebond is diluted 4:1 for sealing porous/dusty concrete prior to latexing.
PVA is never recommended or specified.
But usually is is a SBR primer, watered down as per the instructions. Norcross Primebond is diluted 4:1 for sealing porous/dusty concrete prior to latexing.
PVA is never recommended or specified.
CrutyRammers said:
DON'T even think about doing it yourself! You WILL fk it up.
Get a pro screeder in. You have little time before it goes off (about 30 mins), and you need to know what you are doing. Troweling is absolutely NOT the way to do it, you need spiked rollers and ting. "Self levelling" is a misnomer, it needs a lot of skill to get it level, particularly level enough for laying wood floor on. (you need something like no more than 8mm deviation over 2m from memory)
I tried it once on a small room, took 2 goes and hours of faffing before it was good enough for tiling. Then had a plasterer try the front room with a trowel, he had 2 goes and left a right mess. Then had professionals in who did the lot in an hour.
Well said^^^^^k it up. Get a pro screeder in. You have little time before it goes off (about 30 mins), and you need to know what you are doing. Troweling is absolutely NOT the way to do it, you need spiked rollers and ting. "Self levelling" is a misnomer, it needs a lot of skill to get it level, particularly level enough for laying wood floor on. (you need something like no more than 8mm deviation over 2m from memory)
I tried it once on a small room, took 2 goes and hours of faffing before it was good enough for tiling. Then had a plasterer try the front room with a trowel, he had 2 goes and left a right mess. Then had professionals in who did the lot in an hour.
Self Levelling comes in various shapes & sizes. Make sure you *thoroughly* follow the instructions. It is not as easy as it sounds to get perfect - easy to use, hard to master!
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