Timeline for Thickness of concrete base layer for leveling basement floor
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| Aug 3, 2023 at 13:40 | comment | added | Huesmann | Might be pricey, but how about using resin, as an out of the box solution? Resin is used for floor all the time. You could use something cheaper (gravel?) to do some fill in the thicker areas. | |
| Aug 2, 2023 at 18:07 | comment | added | Sasaui | @AdamO, house was built in 1945. | |
| Aug 2, 2023 at 16:32 | comment | added | isherwood | You've asked something of an XY question here. You've decided what the best solution is already, but that may not be the case. Maybe revise to ask about the actual problem. For example, you might consider gypcrete instead of two products. | |
| Aug 2, 2023 at 16:19 | answer | added | AdamO | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 2, 2023 at 16:10 | comment | added | AdamO | What year is the home? | |
| Aug 2, 2023 at 15:59 | comment | added | Sasaui | @Ecnerwal How thinly could I do the sleepers to maximize living space height? My thinking with leveling was (from the current highest point) ~1/4” self leveling, then flooring (likely LVP). With sleepers I would have min sleeper thickness + subfloor then the flooring. | |
| Aug 2, 2023 at 15:34 | comment | added | crip659 | Concrete likes to be thick to last, once it goes below 2 inches, even walking on it can break it. It does not do feathering well. The sleeper idea is probably the best. | |
| Aug 2, 2023 at 15:20 | comment | added | Ecnerwal | For a finished basement, (if you're sure of the waterproofing) you're probably better off to fit sleepers to the floor so you can have an insulated, not-concrete flooring as opposed to uninsulated masonry in contact with the cold, cold ground. It's more work, but it's also a more comfortable, usable space at the end of the work, and it may cost less (self-leveling compound is expensive.) | |
| S Aug 2, 2023 at 15:09 | review | First questions | |||
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