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How to deal with flooring height difference
I decided to remove the carpet in the bedrooms of a house. Below the carpet is the bare concrete floor. However, the rest of the house has a laminate floor that sits on top of a previous tile.
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How to level uneven concrete garage floor? (20x26, 25 yrs old, undamaged, no cracks, plus/minus half inch variation from average, one expansion joint)
I'm obviously considering self-levelling underlayment. But open to any "relatively DIY" suggestions. Or any warnings against self-levelling underlayment? Simply put, what do you think I ...
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How to fix this self-levelling gone wrong
Embarrassing, yes - but I have laid a self levelling compound and it has gone wrong. The pour went very well in terms of planning and timing, resulting in a very good looking result. I used a spiked ...
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Do I need to add self leveling compound for sloping slabs before installing LVP?
I have level and flat slabs of concrete on each side of a crack, the crack runs down the center. I intend to run the planks parallel with the crack. Based on my photos, would I be able to get away ...
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Do you really add a full 1/2" of self-leveling concrete above electrical radiant heat wires for LVF or do you use less in practice?
How much self-leveling concrete do you typically add above electrical radiant heat wires for LVF?
LVF manufacturers recommend 1/2" of concrete on top of any radiant heat. Since the wires are 1/4&...
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Raising Concrete Floor 1 Inch for Tile
Looking to tile a basement landing as a transition from the stairs to the main room. The main room is done with DMX 1-step, 5/8 OSB and laminate flooring, so there is about 1.5" between the top ...
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Leveling a floor without a foundation?
I need some advice. I bought a house that is lacking a foundation in certain areas. Huge mess. I've decided to make it as attractive as possible (and rent it out) until I can tear it down and rebuild, ...
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Using Self Levelling Compound over wooden subfloor upstairs
So my question is less about how to use the Self Levelling Compound but more the complications of using it.
For instance in my master bedroom we are looking to install LVP. I have laid down thick 25mm ...
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Can I level a floor with joint compound?
I am working on a house that has been lifted 7 feet in the air. What it looks like is that they leveled the out side perimeter but when they put the post in the middle of the house they didn't check ...
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How can I prep for vinyl plank flooring over uneven concrete & linoleum floor?
I'm hoping to install vinyl plank flooring. The floor is partially bare concrete and old linoleum - it's also not level at all. Can I pour a primer and self-leveling compound over a floor that's ...
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Adding 1/2" to 1" height to slab cheaply, then finishing with 1/4" self-leveler
TLDR: I want to level the floor using self-leveling compound, but I need to bring the overall price down. I'm looking for ideas about how to cheaply (and quickly/roughly) raise the low spots to just ...
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Floor Leveling/Finishing Options [closed]
I'm considering a few different options for leveling and refinishing an old floor and I'm looking for second opinions.
The floor is roughly 13'x28' on the top 3rd floor of a ~120 year old row house. ...
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Leveling old floor for LVP planks [closed]
Here is my kitchen rennovation. About 240 sqft, 5/8 plywood subfloor. I Put in almost 500 flooring screws beside the nails, not glued down. 36 year old home, dimentional lumber in Brampton Ontario.
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Can I pour self leveling cement over this carpet glue residue
In my basement I removed old carpet planning to install LVP, so I need to flatten out the slab a bit. The carpet left a thin glue residue over the entire floor that I've been trying to remove before ...
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How do you level-out unlevel plywood subflooring?
On concrete floors you can pour self-leveling cement to fill valleys. How do you fill valleys on plywood sub-flooring?
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Can I use self-levelling compound over old carpet adhesive?
Can I use self-leveling compound over old carpet adhesive? I've ripped up the current carpets and found a couple of strips of very old carpet glue that are proving a NIGHTMARE to remove from the ...
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Peel and stick vinyl on existing tile - how to best level the tile floor for installation?
I knew installing peel and stick vinyl planks on uneven surfaces was a bad idea, but I decided to go ahead anyway (big mistake). It looks a lot worse than I originally expected, as the bulge is very ...
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Best way to correct one inch dip in middle of second floor master?
We’re installing hardwood flooring in our second floor master bedroom. House was built in 1993. When we pulled off the carpet we realized the floor dips in the middle. The room is 18 ft (north-south) ...
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tiling a floor that is not flat
I want to tile a concrete floor that has 1950s tile already installed on part of it. The problem is, one edge is out of flat with a slope change of almost 1" in the last 2 feet. Other than that ...
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How to level a sloping concrete slab with a 2” difference?
I know this sounds bad and I need to give some backstory to not sound off the alarms... I’m going to give the main question first and then backstory below so you know I’m not crazy.
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We have ...
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Engineered hardwood over uneven basement subfloor?
I purchased a house 2 years ago with a partially unfinished basement but had all the supplies to finish. I am getting around to doing the flooring soon. I have nice oak engineered hardwood flooring ...
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Minimum recommended thickness for self-leveling concrete topping (skim coat)
I'd like to resurface an already somewhat level but tarnished concrete floor with a self-leveling cement-based compound and to raise the floor level as little as possible; I've found compounds like ...
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How can I level a concrete floor in a basement room?
I have a room in the basement with a concrete floor that slopes 2" over 11 feet. It's finished in that it has drywall, but there is no flooring yet. I need to raise the floor to be level. The room ...
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SLC didn't self level
Ok here's the problem...
We are planning to lay ceramic tile in our kitchen. We stripped the old flooring off and down to the plywood subfloor. We secured all the plywood so there is no give to it. ...
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Best way to cover basement tiles containing asbestos
I have a deteriorating tile floor in my basment, and I suspect that the tiles are VAT(Vinyl asbestos tiles). Regardless of the content of the floors, the deteriorating state of the tiles means I want ...
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How likely are polished concrete, decorative concrete overlay, or epoxy flooring to delaminate if our house floods?
Our house recently flooded and my wife and I are looking at different flooring options. We are considering concrete flooring but I have some questions about how likely each are to stand up to a new ...
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What type of paint is suitable over Cempolay Ultra Strong concrete leveler?
I've leveled my garage floor using Cempolay Ultra Strong and the instructions state "Suitable for use on domestic garage floors
prior to over coating with a suitable floor paint."
Would anyone have ...
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Matching Concrete to Tile Floor Height (1")
We have a tiled dining room that transitions to carpet (carpet and pad on cement foundation slab). We'd like to tear out the carpet and level the concrete slab up to the tile flooring, about 3/4 - 1" ...
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Laying Vinyl Flooring Over Uneven Poured Concrete
I am trying to give my basement floor an update, and I have purchased a click and lock vinyl floating floor. The existing poured concrete has some raised areas (where the concrete was clumpy and not ...
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How do I level a sloping floor that has been tiled?
We have a large room that we want to use as a bedroom and it has been tiled, over a concrete slab. On further inspection we now realise that there is a slope of approximately 5cm from one end of the ...
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How do I tile over a leveled floor with a feathered edge?
I have a laundry room in a home I just bought which had some unseen water damage. They originally had the sticky vinyl tiles on there which I pulled up. The concrete underneath was pitted and uneven.
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How do I flatten my uneven concrete floor?
We have an old Victorian house with a concrete floor throughout the ground floor.
The ground floor is partitioned in two by a dividing wall and french doors. From the front of the house to the doors,...
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Can I use leveling compound between plywood and cement backer board?
I'd like to install slate tiles over a pre-existing plywood floor. The plywood floor is 3/4" and sits on joists.
There's a dip about 3/8" deep by 2 feet wide by 5 feet long. My plan was to fill it ...
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