What Is The Cheapest, Easiest, Most Effiecient Way To Level Out A Concrete Floor? Has A Few Lumps And Bumps?
Posted by benny in Uncategorized on December 7th, 2009 | 4 responses
We need to level out a concrete floor for a retail shop. Need a quick cost efficient solution. We are dyi’ers, but don’t have a lot of experience in this area.
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I would use a floor leveling product but it is very IMPORTANT you must use a bonding agent prior to applying the floor leveler. Using a concert grinder will create more dirt and work and you, and you will most likely still need a floor leveling product of make the job come out properly.
Also Note: There really is not “cheap” solution because if you go with a inferior product it will start to crack and loosen no matter what bonding agent you apply.
if it is as you say a few.rent a floor grinder for concrete.if you are going to cover it with something.they have a product named flash patch.follow the directions.good luck.
the most effective way to solve this problem is to just re-level it by doing a concrete overlay with some concrete vinyl patch and be sure to use a bonding adhesive before so.
– I have done electrical work and some labouring work. — so I would suggest you consider my answer to be the least qualified however — TO begin with I would suggest you find someway to “survey” the floor. — some hardware stores sell clear plastic things you attach to garden water hoses and water seeks it’s own level — so this would give you a rough estimate of how close to level or how far off level the floor is — I could be wrong but I am of the understanding that these guys are talking about “self leveling cement” — the stuff is special and it is like water in that it seeks its own level — but I am the kind of worker who talks to other workers and one time I saw concrete workers using this stuff and the guy I was talking to said it only works if the floor is not to badly off level — also I think right off the bat — it would be easier to bring bring “everything UP’ as opposed to bringing some “down” and some “up” or to bring “everything down to level”. so I would suggest . and I only suggest I am NOT one of those expert home handy men I would suggest ( and only suggest ) that you get a jack hammer ( not even a jack hammer I would use a “hammer drill” ) to “CAREFULLY ” Jack Hammer the “few lumps and bumps” below the level of the rest of the floor or find some way to “Sand Paper”(((( the concrete grinder thing the others were talking about —- but only for the lumps and bumps because== that one fellow is onto something when he says that the dust will make a mess and lots of work for you==and I am only talking about considering taking that floor grinder thing to the lumps and bumps ))))))))the lumps and bumps to the level of the rest of the floor. Then survey — then go with the concrete or self leveling stuff — but remember where everyone mentions the “adhesive” thing well remember the adhesive thing—
—- I don’t want to mention mistakes but one time I was working for a corrosion control company — I had to connect wires to “giant’ cathodes made out of cast iron. I was rushed and told to finish quickly or else. — I had to put the wires into the cathodes and then pour epoxy into the cathodes– I had gallons of epoxy to mix– I was rushing and panicking and I did not mix the expoxy long enough expoxy that was in two parts and had to be stirred until both parts were completely mixed—===== I did not mix the epoxy thoroughly and it never hardened and had to be burnt out and the job done again======== I was told if I ever did something that stupid again I would be fired—-== from this personal experience I would suggest to you=== like wise=== what ever you do —be like a surgeon— apparently a surgeons credo is don’t make things worse—- learning from my epoxy experience don’t panic — don’t rush– and don’t jump into this until you got things figured out —- because if you do a bad job not only might you lose time and money doing it this first time but you might lose more time and money because the customer might insist you jack hammer everything out and put new concrete in so you could be stuck there for years and lose a kab billion dollars=====. before you start I would suggest you take pictures of everything — lots and lots of pictures — when you finish the job take lots and lots of pictures ( from all angles and every angle ) —– I think the most important thing for you to do is not to panic and rush into the job like the three stooges but to learn a bit about concrete and learn a bit about that self leveling cement and to do so by simply going to home hardware stores and finding the concrete sales guy and saying ” could you help me please what is the cheapest easiest most efficient way to level out a concrete floor? It has a few lumps and bumps.– disclaimer I do electrical and labor and I don’t guarantee nothing and this is just what I would consider and think about if I were you. — personally I would “survey” the floor . so that to start with I would know what I am up against.============= good luck=======
post script — in surveying the floor I would wonder about the square footage— if the square footage of the floor is “HUGE” I would not expect miraculous results with self leveling cement—– plus I think the self leveling stuff is quite expensive——-so lastly I would suggest you survey and measure the floor area — then talk to not one but talk to several hardware concrete sales guys====== remember measure twice cut once.