Uneven concrete floor

missstropy

Would anyone know how else I can level off an uneven concrete floor prior to tiling it. Its being used as a utility room so theres a heavy washer and dryer and fridge freezer going in there.

Ive tried floor levelling compounds but they havent worked and to be honest I need access through the door almost all the time so it needs to be a quick fix solution.

Would I be able to use thick boards in there and fill in the bits that wobble with something?? Then tile over it.

andrew-b

I assume you realise "self-levelling" is a complete misnomer as your the one who does the levelling! Previous owner of our house attempted using self-levelling screed in part of our bathroom - it was so badly done i've had to chip off most of it. I've now got about 3 different floor levels in the bathroom so i also need to level off our floor too.

If you need access I suppose you could do one area of the room at a time with self-levelling (maybe nail down a batten to the floor to split the room in half and do one half, let dry, remove batten and do other half).

I've been wondering about using marine plywood in our bathroom to level up the floor as a quick fix but not sure either about how best to fix it without room for movement. I was wondering though whether an underlay designed for laminate floors would do the job - though i was intending to put down vinyl flooring rather than tiles.

I've just been repairing a drain gulley with Wickes quick drying cement. It dried so quick (literally about 5 minutes) that i had to keep chucking it away and mixing up more so ended up using 5 times more than i needed. So not sure i'd recommend any sort of quick drying products.

adaze

How uneven is it? If its "not too bad" then you can level yourself by using more or less tile ashesive as necessary

missstropy

It slopes towards the wall. There was a wall in the middle at one point and a downstairs toilet that was taken out. So in some places its 2-3 inches different.

adaze

Thats quite a fall! Ive never used the self levelling compound stuff but I can't see why it shouldn't work. I've never experienced cement that is that quick setting either, if you mix it with more water it should stay workable longer, at least 20-30 I would have thought.

missstropy

Thanks

I will give the cement a go and if that fails at least its not as uneven to put some boards down. I might even change my idea of putting tiles down and put those bendy stickable ones down, they seem to last a while.