Sunken door mats.

Florenceem

My house built in 1974 has a sunken area - front and back door - into which sits a coir mat. Would it be a big job/cost a lot to have these sunken areas levelled up to the rest of the floor? I hate these mats!

Owain_Moneysaver

What sort of floor is it? (Concrete, wood, etc)

Florenceem

Not wood so I suppose - concrete.

tony6403

Unlikely to be wooden construction. If it is I will stand corrected.
Assuming concrete ; a sand/cement screed mixed 3:1 will do it with some diluted PVA applied to the existing . Easy job.
Cheap materials but probably will have to be bought in wasteful quantities.

Florenceem

tony6403 wrote: »

Unlikely to be wooden construction. If it is I will stand corrected.
Assuming concrete ; a sand/cement screed mixed 3:1 will do it with some diluted PVA applied to the existing . Easy job.
Cheap materials but probably will have to be bought in wasteful quantities.

Not a DIY person - any idea how much I would be charged for the job please?

securityman

What is the level floor finish? Carpet, tiles?
How will you cover it once its filled?
I built Sunken door mat into my tiles by my front door because the door mat slides all over the place opening and closing the door.
How close is your door to the finished floor level?
Will you fit a door mat under it?

Owain_Moneysaver

If it's solid floor then a bag of postcrete is probably the easiest way of filling it without having to buy the sand, cement, etc separately.

It's easier than using cake mix as you don't have to add eggs

Jonesya

I wish my house had these, always struck me as a very useful and practical way of installing a door mat, stops it wandering around the floor and all the dust, dirt and grit stays within the sunken area and doesn't get spread about. Have you considered keeping them and fitting some new mats?

If you do fill it in I'd do it so that you can reverse it if you change your mind.

Florenceem

securityman wrote: »

What is the level floor finish? Carpet, tiles?
Our will you cover it once its filled?
I built Sunken door mat into my tiles by my front door because the door mat slides all over the place opening and closing the door.
How close is your door to the finished floor level?
Will you fit a door mat under it?

At the moment - carpet but that is coming up. Not sure what I am having down in the hall yet. The door has a slight step up so no problem with space for a mat. The filled in sunken bit will be covered by whatever flooring I decide to have.

shymanuk

the biggest thing to bear in mind is how deep the area you are filling is, and that the materials you choose to use are suitible for the job. if the area to be covered is to thin then in time what ever you put there will come away ...screed needs to be 20mm min to have any real chance of staying put. if not maybe latex would be the way to go , think they do some that will do4/5 mm layers . then can be topped off with a normal latex if required.

bleepandbooster

Make sure you lock the front door and let the concrete set ........ otherwise you may have a "mann's chinese theater" (Hollywood) thinghy going on :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Cofion
David