Kitchen Floor

Sir_Tainly

Hi folks,

I had a new floor laid in my kitchen just before Christmas as part of an ongoing renovation. Now, despite the house being largely unoccupied the surface is cracking up (it's some sort of self leveling compound).

The surface also seems quite soft - you can easily score it with a knife, and the are large lump of aggregate sticking out.

I'm assuming I've been given a poor job - if I want to have tiles laid on this floor, will I need to get it redone, or can it fixed?

TIA

new_owner

New floor laid or self level compound put down ready for a new floor?

Davesnave

Self levelling compound can be bulked out with coarse sand or Cornish grit in order to go deeper than the usual few 10-20 mm max, but it's not normally used with full sized aggregate.

If it is laid too thickly without bulking material, it can crack, but it should go off hard.

Sounds as if it's a poor job. If it's easily lifted, then it will need to come up and be re-done.