Please help me not mess up my self-leveling concrete a…
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Please help me not mess up my self-leveling concrete a second time!
I'm trying to level out the concrete floor in my shed so I can eventually use it as a workshop. The floor I started with was neither level nor flat (of course): lots of little divots and valleys that made measuring every localized low point very difficult.
Well I went in unprepared to my first attempt self-leveling and paid the price. I ended up grinding down the terrible spots but I'm back to square 0. On average from the highest spot, most of the floor needs to be raised about \~.25", but the lowest corner is down a whole \~.5", with the highest spot right in the center of the room. It's basically like a big hill in there right now. Luckily, there's no plumbing or anything else in the floor to worry about concrete getting into.
This time I watched a couple more YouTube videos, and have the following prepared:
* 20" spike roller with 13mm spikes
* Spike cleats
* 4 gallon bucket for water transport
* Will be renting an electric concrete mixer from Home Depot
* 1 bottle of adhesive primer to bond with the existing concrete
* 11 bags of self leveling compound
* Laser level
* 2 ft level/measuring stick
My plan is to basically mix all the concrete as (reasonably) fast as possible, pour it in the center of the floor and screed it out from there. Does this sound reasonable? Am I missing anything? Please help save me from myself and needing to grind this floor again.
#diy
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I'm trying to level out the concrete floor in my shed so I can eventually use it as a workshop. The floor I started with was neither level nor flat (of course): lots of little divots and valleys that made measuring every localized low point very difficult.
Well I went in unprepared to my first attempt self-leveling and paid the price. I ended up grinding down the terrible spots but I'm back to square 0. On average from the highest spot, most of the floor needs to be raised about \~.25", but the lowest corner is down a whole \~.5", with the highest spot right in the center of the room. It's basically like a big hill in there right now. Luckily, there's no plumbing or anything else in the floor to worry about concrete getting into.
This time I watched a couple more YouTube videos, and have the following prepared:
* 20" spike roller with 13mm spikes
* Spike cleats
* 4 gallon bucket for water transport
* Will be renting an electric concrete mixer from Home Depot
* 1 bottle of adhesive primer to bond with the existing concrete
* 11 bags of self leveling compound
* Laser level
* 2 ft level/measuring stick
My plan is to basically mix all the concrete as (reasonably) fast as possible, pour it in the center of the floor and screed it out from there. Does this sound reasonable? Am I missing anything? Please help save me from myself and needing to grind this floor again.
#diy
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