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william hughes
Hi there,
My first post! I've been following the forum a while at a distance! a great resource
Im renovating my bathroom (2mx2m floor) and I've got a question about SLC. The entire first floor of the house isn't level, it dips into the middle of the house and in the bathroom this means there is a 1" difference in level between the floor at entrance and the floor at the far end.
I ripped up the old floor boards as they were cut up loads from previous work, checked the joists (8x2s at 14" centres) were solid and intact before screwing down 1" marine ply at 150mm centres with an expansion gap around the edge and at the butt joint. It seems solid and its pretty flat.
My plan is to pour SLC over the ply to level the floor out (creating a wedge of SLC) before then overlaying with 6mm no more ply. This is so that the floor and walls are square where the shower tray will be, meaning the glass surround will be easier to install.
Ive currently got one coat of 1:1 dilute SBR on the marine ply and now feeling unsure as to whether that was the right choice of primer and what SLC to use! I was going to use mapai renovation SLC but noticed the recommended primer is a 2 part resin based one.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Im worried about the SLC cracking and crumbling and allowing the boards to move. The tiles will be marble mosaic on the floor, so should i be using a decoupler as well?
My first post! I've been following the forum a while at a distance! a great resource
Im renovating my bathroom (2mx2m floor) and I've got a question about SLC. The entire first floor of the house isn't level, it dips into the middle of the house and in the bathroom this means there is a 1" difference in level between the floor at entrance and the floor at the far end.
I ripped up the old floor boards as they were cut up loads from previous work, checked the joists (8x2s at 14" centres) were solid and intact before screwing down 1" marine ply at 150mm centres with an expansion gap around the edge and at the butt joint. It seems solid and its pretty flat.
My plan is to pour SLC over the ply to level the floor out (creating a wedge of SLC) before then overlaying with 6mm no more ply. This is so that the floor and walls are square where the shower tray will be, meaning the glass surround will be easier to install.
Ive currently got one coat of 1:1 dilute SBR on the marine ply and now feeling unsure as to whether that was the right choice of primer and what SLC to use! I was going to use mapai renovation SLC but noticed the recommended primer is a 2 part resin based one.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Im worried about the SLC cracking and crumbling and allowing the boards to move. The tiles will be marble mosaic on the floor, so should i be using a decoupler as well?
