un even floor

[sranners]

Hi all. most of my work is done in cottages and village housing, the floors are bad, really bad, iv used lots of methods but am looking for any more just incase im missing somthing, im more interested in upstair floors.

cheers every one.

p.s sorry about the spelling.

[Aztectiler]

Always use a SLC on uneven concrete floors, if it's a timber floor thats uneven then I have shimmed and wedged a ply over board. The one thing you must remember is to always maintain a good solid floor.

[365drills]

What methods have you used to-date yourself ?

[faithhealer]

and what tiles are you usually asked to lay scranners.
don't worry about spelling, us peoples in glass houses etc

[P'boro tiler]

you can get slc for timber floors like mapei fibreplan i think its called

[luckyman]

what slc do you guys use. Is b&q owns any good

[whitebeam]

B&Q

Mapei eco is good

[sranners]

i use slc on concrete but upstairs i put down a hardy backer with addy if its bad or screw it if its floor boards, been thinking about ripping up and leveling joists then laying ply.

is there a tool to level a load of beems to the same hight??????

planner!!!

[Leatherface]

Three words
SELF LEVELLING COMPOUND

Not B & Q, there are many makes suitable for concrete and wood and some will self level up to 50mm in one pour without the need for chippings, flexible as well, suitable for under floor heating

[luckyman]

im only putting it down to about 3mm thick at the most on top of a old concrete floor, what othe slc do you recommend that doesnt cost the earth

[whitebeam]

Joking apart B&Q do sika slc at about £4 a bag but I have never used it, they are a major company on their materials

[Dave Ramsden]

granzix do a SLC called SOLO. I used it once and it seemed fine, I used it again about a month ago then went back to tile the floor last week and it seriously had set like concrete... Not bad for a tenner a bag!

[R Montgomery]

Three words
SELF LEVELLING COMPOUND

Not B & Q, there are many makes suitable for concrete and wood and some will self level up to 50mm in one pour without the need for chippings, flexible as well, suitable for under floor heating

I agree with Leatherface,three words,SAND,CEMENT SCREED.

[sranners]

I would love to be able to put in a sand and sement screed but i dont think the joists in these old cottages i was talking about would take the extra wait, has any one used the schluter gear?

[cornish_crofter]

Arguably, the floor only has to be straight. Not horzontal, so in a lot of these old cattages with interesting timber floors I would ask 2 questions.

1) Are they really suitable for tiles in the first place?

2) Do you want to take the character out of a house by making the floors completely straight?

When I have renovated these places I have tended to use tiles on solid floors only. Timber floors get lino, carpet, lamitate or sanded down and sealed.

Having said that I can understand why an owner of one of these houses my want tiles upstairs. To that end I think it's a matter of striking a balance between the flatness you would ideally like and how far you need to go to get it bearing in mind the character of the property and the amount of work you would need to do.

[sranners]

the job im on at the mo is in a old hause that used to be a school hall, it has a mezanine floor up stairs ( hope you can understand the spelling) the bathroom were fitting is as of a very victorian design with stand alone bath and all that, tung & groove on walls, looks fab but not my tast,
i dont think it takes anything away from the house. If the customer lives in a old house and wants tiles then tiles they will get, i cant aford to turn down work.

i think your wight about striking a balance, i would just like a flat floor to work with, then i dont get it in the ear when i tell them iv used 3 extra bags of addy.

cheers for the reply.