Self Leveling Basement Floor Compound

Akona self leveling floor underlayment cement is another water based powder mix for use over plywood and concrete.

Self leveling basement floor compound.

The compound fills in the concrete dips and covers the bumps. 5 cm thick in one pour and seeks its own level in minutes. Levellite self leveling underlayment helps level floors prior to levellite self leveling underlayment helps level floors prior to the installation of ceramic tile natural stone resilient flooring carpet wood and other floor coverings. Self leveling compounds are cement based powdered mixtures that a worker prepares before application.

Rutland floor level is a floor leveling compound in a premixed tub. Use expansion tape to lay a perimeter around the basement floor. For this project we used 27 bags of self leveling cement to cover 430sqft 40m2. The tape should lie at the edges of the concrete floor where the ground meets the wall at a right angle.

This akona floor leveling compound is available at mennards for about 35 per 50lb bag. The cost is about 11 for 3 5lbs at amazon and. It doesn t require primer. This tape is helpful both at leveling the compound in the next step and at strengthening the new surface of the floor.

Either way make sure you get regular self levelling cement. This quick setting underlayment can be applied to 2 in. If an engineer found no structural issues you may be able to level the floor by applying a cement based self leveling floor product such as henry level. In this video we show how to level the floor with the self leveling cement.

The resulting floor is level for applying new flooring on top. A self levelling cement can give you that smooth straight surface you need but i would first get an engineer to come in and check the load on the floor structure below it to make sure it can. Quick dry lets you walk on it within 6 hours but you have a much shorter working time and for an amateur it s better to have as much working time with the product as possible. It spreads across uneven slabs filling in low spots as it creates a new level surface.

Step 4 mix and pour the self leveling material.