How To Lay Tile Flooring On Unlevel Concrete

The floor consisted of 2 chip boarded areas and one concrete area.

How to lay tile flooring on unlevel concrete.

My basement of about 600 square feet had vinyl tiles and carpet. If a tile floor is laid on a subfloor that isn t perfectly level however the tiles can develop cracks. Geekstreet diy levelling this is my first attempt at levelling an uneven kitchen floor. The basement is a rental unit.

And here is the tile floor after everything was done. Some of slopes are about 2 3 inches deep. I will stay within the lines that we drew on the floor in tips 1 and 2. Floating floors are a less expensive option when dealing with uneven surfaces.

I think laying this floor ourselves cost us around 800 so it didn t take too much to do it ourselves. Follow up with a detergent like tri sodium phosphate tsp. A floating floor is the best option when structural and subfloor imperfections are part of your floor selection equation. I ripped everything out to install porcelain tiles.

Prepare your floor properly for a long lasting tile installation. Install tile on uneven concrete floors prep. However the concrete floor is uneven and wavy. Because concrete floor surfaces frequently have small dips and hills they must be leveled.

If it is not level you will want to purchase self leveling underlayment to create an even surface. Step 1 clean the surface of the concrete with a vacuum. Select a batch of adhesive again there are multiple variants suited for ceramics porcelain concrete underfloor heating etc. Pour water into a bucket around of the way up then add the powder aiming for twice as much as the water volume.

Make sure the area is well ventilated when you use this strong chemical cleaner step 2 check the levels on the floor to determine if the concrete is level. View step by step instructions. The tile must be placed on a rigid level structurally sound surface that is clean dry and free of contaminants that could prevent a good bond. Here is a picture of the floor after the grout was wiped away from the tile floor.

I will then pull my trowel across the floor trying to leave nice even tracks.