Rub the covering to a void free finish with the float.
How to level an old screeded floor.
Even historic houses have saggy sloping floors.
Whether you want to refinish an uneven basement floor or replace or add new flooring on top of an existing concrete floor somewhere in your home you most likely will need to level the concrete floor.
In this video we show how to level the floor with the self leveling cement.
Level across the screeds using your spirit level or a straight edged piece of timber moving the mix around until it is absolutely level between your two screeds.
Leveling screed is a simple process for an experience concrete contractor.
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.
This option if faster as the consistency is lighter and easier to spread.
The screed is poured over the selected area over pipework if required and then smoothed with a wooden float to level it.
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For this project we used 27 bags of self leveling cement to cover 430sqft 40m2.
You can also select to use self leveling floor screeds.
Once you have two sections filled remove the batten between them and fill in the gap.
Floor screeds should be cured rather than just dried out quickly.
Old houses often have floors that are less than perfect.
Fill in any voids.
If you cannot screed the floor in one day install day joints at the edge of the screed.
Continue until you have screeded the whole floor.
Some homeowners when confronted with staggering bills for floor repairs come to terms with their floors.