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.
Self leveling basement floor compound.
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.
Akona self leveling floor underlayment cement is another water based powder mix for use over plywood and concrete.
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.
For this project we used 27 bags of self leveling cement to cover 430sqft 40m2.
Use expansion tape to lay a perimeter around the basement floor.
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.
It may also be called self leveling concrete self leveling floor resurfacer or self leveling underlayment.
The compound is spread across a hard concrete floor and leveled with a trowel or roller.
This tape is helpful both at leveling the compound in the next step and at strengthening the new surface of the floor.
It doesn t require primer.
The resulting floor is level for applying new flooring on top.
If you plan on leveling a concrete floor you can do so with relative ease by using a leveling compound.
The compound fills in the concrete dips and covers the bumps.
This akona floor leveling compound is available at mennards for about 35 per 50lb bag.
5 cm thick in one pour and seeks its own level in minutes.
Step 4 mix and pour the self leveling material.
The cost is about 11 for 3 5lbs at amazon and.
It spreads across uneven slabs filling in low spots as it creates a new level surface.
In this video we show how to level the floor with the self leveling cement.
This quick setting underlayment can be applied to 2 in.