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A long story short..

I'm putting down laminate flooring across a living and dining room. The
transition from the living room to the dining room there is a
difference in height from about 1/8" in some areas to 1/4" in others.

I decided after talking to several people that using Portland-based
cement self-leveling underlayment may be the best approach to this.
However after starting I realized my skills were not the greatest at
this and now I am regretting this as the end results aren't the
greatest.

After thinking some more, I think the best corse of action for someone
of my skill level would be to attempt to remove the underlayment, run
the laminate to the transition and then place a transition piece down,
thus seperating the living from the dining room. While not the most
aesthetically appealing, it'd be able to do the purpose.

So now I'm asking, if there is even a way to remove the cement based
self-leveling underlayment without damaging the plywood that is my
base.

Thank you in advance.


I had the same problem. Smart ass comments aside, that stuff's a pain to
put down. I mixed it as the bag stated, spread it out as the bag stated,
etc... what I got was a total mess. The stuff sets up so darn fast that it
doesn't allow itself time to "self level". Now, I live in a very dry part
of the country so maybe that was my problem. In any case, I was able to
apply it again in a different room with a little better results but I added
more water than they recommended. Anyway, there's really no easy way to
remove it. Can you float another coat over it to give you what you want?
If not, I ended up chipping it out using an air scraper
(http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...mnumber=37073).
It worked pretty well but created a ton of dust. I was taking it off
concrete so you may have better luck given it's over ply. If it's still
pretty green, you can even go at it with a hand scraper. It took awhile
but ultimately I got it all off. Good luck with it!