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Default Leveling a section of Cement Floor

Actually, if the area is only 1.5x2.5 ft, you could do it by hand, w/ lump
hammer and *good* chisel, w/ about 3 cases of beer.
Would also depend on how clean it peeled up. If you then had to go in
another 2-4" and repour, mebbe the demo hammer would still be best. Proly
about $40-50 to rent, $750 to buy--the Bosch.
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"Proctologically Violated©®" wrote in
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Well, actually, I was a little confused, too.

Two strategies, likely both requiring a demolition hammer. Or a hand
hammer and chisel, and about 35 cases of beer.
W/ a wide chisel bit, hold the hammer as parallel to the floor as is
practical, and see if you can't just chip off the high spots level to the
rest of the floor.
Iffin yer *real* lucky, this will work.

If not so lucky, take same demolition hammer w/ a long narrow chisel bit,
chip out the whole raised portion an inch or two below the surface of the
existing floor, and re-pour.
They sell a cupla types of cement, one for thin pours (I think 2" or
less), and the other for thicker sections. Others here would know more
about that part.
But the more you chip out, the more work you make, and the more cement
you'll have to use.

With *real real* luck, that ledge was poured after the floor, and might
chip up real clean.
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"Juggernaut" wrote in message
ups.com...

Goedjn wrote: " Do you feel like telling us what your objective is,
or should we just guess? "


Well smart ass - if you read the subject line you could have deduced
that i wanted to LEVEL the section of uneven floor.