On 30 Sep, 14:38, "George" wrote:
"stuart noble" wrote in message

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George wrote:
"Painters10" wrote in message
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I've started laying my tile effect laminate and so far it's gone OK,
but I am now next to a rather awkward doorbar and I wondered what
other people might do.

Basically we knocked 3 rooms into one and had to screed some floors
areas to bring up the levels and flatten them. However the doorway I
now need to put flooring up to is right at the end of the screed, and
so there is a big level change on the existing door bar.

Here's a pictu
http://img220.imageshack.us/my.php?image=doorbarhs2.jpg

Any problem laying down a screed of SLC or sand&cement? for that area or
a sheet of wood to pack it out level.

Wish I had that problem rather than one sq metre corner of living room
being higher than the rest,its just not feasible to lay another SLC down
on the floor for one sq metre so I'll have to thin of a way of digging it
out?

IME drilling a series of holes to a certain depth is better than attacking
it with an sds chisel. Tedious, but then it usually chops out neatly with
a bolster and club hammer.

How good realy are those SDS drills at taking a few mm of concrete off the
floor? don't have one but willing to buy one if they work well without
breaking up the solid lower core.

What you need to do is drill some holes or more effective, use a
diamond disk to cut some slots to a certain depth. Once you get an
area down to the required depth, you can use the SDS chisel "sideways"
to remove the waste, or just a bolster may do. The trick is to use the
chisel "sideways" so you do not damage the concrete lower down.
You can also use a "point" chisel or the edge of a flat blade to dig
into the concrete. Just don't go full blast directly downwards !
Simon.