Hi

i need help with buildind a small 2" tall slope on a tile floor from
the bedroom to the toilet

can i lay the cement without damaging the floor tiles as planning to
move out.

the mix i using is cement, sand, pea gravel ratio 1:1:1

should i be using 1:2 l parts cement, pea gravel only
or
1:2 cement sand

which is the strongest.

have intention to place wires inside to strengthen it

this is my first time with opc, all help is appreciated

thanks

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Hi

i need help with buildind a small 2" tall slope on a tile floor from
the bedroom to the toilet

can i lay the cement without damaging the floor tiles as planning to
move out.

If you are planning to move out, I would have thought making a wooden ramp
would be preferable - it doesn't have to be clever so should be quite easy
to make. Small volumes of concrete are nearly always a disaster as they dry
out too quick and have no strength.


--
Bob Mannix
(anti-spam is as easy as 1-2-3 - not)

If you really want to proceed with the cement option cast it on a sheet of polythene so it does not bond to the slab. Use sharp sand, but you will have trouble feathering it out to nothing with out it cracking and spalling away, especially with the wheelchair going back and forth. I'd go for timber.

Bob Mannix wrote:
wrote in message
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Hi

i need help with buildind a small 2" tall slope on a tile floor from
the bedroom to the toilet

can i lay the cement without damaging the floor tiles as planning to
move out.

If you are planning to move out, I would have thought making a wooden
ramp would be preferable - it doesn't have to be clever so should be
quite easy to make. Small volumes of concrete are nearly always a
disaster as they dry out too quick and have no strength.

Seconded, a wooden ramp is better by far if moving out.

--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

wrote:
Hi

i need help with buildind a small 2" tall slope on a tile floor from
the bedroom to the toilet

can i lay the cement without damaging the floor tiles as planning to
move out.

the mix i using is cement, sand, pea gravel ratio 1:1:1

should i be using 1:2 l parts cement, pea gravel only
or
1:2 cement sand

which is the strongest.

have intention to place wires inside to strengthen it

this is my first time with opc, all help is appreciated

thanks

A wood ramp would be very much better. If for some reason you use
cement, 3:1 sand:cement by volume is the strongest ratio, and making it
as dry as you can work with maximises strngth. Mixing in 1% chopped
plastic fibres would be necessary to give it a reasonable chance of
surviving, and I'd lay it on polythene to avoid it cementing itself to
your tiles. ITs wieght should keep it in place. But if poss, use wood.


NT

wrote:
Hi

i need help with buildind a small 2" tall slope on a tile floor from
the bedroom to the toilet

can i lay the cement without damaging the floor tiles as planning to
move out.

the mix i using is cement, sand, pea gravel ratio 1:1:1

Forget the gravel, just use sand/cement.


should i be using 1:2 l parts cement, pea gravel only
or
1:2 cement sand

which is the strongest.


It doesn't matter what the strength is, you won't break it by walking or
using a wheelchair over it


have intention to place wires inside to strengthen it

not needed.


this is my first time with opc, all help is appreciated

thanks

use timber instead.