Hi All

Solved the problem of my 5' x 4' porch floor that dropped by an inch over
the length. To big a drop for a standard levelling compound.

Found a self levelling floor compound at a local tile supplier that will
easily take a 40mm difference. The manufacturers don't claim as much, but
the tile shop had a display sample over 50mm thick.

Comes as a 25kg bag and a 5 litre of latex solution.

Consistency of single cream, levelled the area with minimal towelling, set
as smooth as a babies bottom in a couple of hours.

Highly recommended - works on wood floors as well;
http://www.instarmac.co.uk/productdetail.asp?id=30

Bloody good stuff, I will use it again.


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Dave
The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257

The Medway Handyman wrote:

Found a self levelling floor compound at a local tile supplier that will
easily take a 40mm difference. The manufacturers don't claim as much, but
the tile shop had a display sample over 50mm thick.

Comes as a 25kg bag and a 5 litre of latex solution.

How much was that? I used one like this many years ago, but the price
was rather steep at about £25 / bag.

Bloody good stuff, I will use it again.

I have used the Wickes "latex" leveling compound recently[1] a couple of
times. It was about £14/bag IIRC. It mixes with water rather than latex
liquid but seems to go on and behave in a very similar way. They also
say in the instructions that if you want to level in thick sections then
you can mix it with sharp sand for the initial screeding to get the
level mostly right, and then do a second coat with an ordinary water
only mix.

[1] not tried the cheaper non latex levelling compound they do, so don't
know how much worse (if any) that is.

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Cheers,

John.

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John Rumm wrote:
The Medway Handyman wrote:

Found a self levelling floor compound at a local tile supplier that
will easily take a 40mm difference. The manufacturers don't claim
as much, but the tile shop had a display sample over 50mm thick.

Comes as a 25kg bag and a 5 litre of latex solution.

How much was that? I used one like this many years ago, but the price
was rather steep at about £25 / bag.

About £16 the lot.


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Dave
The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257