Contents
- 1 Begin floor leveling
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2 Floor leveling video
- 2.1 New technology for installing floor leveling beacons
- 2.2 Tips for leveling the floor with a screed
How to level the concrete floor to lighthouses with a video example.
To level the concrete floor, it is necessary to make a screed. Before this, the surface is cleaned of paint and oil stains, dust, remove the exfoliated pieces of concrete. If there are cracks or holes, they must be carefully sealed. After that, they begin to mark the level of the future sex. The site self-repair apartment prepared a good instruction.
Begin Floor Leveling
Markup can be done using a conventional, laser or water level. The water level operates on the principle of communicating vessels. For markup with the help of this tool you will need a partner. One sets the flask in one of the corners of the room and makes a mark on the wall, and the second, moving around the perimeter of the room with the second bulb, makes markings on all the other walls. In order to obtain a high-quality and durable floor, the thickness of the coating should be at least 30 mm.
Then the surface should be primed, this increases the adhesion of the surface to the future screed. The primer also acts as a waterproofing. After the primer dries, the guide rails are installed on the floor. They are exposed along the room across the entire area of the room. As guides you can use edging boards or timber, as well as pipes. It is most convenient to use the profile for drywall. The first guide must be 20 mm to 30 mm from the wall. All the following - at a distance of 1100 mm from each other. The top of the guides must match the markings on the wall. Light beams are installed on a thick solution. After installation, it is better to check the horizontal level in all directions once more. We let the beacons dry, and we begin work on leveling the floor.
The alignment of the concrete floor along the lighthouses should start from the far corner of the room. The mixed solution is poured onto the floor, then the rule is leveled. All cavities and cracks should be carefully filled. Aligning the solution over the surface, the rule should move along two parallel guides. Align the first batch of the solution, fill the second and level. Aligning the first and subsequent batches of the solution, it is necessary to make sure that a convex joint does not form because of the different consistency of the solution. So the entire prepared surface is poured.
The new floor should be allowed to dry until it can be walked on without damaging it. All the guides need to be removed, and the voids that have formed are filled with a solution and leveled. Fully flooded on the lighthouses floor, dries from 10 to 30 days.
If the differences in height do not exceed 1.5 cm, then it is more advisable to fill the floor with a self-leveling mixture.
