Pulling the carpet up in the front room has exposed the prior arrangement of the front of the house, in that the largeish front room (5x3m) acutally consisted of a smaller room flanked by a pair of passageways. One of these passageways has a noticable difference in height, which has been 'blended' to the other floor level over where the dividing wall once was.
The result of this is a 'relatively' flat high zone at one end, with a noticeable short ramp or step between it and the rest of the floor - about the thickness of a single course wall.
I estimated with a measure from the ceiling (not the most accurate, I know) that the difference in height across the whole room is anything up to 40-50mm, also allowing for any variation in floor height within an 'old' room.
To add to the fun the floor is covered in old vinyl tiles, the ones on the higher section a different style and better stuck down.
I want the floor level, or at least flat with no ripples, steps, ramp etc.
I'm concerned that just throwing self-levelling compound down will end up with it inches thick at the deep end and making the level between front and the back of the house noticably different. (the doorway through is at the 'deep' end, and the wife wants to keep it 'open plan').
I'm also a little adversed to digging/chiseling out the raised area, given the additional noise, mess, time, expense and disruption that it'll entail.
Has anyone got any suggestions? I can probably follow up with photos later to help illustrate. The house is a late 60's ex-authority end terrace.
The result of this is a 'relatively' flat high zone at one end, with a noticeable short ramp or step between it and the rest of the floor - about the thickness of a single course wall.
I estimated with a measure from the ceiling (not the most accurate, I know) that the difference in height across the whole room is anything up to 40-50mm, also allowing for any variation in floor height within an 'old' room.
To add to the fun the floor is covered in old vinyl tiles, the ones on the higher section a different style and better stuck down.
I want the floor level, or at least flat with no ripples, steps, ramp etc.
I'm concerned that just throwing self-levelling compound down will end up with it inches thick at the deep end and making the level between front and the back of the house noticably different. (the doorway through is at the 'deep' end, and the wife wants to keep it 'open plan').
I'm also a little adversed to digging/chiseling out the raised area, given the additional noise, mess, time, expense and disruption that it'll entail.
Has anyone got any suggestions? I can probably follow up with photos later to help illustrate. The house is a late 60's ex-authority end terrace.
