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Thx foxhole - if I go:- 1) 18mm ply - do I just screw it to the concrete 2) 18mm SLC - can you use SLC up to a depth of 18mm without cracking? N.B I've checked the level of the floor, one half of the concrete floor is 18mm out, the other half is 9mm out, obviously there is a gradual...

Hi, I have scratched my head over this problem many many times. I have had somebody in to help, but now it doesn't seem sturdy enough and I want to start again. I want it to last!!!! We have had an extension to the lounge. The "new" concrete floor is 18mm or there abouts, lower than the...

Builders built the shell, I'm doing the internal stuff - electrics, plumbing, dot & dabbing!!!! All in the name of trying to save money!! Thats what I thought, the builders surely should have levelled the floor, unless they regarded that as "internal"!! I certainly regard it as part of the...

Thanks jobandknock for taking an interest and quick reply - I've been told by the building regs guy that you can get levelling compound for under 3mm or over 50mm - but I thought levelling compound was to level a surface not raise it?

Hi, we have had an extension which has increased the size of the lounge. We now have two different floors in the lounge, one half made up of the new extension with a concrete floor and the other half made up from the original lounge with the old wooden floor. Problem is, the new concrete floor...