yes and over the plywood. You should end up with a gentle slope from the door going into the room by about a meter or so.
Need a solution to this floor issue I have please
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Now thats sorted I just realised another slight problem,
Since the ply we are going to lay out on top is not going to be put all the way across in order to build upto the step height I was wondering how we are going to eliminate the edge of the new ply pieces which will result in the middle?
Since the ply we are going to lay out on top is not going to be put all the way across in order to build upto the step height I was wondering how we are going to eliminate the edge of the new ply pieces which will result in the middle?
forget where i said use semi circle shaped plywood. Lets start again using picture one!
1 - fill in missing plywood up to but not touching step ( 5mm short )
2- Epoxy dpm your step if damp problem or bridged dpc etc. (i will take a wild guess that it may not even have one if more than 6" deep)
3- next cut another piece of plywood to cover the top of the other plywood starting at the step and running into the room by 1.50 meter and touching from wall to wall.
4- now do the same as '3' but finish this bit 50cm short ( aprox 1m from the stone step. )
5- Do this for a 3rd time ( 50cm from step) you will end up with what looks like a very small staircase untill when you put a level from the high point on the step it just about touches each piece of plywood at the finished edge, so you have a slope basically from the high point to the first piece of plywood laid.
6- buy some repair mortar and trowel across all the joints, so it becomes one ramp and fill in the step. ( should be about 1mm deep on the right hand side and maybe 18mm deep on the left side)
7- Now do a full leveling screed across the whole lot with a FIBRE BONDED compound. It should come out perfect , just a slope over about 2 meters so will be almost invisible.
1 - fill in missing plywood up to but not touching step ( 5mm short )
2- Epoxy dpm your step if damp problem or bridged dpc etc. (i will take a wild guess that it may not even have one if more than 6" deep)
3- next cut another piece of plywood to cover the top of the other plywood starting at the step and running into the room by 1.50 meter and touching from wall to wall.
4- now do the same as '3' but finish this bit 50cm short ( aprox 1m from the stone step. )
5- Do this for a 3rd time ( 50cm from step) you will end up with what looks like a very small staircase untill when you put a level from the high point on the step it just about touches each piece of plywood at the finished edge, so you have a slope basically from the high point to the first piece of plywood laid.
6- buy some repair mortar and trowel across all the joints, so it becomes one ramp and fill in the step. ( should be about 1mm deep on the right hand side and maybe 18mm deep on the left side)
7- Now do a full leveling screed across the whole lot with a FIBRE BONDED compound. It should come out perfect , just a slope over about 2 meters so will be almost invisible.
Argh lol, maybe its just me but im going back to an older problem with doing it from wall to wall. Would the side i.e. right hand side that is already currently higher than the step end up not being too high if go from wall to wall. Since it is already higher it will just add up, or shall i not worry about that?
your highest point should only end up about 2-3mm higher at the finish. But this should be equal across the step.
but from what i work out the side where the step is currently higher will eventually end up at the same level as the floor since the ply will build up to the same level however where the step is lower will end up being even more lower once we finish with the ply
you are going to fill the step with mortar so that it is level to all the plywood.
right so we are basically raising the whole front end of the floor up until the highest point of the step and then leveling the step by filling it with repair mortar, have I got this correct?
Furthermore I do i use the same repair mortar to even out the steps into more of a ramp or do i use the smoothing compound?
Furthermore I do i use the same repair mortar to even out the steps into more of a ramp or do i use the smoothing compound?
yes this is correct, and yes use the same repair mortar to to put the ramps between the plywoods ( so smooth and not a 6mm jump between the boards) And then the fibre bonded smoothing compound over the whole lot when all the mortar has dried. Dont forget to prime every thing between compounds.
Excellent, just a few tinkle questions.
Firstly does the repair motar need to cover from the step to the furthest ply board (edge of the first 1.5m ply panel) or does it just need to fill the gap on the step edges of the ply pieces?
Alos once everything is done i.e. smoothing compound and all, from the the step to the ply panels would it all be covered in one or would the step be covered seperately?
Finally can you recommend me any specific products for repair mortar, smoothing compound and relevant primer
cheers
Firstly does the repair motar need to cover from the step to the furthest ply board (edge of the first 1.5m ply panel) or does it just need to fill the gap on the step edges of the ply pieces?
Alos once everything is done i.e. smoothing compound and all, from the the step to the ply panels would it all be covered in one or would the step be covered seperately?
Finally can you recommend me any specific products for repair mortar, smoothing compound and relevant primer
cheers
the mortar needs to cover the lip on every board of ply, to get the best finish the better the slope you make the better the finish. The smoothing compound will cover every thing at the end. As for products i cant really tell you which ones you have to buy on here so you need to work that out for yourself, but i use a primer called 131, mortar is repair mortar, and fibre bonded smoothing compound. Google FBALL and look around there website for ideas. 
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