Hi
I could do with some advice about flooring, please. Mainly how to do the self levelling compound....
I'm hoping to get our kitchen/family room floor done this week.
It's a pretty big area, about 36m2 of exposed floor space including utility room.
My plan is to prime the concrete/screeded floor then put insulation boards down with tile adhesive.
When that's done I've got electric heating mats to lay out.
I'm pretty confident I know what I'm doing up to this point...
But before tiling, I was planning on encapsulated the heating mats with self levelling compound - which is the bit I'm unsure of....
1. What's best to use as barriers to stop the liquid running through doorways and under the kitchen units. (I am now kinda regretting not doing the floor before the units, but hey ho!)
I've seen a few videos of folk using foam edging strips, but that seems to be more of a US thing?
I can't seem to find anywhere that supplies anything like that over here?
I'm only after about a 5mm depth.
Any suggestions?
2. I've got 13 bags of 'Ultra Floor level it 2' SLC which is workable for 20-30mins and needs at least 2mins mixing per unit. If I try and do it all at once that's at least 26mins mixing!
Do I need to buy 13 buckets and try and mix them simultaneously as best I can then slap it all down together?
Or can I do it in sections somehow without leaving steps between adjacent areas??
Sorry about the ultra long post!!
Many thanks
I could do with some advice about flooring, please. Mainly how to do the self levelling compound....
I'm hoping to get our kitchen/family room floor done this week.
It's a pretty big area, about 36m2 of exposed floor space including utility room.
My plan is to prime the concrete/screeded floor then put insulation boards down with tile adhesive.
When that's done I've got electric heating mats to lay out.
I'm pretty confident I know what I'm doing up to this point...
But before tiling, I was planning on encapsulated the heating mats with self levelling compound - which is the bit I'm unsure of....
1. What's best to use as barriers to stop the liquid running through doorways and under the kitchen units. (I am now kinda regretting not doing the floor before the units, but hey ho!)
I've seen a few videos of folk using foam edging strips, but that seems to be more of a US thing?
I can't seem to find anywhere that supplies anything like that over here?
I'm only after about a 5mm depth.
Any suggestions?
2. I've got 13 bags of 'Ultra Floor level it 2' SLC which is workable for 20-30mins and needs at least 2mins mixing per unit. If I try and do it all at once that's at least 26mins mixing!
Do I need to buy 13 buckets and try and mix them simultaneously as best I can then slap it all down together?
Or can I do it in sections somehow without leaving steps between adjacent areas??
Sorry about the ultra long post!!
Many thanks