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Hi There, Newbie Question....
I am currently in the process of renovating my porch. While doing so I noticed that the concrete floor was moving. After some investigation work I decided to pull it up. It turned out that it was a concrete pad about 25mm thick sitting on the original concrete floor. This pad came up with some ease, but has unfortunately now left the porch floor somewhat lower than the hallway floor. My plan is to pour some self levelling concrete in to bring the floor level back up. I know i need to key the original pad I guess with PVA or a bonding solution of some sorts, but my question is, should there be a DPM put down first and the the concrete or can I put the DPM down afterwards before I lay flooring?
I will add that the house was built in the sixties and the porch used to be just a roof with a pole in one corner.
So I have no idea if it has a DPM under the original pad or not. My plan was to use one of those paint on DPM after I had relaid the floor?
Many Thanks
I am currently in the process of renovating my porch. While doing so I noticed that the concrete floor was moving. After some investigation work I decided to pull it up. It turned out that it was a concrete pad about 25mm thick sitting on the original concrete floor. This pad came up with some ease, but has unfortunately now left the porch floor somewhat lower than the hallway floor. My plan is to pour some self levelling concrete in to bring the floor level back up. I know i need to key the original pad I guess with PVA or a bonding solution of some sorts, but my question is, should there be a DPM put down first and the the concrete or can I put the DPM down afterwards before I lay flooring?
I will add that the house was built in the sixties and the porch used to be just a roof with a pole in one corner.
So I have no idea if it has a DPM under the original pad or not. My plan was to use one of those paint on DPM after I had relaid the floor?
Many Thanks