My bathroom is very small – just 200cm by 140cm. The problem is, the floor slants down 5cm from one side to the other, along the 140cm side.
This image shows the slant:
http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/1148/bathroomad.jpg
There is no way I can get under there to repair the joists, so I want to ask what my other options are for levelling it out. I’ve read about self levelling compound, but most of those seem to be for small floor imperfections rather than slants that involve the whole floor. Wickes, however, has one called Deep Base Levelling Compound:
http://www.wickes.co.uk/Deep-Base-Levelling-Compound/invt/154050
Would this be suitable? Could I just put some floor paint on to the levelling compound and use that as a bathroom floor? Or, could I stick a sheet of plywood on top of the levelling compound and paint that?
If so, how would I apply it? Currently I have laminate planks on top of the floor boards. I was planning on removing the laminate planks and pouring the levelling compound directly onto the floorboards. Only thing is, there are gaps in the floorboards, so some of the compound will leak down under the floorboards and potentially get onto the water pipes underneath – disaster. So, I was thinking I could screw a sheet of plywood onto the floorboards to provide a base for the compound to be poured onto. What do you think?
As you can tell, I’m confused. Thanks in advance for advice.
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This image shows the slant:
http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/1148/bathroomad.jpg
There is no way I can get under there to repair the joists, so I want to ask what my other options are for levelling it out. I’ve read about self levelling compound, but most of those seem to be for small floor imperfections rather than slants that involve the whole floor. Wickes, however, has one called Deep Base Levelling Compound:
http://www.wickes.co.uk/Deep-Base-Levelling-Compound/invt/154050
Would this be suitable? Could I just put some floor paint on to the levelling compound and use that as a bathroom floor? Or, could I stick a sheet of plywood on top of the levelling compound and paint that?
If so, how would I apply it? Currently I have laminate planks on top of the floor boards. I was planning on removing the laminate planks and pouring the levelling compound directly onto the floorboards. Only thing is, there are gaps in the floorboards, so some of the compound will leak down under the floorboards and potentially get onto the water pipes underneath – disaster. So, I was thinking I could screw a sheet of plywood onto the floorboards to provide a base for the compound to be poured onto. What do you think?
As you can tell, I’m confused. Thanks in advance for advice.
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