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Hi, I have purchased an old building and am converting it into a dance studio for my partner, Im a mechanic but getting help from my father who has had a fair bit of experience building and renovating.
The floor to be installed is hardwood installed on-top of foam backed batons.'Sprung dance flooring'
The area that the floor is to be installed in has 2 decent cracks, 1 looks like it has not moved in a long time (Still has level compound or adhesive in the crack from previous floor)
The other crack looks to be newer, or still moving - i think this is the result of one of the tie beams in ceiling being broken which will be repaired.
Is there anything i can do to secure these cracks and stop future movement?
I have excavated part of the slab for plumbing and it appears to be ~50mm slab ontop of another thicker ~100mm slab. Neither have reo in them.
One suggestion has been to rip out the slab and start again, but i just don't have the money or time for this option.
The area will also need to be leveled, (maybe upto 40mm in some spots) sand cement mix was suggested for this, Would self leveler be better? It is a large area tho so it could get quite expensive?
The flooring to be installed is quite expensive so we fear damaging it if the concrete subfloor does continue to move,
Any advice would be appreciated
The floor to be installed is hardwood installed on-top of foam backed batons.'Sprung dance flooring'
The area that the floor is to be installed in has 2 decent cracks, 1 looks like it has not moved in a long time (Still has level compound or adhesive in the crack from previous floor)
The other crack looks to be newer, or still moving - i think this is the result of one of the tie beams in ceiling being broken which will be repaired.
Is there anything i can do to secure these cracks and stop future movement?
I have excavated part of the slab for plumbing and it appears to be ~50mm slab ontop of another thicker ~100mm slab. Neither have reo in them.
One suggestion has been to rip out the slab and start again, but i just don't have the money or time for this option.
The area will also need to be leveled, (maybe upto 40mm in some spots) sand cement mix was suggested for this, Would self leveler be better? It is a large area tho so it could get quite expensive?
The flooring to be installed is quite expensive so we fear damaging it if the concrete subfloor does continue to move,
Any advice would be appreciated