wrath of the mother in law.

[jime17]

hi all, hopefully someone can help me to save me guessing and hoping for the best!

I'm going to lay tile loc on the mother in laws kitchen floor, but first I have to raise half of it to equal the highest point which is existing ceramic tiles.

I was going to use leveling compound to raise it the required 15-18mm or so.

Q1 - would I have to do that in a couple of goes to get that thickness?

and

Q2 - will it need weeks and weeks to dry or if i do it within a day or two, will it ruin the tile loc?

hope someone can help?

Jim.

 

[gcol]

I'd board it out or you'll be mixing SLC for ages.

 

[jime17]

its a concrete floor. would that make any difference? is it still acceptable to board it?

 

[gcol]

Forgive my drunken ramblings last night. I'm sure SLC will be fine. You'll have to read the instructions on the bag for what thickness you can apply it. It'll not take long to dry out, and you should be using a DPM under the tileloc anyway.

 

[jime17]

cheers gcol.

does the underlay that you buy in sheets serve as dpm or is it not waterproof?