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Concrete Leveling
Here's a short video that help you understand how concrete leveling is done and why it's so important. After you watch the concrete leveling video, call me at 602-550-8818, and I'll be glad to answer your questions or set up an on-site visit to discuss how to prepare your sub floor. Why do you need concrete leveling? It’s important anytime you install any type of flooring. When your concrete floor is level, you can be sure that your new flooring will look its best. It’s also an important step from a financial standpoint because most manufacturer warranties are voided if the installation is done over uneven concrete. Here are some of the problems can be remedied with concrete leveling:
It's a shame that more care is not taken when the slab is poured during building construction. Better quality control at that stage could eliminate the need for many floor preparation costs. After the foundation has been poured and finished, the only way to remedy an uneven surface is with concrete grinding on the high spots or concrete leveling to fill in the low spots. Often, both methods are needed to make a floor flat.
Before we apply leveler, we always "scarify" or roughen the surface of the floor where the leveler will be applied. This is because primers don’t bind effectively if old coatings or adhesives are still on the floor. Special tools and equipment are needed to prepare the old concrete before applying the leveler, and most do-it-yourselfers don't have the right equipment. Entire sections of leveler can peel away like a pancake if the sub floor is not properly prepared! With concrete leveler, you have one chance to get it right… if you don’t, everything else will fail. If you haven't already, please watch the video above to see a demonstration. You may also be interested in these other subjects:
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"Self-leveling underlayments" sound
great, but they are only self-leveling if applied properly, and that
takes skill. This picture shows how the leveler was applied and an
aluminum screed was used to control its depth. Without the screed, it
would be very easy to over pour the concrete leveler and create a hump.
Because dried concrete leveler is more than four times as hard as
concrete, a hump would be very difficult to grind down. The concrete
leveler is expensive too, and can make for a costly mistake if it is not
applied correctly.
