Floor Levelling
Floor Levelling Across Melbourne
You’re probably used to seeing concrete flooring in places like your home and business, at least on the first level. Even though your concrete floors seem level, you may have found that they are in fact uneven and need repair. This is where JA Floors come in; we can fix the issue of concrete floors that aren’t quite level.
The best course of action is to have a concrete floor installed by an expert, like us. Otherwise, substandard craftsmanship might lead to unevenness in your concrete floor. It is possible that unevenness and inaccuracies may result from the problems of carrying and putting wet, heavy concrete, which even specialists find difficult to do.
In addition to poor craftsmanship, floors can become uneven over time because of a number of circumstances, including concrete cracking and humidity. Other variables, such as soil erosion, can also be at play. Regardless of whether you’re refinishing an uneven floor or replacing the floor, you’ll need to level the concrete floor. With the proper equipment and knowledge, you can level your own concrete floor in only a few days. But it’s always preferable to leave such a delicate job to the experts
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How Does Floor Levelling Work?
For many homeowners, floor levelling is a simple and inexpensive DIY project using a self-levelling compound. However, when using such a compound, the degree of unevenness in the concrete floor must be taken into account. To get a better idea of how much the floor is out of level, you can try using a long spirit level.
With a long spirit level, measure the distance between the floor and the raised end of the level by holding the lower end up until the bubble is in the centre. Concrete floors that are within 5 millimetres off of level can be levelled using self-levelling concrete. Home improvement stores have a broad variety of self-levelling concrete to choose from.
Self-levelling concrete comes in two forms. The first is a powder that has a separate bottle of latex liquid. In order to form a compound, all you have to do is mix the two elements. The other form is that the latex compound is already blended in a bag of powder. You just need to add water to this mixture to make it active. First-time users of self-levelling concrete should choose to use the second variety since it is simpler to handle.
The Benefits Of Floor Levelling
There are a number of benefits to levelling your floors, in addition to a few obvious ones
Because it’s composed of polymer-modified cement, self-levelling concrete sets up with a lot less water than traditional concrete does.
Excellent compressive strength across the concrete and even a variety of other materials like wood, plywood and ceramics can be achieved using this method
Being one of the most recent flooring methods, many architects and business owners are beginning to prefer this over the traditional ones.
Self-levelling concrete can be placed on the surface quickly and with ease, thus cutting the project time and manpower costs.
Floor levelling can reduce damage to the floor and the costs associated with repeated repairs.