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Floor Leveller Use.
Any tips please using liquid floor leveller? Best type etc. Do and don't tips.
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Do make sure you get a Latex leveller, Needy. I don't imagine there's much to choose between them. Wickes sell one, also B&Q, and Builders' Merchants.
Have a good hoover up before you start. Dragging grit around with a steel trowel on the thinnest parts will make the job take twice as long.
Do about a square metre at a time. Fill the low spots first if there are any. You'll soon find your own way of working with it. Just use your common sense. It's not a difficult job at all. The instructions are usually very helpful.
Have a good hoover up before you start. Dragging grit around with a steel trowel on the thinnest parts will make the job take twice as long.
Do about a square metre at a time. Fill the low spots first if there are any. You'll soon find your own way of working with it. Just use your common sense. It's not a difficult job at all. The instructions are usually very helpful.
I've been thinking some more about the trowelling. It certainly doesn't need "finishing" with a trowel. It's just occurred to me that your floor may be porous. If so, you may find it sucks water from the mix and stops it from moving around properly. That's when it might need a bit of "persuasion" with trowel.
In a "sucking" situation, it'll go off fairly quickly... even before it's found its proper level. The roughness of your floor won't matter.
Tip it into puddles of around a square meter, then wait for them to join up. This is where "persuasion" may be necessary.
The reason why I can't give the definitive answer is that each job is different. Floor suction, as I've mentioned... and the thickness needed for the low spots. Don't mix the whole bag in one go... and be prepared to move quickly if necessary.
I'm guessing you have a fairly level floor, but with a rough finish. If so, you won't need a great thickness.
In a "sucking" situation, it'll go off fairly quickly... even before it's found its proper level. The roughness of your floor won't matter.
Tip it into puddles of around a square meter, then wait for them to join up. This is where "persuasion" may be necessary.
The reason why I can't give the definitive answer is that each job is different. Floor suction, as I've mentioned... and the thickness needed for the low spots. Don't mix the whole bag in one go... and be prepared to move quickly if necessary.
I'm guessing you have a fairly level floor, but with a rough finish. If so, you won't need a great thickness.
No problem with that, Needy. All I would say is, before you use a liquid one, make sure the floor is reasonably level. If not, you may find the leveller flows to the lowest spot, leaving some of the ridges uncovered.
If that is a problem, then you may find the older type floor leveller easier to use. It doesn't run. You simply spread it around on the areas you want to treat.
If that is a problem, then you may find the older type floor leveller easier to use. It doesn't run. You simply spread it around on the areas you want to treat.
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