self levelling compound

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    Advice On Floor Prep. Several Slabs & A Large Deviance In Floor Height.

    I'm pricing a job atm where the customer would like the floor tiling from the kitchen straight into the bathroom. The house was derelict for a long time and the floor is a mess. My big concern is the serveral slabs etc, the floor height can be built up in SLC and bulked out with sharp sand in...
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    Tiling Onto Uneven Concrete/bitumen Floor

    Problem: Tiling a kitchen floor. Half is covered in bitumen (from parquet floor). Half is a new concrete slab. There is a 35mm level difference across the floor and is fairly lumpy. Possible solution No.1?: Use latex self-levelling compound such as arditex na. BUT: I am slightly worried...
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    Self Levelling Compound

    I was just wondering which everyone would recommend to use as I have used the topps FloorIt before but have been doing a little research into others I have done a few jobs in the past screeding but lately I get asked to do more and more so want to find the best products at the right price Iv...
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    Self Levelling compound onto green concrete?

    Ive got to lay victorian geometric tiles onto a newly laid (just over a week) concrete surface that isn't flat. The job is external. Would it be best to use a self levelling compound and if so, is there a Self level product suitable for green concrete? If not, would it be possible to lay the...
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    self levelling compound

    hi all I think I need to use a slc as my kitchen floor runs out from halfway across the room to one side of about 5mm ish, I have looked at the wickes latex one at about £18 a bag, easy flow is the most important as I havn't used this stuff before, btw its about 4sq mtrs to level up, not the...
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    Help! SLC fail - Self levelling compound failed Pro 50

    Hi All I have an issue which I would like to hear your thoughts on. I have had a floor fail on me, and need to get to the bottom of what has happened. The floor is timber, screwed to joists and checked for deflection. Then overlaid with 10mm backer board, screwed to floor. No primer. UFH...
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    self levelling compound on top of Egger P5 Protect Board

    Hi everyone, Is there any such thing as a self levelling compound that can be directly laid on top of Egger P5 Protect Tongue and Groove Chipboard? My builders have done just that and then tiled on top of it. My tiled floor has failed. The Egger people have been really helpful. They say that...
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    Recommended self levelling compound

    Need to level out a screed substrate (about 35mm of it) wondering if there is a good, recommended self levelling compound you would suggest? (for laying Travertine tiles)
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    Slc Method, My Way - How To Use Self Levelling Compound Properly

    I have posted this type of slc method before, just thought I would repeat it if I have got the pics right, dots set by laser runners made from 3-1 compo plus polymer and rapid set adhesive.
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    Self levelling compound

    Hi I'm new to the forum and need some good advice. We are tiling a small bathroom floor about 158cm x 258cm. We have removed the old cork tiles that were on the floor previously and have scraped and hand sanded the floor left behind. We now want to tile with ceramic tiles but Im not sure if...
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    self levelling compound

    Hi, I need a lot of self levelling compound to cover my Klima underfloor heating mats the area is roughly 50m2. What is the best stuff to use and how much would I need ? Ive read that a 20kg bag roughly 5mm thick to cover matting roughly does about 2m2 but not sure as ive never put...
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    Confirmation of Self Levelling Compound required.

    Hi Guys I have a plywood floor overlad with hardie backer board, I was going to feather out the 3/4mm dip in the floor with addy but it turns out my feathering was worse then my plastering.... (who would have known)!!!! Anyway I've decided to carry on with the loose cable underfloor heating...
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    Make your own self levelling compound?

    Hi, Guys, I have just joined your forum as I have often read your great and informative comments and even though I have been a builder for many years you are never to old to learn. I have a question for all you professional tilers out there. I have had a Screedflo liquid floor laid (with...
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    everbuild 708 self levelling compound

    Hi All Has anyone had experience of using this product,have a large floor to do, was going to use with 709 liquid but cant find on their technical data if it is suitable to use with ufh many thanks
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    Can additive make self levelling compound more flexible

    I'm new to the forum and i'm hoping to get some advice from those more learned than myself, I'm having 32m2 of tiling done which will be over UFH the subfloor is concrete screed my tiler advised he would like to use a self levelling compound to cover cables and as a good surface to tile on...
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    free to good home - Weber self levelling compound

    I've got about 5 bags of this that has been dry stored for a few months. It was given to me to get me over a problem of weber's creation - long story. I didn't need as much as I thought I did to sort the mess out, and no one (weber or retailer) wanted them back. They're here in Cornwall if...
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    NEWBIE Stuck on Self levelling Compound

    I have been researching the best way to prepare an old screed floor of 45m2 with no dpm, ready to take uniclic bamboo flooring. As there is a lot of knowledge about SLC on here thought i would ask. I have used a water based epoxy primer paint for the DPM with aggregate added to provide a...
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    Sealing Self Levelling Compound

    Howdy all. Wonder if you can help with a question about sealing a DIY SLC job before tiling it. A professional recommended using a self levelling compound on an old concrete kitchen floor but let us down due to being too busy to do the job. A 2nd "professional" tried to put down a SLC but...
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    Self levelling compound or take floor up and screed?

    Hi folks, I am after some advice regarding my kitchen floor. The kitchen and hall used to be comprised of kitchen, 2 x brick pantries, separate WC and the adjacent hall. I have removed the pantries and WC and made the kitchen and hall an interconnecting space. I now have five slightly different...
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    Self Levelling Compound Help!!!

    I used self levelling compound for the first time but obviolsy didn't use enough to fill a large dip in the floor. Can I build up the layers with more self levelling compound and if so do I need to treat the first layer before adding a second? If not what advice can you give me? Kindest...

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