Finding the highest point of a floor

[wetdec]

laser level but why do you want to start from the highest point :20:

Because you always start tiling at your highest point, you ever tried tiling up hill..................

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[wetdec]

Say u've got a 30m2 floor and you want to start tiling from the highest point...how do u find the highest point?

thanks

Take your shoes off and walk it you will know it when you feel it.......no batteries, staffs, bubbles required just a pair of sox



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[CJ]

Decent sized length of timber.............just make sure you get a straight bit.

So thats Wicke, BnPoo, homebase, etc etc knackered then

 

[Andy Tiler]

Say u've got a 30m2 floor and you want to start tiling from the highest point...how do u find the highest point?

thanks

hi freed i have 2.5 and 3m aluminium strait edges i pass them over the floor with a spirit level on top. but if ur floors that far out u should b useing slc

 

[Frosty]

For a straight edge I use a 3m length of aluminium "I" beam used in demountable office partitions.
It's very cheap to buy one (or "borrow" it from a site) and they're very sturdy. Can easily be cut down to required length aswell.
Just put a level on top of it, spacers underneath ( 4" square ply offcuts) and sling it across the room to measure dips/high points.

 

[Fred]

Try SLC with a roller.

 

[FreeD]

ok so u find the high points and mark on the floor height? so what are the tolerances mounds above 3mm? 4mm? need be ground down or self leveller used?

 

[smurf21]

If you have any humps bumps or dips in the floor save yourself the heartache and skim with slc its a better job in the long run.easier than trying to bed up with addy and risking hollow tiles.