Workshop floor advice please

[Peter Seymour-HowellParticipant @peterseymour-howell39349]

Hi guys

My workshop was a concrete garage which now has a new wing courtesy of panels from another donor concrete garage. There was already a large concrete hardstanding so no need for fresh concrete. However' the new section stood on a slope and had a furrow in its middle which needed levelling. Two independent builders advised using a latex levelling compound which I finally got around to doing last weekend. I first fixed a length of 19mm ply to the original garage floor which will also have levelling compound added once its clear of junk. The compound went down well and is now cured, need to wait about a month before it can be painted. I was advised to use No Nonsense levelling compound, there are a couple of grades, I have used the one that ranges from 3mm to 50mm in depth, the later being the max depth in one pour, you can add more. I followed the guide and used a SBR primer to seal the concrete first. Only time will tell if the builders were right but accorfing to them this stuff is very hard. The reason for the ply was to both stop the compound from spreading below the 3mm onto the garage floor and also give me a lip of more than 3mm for the next stage to meet.

Hope this is of interest.

Pete

[gerry maddenParticipant @gerrymadden53711]

Yes Pete, that was useful. My builder also said that latex based materials were hard. I didn't quite believe him but I've dug up the relevant standards (BS13813 etc) and they do seem to be pretty strong !

[gerry maddenParticipant @gerrymadden53711]

oh and interestingly their hardness builds up steadily with time so one needs to wait a month before they are at their best.

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