Leveling the floor is necessary when the apartment or house is being renovated for the first time. Of course, sometimes there are situations that the former owners leveled the floor, but at the same time they did not succeed in achieving the expected result. To make a perfectly flat floor, you need to know the features of the work. In this material, we will consider the most popular options for raising and leveling the floor surface.
How to level the floor in the house
Before starting leveling measures, you first need to know what height and angle of inclination of the floor covering. You can measure using a standard building level or laser equipment. It is worthwhile to understand that if someone has already done a screed, but it does not meet the standard, it is better to dismantle such work.
There are five basic ways to raise and level the floor:
- wet screed;
- semi-dry screed;
- liquid floor;
- drywall;
- plywood.
If a wet screed is planned, it is important that the mixture is of high quality and proven. It is important to understand that the evenness of the coating will primarily depend on the quality of the solution used. Using traditional casting formwork you can get a flat and smooth floor. You can also raise and level the floor using dry mixes. This surface is easy to level and bring the coating to the ideal.
Match Options
Today, many apartment owners use liquid floors to level the surface. The main advantage of this method is that with the right fill, a perfectly smooth and even coating is obtained. The strength of such a floor covering is quite high, since the material used in the composition of the polymer components.
If you need to raise the floor to a small height, then you can use drywall sheets or plywood. There are special drywall sheets that are assembled according to the principle of a spike in a groove. The installed and fixed coating will be able to raise the level to the required height, while in time this work will occur relatively shortly.
Choosing a way to level the floor, it is important not only to get an absolutely perfect coating, but also to last a long time. There are many options for raising and leveling the floor, and it is necessary to choose and carry out the construction work correctly in accordance with the technology.
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