How To Level A Cement Floor Before Tiling

Allow the compound to dry for 24 hours before starting on your tile.

How to level a cement floor before tiling.

Instead the goal is to eliminate peaks and valleys called evening or flattening or commonly leveling although the latter term isn t 100 right. Lay the level in various areas on the concrete to find the areas that need the most leveling. Before we get started 4ft level or straight edge if you don t have one that is okay chalk line trowel with a flat side you can use the back side of your tile trowel modified thin set carpenters pencil the rectangle pencil you can get at the lumber yard bucket and water sponge. Keep in mind that the goal is not a perfectly level floor.

Slowly pour the compound into the areas that you previously marked as low. Then vacuum the floor with a wet dry vac or sweep it with a broom. Vacuum the concrete floor well. Use a trowel to spread the compound until it is as flat and smooth as possible.

If an engineer found no structural issues you may be able to level the floor by applying a cement based self leveling floor product such as henry level pro self leveling underlayment available. With small tiles the maximum differential between the lowest and highest point on the floor is 1 4 inch per 10 feet. The floor consisted of 2 chip boarded areas and one concrete area. Check the flatness of the concrete with a level.

Make a final check with the level to be sure all the high and low spots are gone. In this video we show you everything you need to know how to level a floor into a perfect flat and level floor in your bathroom using self leveling floor com. This is achieved by spreading a thin layer of mortar over the floor to fill in the valleys. Anything on the.

The compound will expand and rise to reach the correct levels of the rest of the concrete. How to level a concrete floor before tiling. With larger tiles the acceptable differential is a mere 1 8 inch per 10 feet.