Help!! I’m getting ready to finish a residential basement but the concrete slab was poured high in one corner. Most of the floor is level, but approximately 10×15 slopes up about one inch towards the window where they apparently brought the concrete in. Any suggestions for getting it level. Thanks
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raise the window?
The window is fine. I need to get the floor level so that I can install Dry-Core.
I could skim the whole thing to bring it up to the high point, but that's kind of expensive. Just wondering if there's a way to bring the high spot down to the rest of the floor
nope. unless ya want to spend days getting to know a grinder real intimatly<G>
Go Stab yourself Ya Putz! Ya think I Parked here?
break it out and repour it... 34*
Who ever invented work didn't know how to fish....
you do it. I ain't doin' it...left my sledge hammer in my other pants.
Go Stab yourself Ya Putz! Ya think I Parked here?
how 'bout if we run over there and jump up and down on it to pack it down then?.
Excellence is its own reward!
raise the other end of the slab with a big balloon under it?
Go Stab yourself Ya Putz! Ya think I Parked here?
Slurry the whole thing and let gravity do the work.
Who ever invented work didn't know how to fish....
I hear the pumper comin' now..damn, I left my bull float in my other pants...
Go Stab yourself Ya Putz! Ya think I Parked here?
it's under the keyboard...
Who ever invented work didn't know how to fish....
lap top fan keeps the frost off..
Go Stab yourself Ya Putz! Ya think I Parked here?
How old is the floor?
How are you going to finish the floor: ply over sleepers with foam board under it, carpet over it, vinyl, tile or wood flooring?
How are you going to heat the basement?
It's about four years old. Approximately 3 to 4" thick over an existing deteriorated concrete floor. I'm planning to finish it with a relatively new product called Dri-Core.
Dri-core is 2x2 t&g osb with high strength plastic dimples adhered to the bottom that keeps it a 1/4 inch of the floor. You can shim it a little but the concrete's gotta be pretty level.
I'm thinking I'll have to break up the high section and re-pour it level. Too pricey to float the whole thing to the highest point. Thanks