Make fill floor screed

Make a screed floor with your hands is not difficult, it is necessary to perform so that the floor surface in your apartment was smooth, and the outer cover looked presentable.

sex Pouring - the most effective method for floor leveling, asit gives a long-term effect, and after this work to reflect on the new overhaul will not need a very long time.

In this article we will tell about all the stages of casting and how to do it correctly, as well as about what care is needed to the concrete screed is not deformed after installation.

will also be given to support video, which will help you get the job done without the involvement of expensive specialists.

Preparation Phase

Substrate preparation for pouring - the most important stage in the work, becauseit was he who ultimately determines how smooth surface you get.

If you have already installed floor covering, first of all, it must be dismantled using the perforator.

The apartment with the concrete slabs need to patch up cracks and holes, which they have, before you start creating ties.

No special materials are not required - will suit the usual adhesive for tiles, it has good adhesion and provide high-quality material adhesion to concrete, and will also serve as a barrier to moisture entering the plate.

First you need to determine the type of screed, which vary depending on gender grounds - they are of three types.

first release related ties, they are most firmly adhere to the subfloor.After pouring the material becomes quite dense - in the most delicate spot size tie is not less than three centimeters.
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If, in addition to leveling the floor, you're worried about waterproofing material, it is best to choose a tie on the separation layer, asit is best to retain moisture.

When underfloor arrangement with your hands, you need to choose a floating screed is further reinforced mesh.The minimum size of such ties - at least 5 cm

most popular way screed -. Semi-dry, it will provide not only a flat surface, but also the effect of a warm floor.

Preparation of the base depends on the type of tie that you select, so you need to take this issue seriously.

After screed type is selected, it should be gender training.The first thing you need to dismantle the old coating and clean the opened concrete slabs against dirt, dust and debris.

best removed with a vacuum cleaner, becausesubstandard manual cleaning can lead to the fact that screed crack in several places and will not be able to perform its function.After cleaning the surface can be coated with a primer, so it will be more reliable.

next stage of preparation for pouring the floor screed semi - marking.Here it is important to relate the size of the cement screed (it should be not less than 3 cm) and the height of the final coating.

For example, for this tile height - 15 mm for linoleum - 5 mm, and the parquet and laminate - approximately 10 mm.

Once the size is calculated, it should be noted that value on the wall to see clearly, to what height will be poured floor.

addition to a simple mark, you need to do as markup beacons.Start it from any corner of the room, and put up beacons so that the distance between them is not less than 20 cm

If you have not performed this work with their hands, then arrange the beacons at a great distance -. 50 cm and more.

When you're done, make sub-floor size mark on the wall where you placed the beacons.This can be done with the level.

Beacons are installed in the prepared hole (drill hammer) with dowels.
Fill sex is impossible without solution.You can buy ready-made, or cook it with their hands.

proportion of 3: 1 (sand: water).

The sand is mixed with concrete at any chosen container with a special mixer, if it is not, then you can do a simple shovel, but best of all, of course, suitable concrete mixer.

Water is added as a solution of mixing, that is, first you need to mix the dry mixture, gradually pouring in the water.

final mixture should get tight: to check the quality, take the mixture and squeeze into a fist - if it took the form, not flowing through your fingers, and leaves no trace of water, so everything is done correctly.

addition to homemade solution, you can buy a mixture of professional and especially to create ties.

Such a mixture is, of course, better, but also much more expensive, so that you can do with a solution - if it is done correctly, the screed will not worse.

However, for floor heating device in the solution you need to add a small proportion fibrovolokno - it will improve the properties of the screed, protect it from cracking and improve its resistance to temperature extremes.

fibrovolokno better to use not only for the screed of underfloor heating, but also for other species.

Stages fill

If you choose to install related ties, before continuing the work necessary to carry out the primer binding surface.

suitable mixture for this can be purchased at any hardware store (the best means considered "Betonkontakt").

semi-dry method of casting resembles a layer cake, where the first layer acts as the film for insulation, stacked on top of a heater, and then the solution itself.

can use an ordinary dry method fills, it is not worse than the semi-dry, except that does not create the effect of a warm floor.

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Ready solution in the correct proportions for dry or semi-dry potting is necessary to bring to the place in a wheelbarrow or any other device: from it ready-mix is ​​poured into the spaces between the beacons.

work should start from the corners, gradually moving toward the door.

mixture is filled rows: after the first line is covered with lighthouses, you can proceed to the next, and so on until the work is completed.

pours the mixture is leveled with a trowel or shovel, making sure that the solution level exceeded the level of the lighthouse, that is, it should be closed completely.

After backfilling mixture, you need to pull the lighthouses on translational movements to stretch the solution is poured over the entire area.Typically, one area needs to be done 2-3 fills.

Thus, there is a processing of the floor until complete semi-dry screeds.Look at the video, how to do a fill mixture.

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The process itself is not too difficult to cope with their own hands and it is really one day, even if you have little experience in such work.

After pouring it should be leveled screed.This is done in 2-3 days after pouring, although until dry mixture should be at least 3 weeks.

Alignment dry or semi-dry screeds done by plastering trowel that lets you smooth the surface and remove the fine work of error.

After leveling screed surface, the apartment is not superfluous to use the technology, and self-leveling floor - then your floor will be perfectly flat.

To do this, clean the surface from dirt and dust and cover it with primer.

mixtures for leveling can be purchased at any hardware store, buying start from the size of the room in the apartment: at 1.5 square meters.m. premises will take approximately 1.5 kg, and the coating on the bag takes about 20 liters of water.

Processing self-leveling solution begins with the corners of the room.After pouring the mixture will spread itself, but it is better to help her trowel or roller, the surface became more smooth.

After pouring the mixture crystallization occurs within half an hour, so all you need to do quickly.If you are not sure that will cope with their hands, ask someone to help you.

screed floor heating is done with his own hands in much the same: the first step is to coat the surface of the damper tape, which will increase the expansion joints, and improve sound insulation.

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Its size should be about 5 mm.Wet fill underfloor heating should be carried out at once to meet the proportions, and the whole process should be spent not more than one and a half hours, otherwise the properties for potting mix markedly deteriorate and turn out poor quality screed.

To screed is not deformed during drying, care is needed: it is necessary to periodically moisten with water (at least 2 times a day): screed must be wet, otherwise it will dry too quickly and crack flooring.

A few days after the completion of the work necessary to remove the beacons and treat the surface soil that is suitable for mineral surfaces, as well as a place to jam with fresh mixture.

You must then again moisten the screed - wet surface covered with polyethylene to dry completely (usually it takes about 28 days).