Browse Forums Bathrooms and Laundry 1 Jul 16, 2008 4:15 pm Hello All
I'm in the process of doing the good ol Bathroom renovations...eek! So far I've managed to make 3 rooms (Toilet, Bathroom & Vanity) become one. The old vanity cupboard which sat directly on top of the substrate or floor foundation has been removed revealing a 25-30mm recess below the rest of the vanity & toilet floor area. Naturally enough, this as well as removing the floor tiles has left me with quite a pitfilled & uneven floor resembling the moon...hmmm. I've heard quick advice on mixing 'this with that' to help fill in the recessed area as well as filling in the bomb crater potholes in order to regain a smoothly graded & drainage inclined surface to re-tile. I'm a bit keen (silly me eh) on getting it right & so would appreciate any helpful advice on what to mix & should I use any adhesive in this mix. Q. What type of filler ingredients & mixture ratio should I use to repair & prepare this surface? Thanks in advance. Cheers Cliffy Re: Preparation for re-tiling 2Jul 18, 2008 7:35 am There are many purpose made products for floor leveling, i think Ardit comes to mind not real sure but try bunnings they will have a good range. Re: Preparation for re-tiling 4Jul 22, 2008 4:18 pm Like MeThinks mentioned Ardex makes some excellent floor levelling products but they are far from cheap and not the easiest to use unless you are familiar with them.
Using self levellers it is critical to have the water to powder ratio spot on otherwise they just don't flow well or even worse may end up being weakened. Correct priming is also critical. There are also maximum fill depth limitations. A better alternative is to mix some sand/cement/bondcrete/water. The ratios are listed on bondcrete containers. This will result in a very tough, sticky filling/patching compound. Self levelling cement is not really appropriate in your situation anyway. What is the substrate underneath? Is it concrete slab? I am assuming that the pitted uneven moonscape around the vanity is the old mortar bed which has had ceramic tiles chiselled off. If that is the case if you wan't your finished bathroom to last the entire mortar bed should come out. That way you can have it re waterproofed, lay a new mortar bed (sand 4 :cement1) with appropriate falls and tile over that. If you don't have a monolithic bed the cold joins between the fill and old bed be prone to telegraph through the tiles and crack them. Were you planning on tiling it yourself? If not you are better off just ripping out the old bed, getting it waterproofed and having a tiler lay a new one prior to tiling. Re: Preparation for re-tiling 5Jul 22, 2008 7:07 pm I agree with the previous post - you can't use a self-levelling compound as your floor needs to have a fall to the waste outlet. Looking to tile the facade pillars rather than rendering. Builder is quoting 2500$ laying cost for upto 10msq. The 2 pillars come to be 16msq. So laying costs are 5000$… 0 7542 Hi, I'm clearing the tiles from our horrid 50 year old bathroom and preparing to lay new ones. Bugger of a job getting the old… 0 8088 4 14454 |