Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering Re: Preparing/Cleaning concrete slab 18Jun 14, 2007 3:03 pm This is basically a semi-permanent solution until we get sick of it and get floorboards
It's cheap too! All up for 8L including including all the masks and tools it was only ~$120 (plus our time and effort). 8L is enough for the 70 odd sqm we have to do. With my brother and wife helping me we figure we can do it in a day (not including prep and cleaning). I will go to bunnings this weekend and see if I can get some phosforic acid to get rid of the plaster. There's not a heap, just a bit here and there but it's a b*****tch to get off! What about spakfilla for the chip in the concrete? http://www.selleys.com.au/Selleys-Spakfilla-Heavy-Duty/default.aspx Re: Preparing/Cleaning concrete slab 19Jun 14, 2007 3:07 pm Yeah there are all sorts of ways of prepping and finishing a concrete floor.
My final word on 007's proposals is DO YOUR RESEARCH and THINK IT OUT CAREFULLY. Like many DIY jobs, you MAY get a good result and save yourselves a fistful of cash, OR you may end up with a pretty sorry result and regret every moment and dollar you spent on it, and then have to pay a professional to remove the mess, and do it properly. Consider the performance too. Any topical coating type sealer (like what you're proposing to use) will wear and possibly start to peel in certain circumstances. The professionally applied epoxy coatings will be much more serviceable and costly than the acrylics, but you get what you pay for. Note also, if you want to later have floorboards stuck to the floor, you will have to have the stuff removed first, usually be diamond-grinding. Caveat Emptor Ash. Re: Preparing/Cleaning concrete slab 20Jun 14, 2007 3:08 pm Yak_Chat If you're going to patch the hole, you will most likely need to use some bondcrete or similar (Which makes the new concrete stick to the old) and then mix up a small amount of very fine sand and cement to make a paste to fill the hole. As for matching colours, well that will be very tricky. Options are to make a feature of it by say painting a mural over this area before you seal it or similar. If you go to a good hardware store and tell them your problem they will be able to advise what to do. Steve Damn that sounds hardcore... I'm lazy, I was hoping to get something like <non existant product>"Selleys Concrete in a Tube"</non existant product>, just squeeze some in and then scrape off the excess Anyway, I'll see what they say at the hardware store as suggested. Cheers. No, I even have sections of narrowness where the tiles won't slide up any further. When I manage some spare time, I might play around with the first DIY part of my… 7 5287 The concreter will take and reuse. In my case I bought structural LVLs and scraped them back and used them as joists. 1 5839 yep, clearly mark where the infloor heating pipes are before drilling or nailing 1 6346 |