Filling/levelling a small, shallow area of floor

[Mark]

Hi

My kitchen has an area of about 4' x 6" which is slightly lower than the rest of the floor. It looks like a wall which was once there has been removed and a piece of 4" x 2" laid in its place. The wood is securely fixed and is surrounded by a DPC and an inch or so of exposed concrete.

The rest of the floor is covered in some kind of hard, brittle (vinyl?) tiles, over which a carpet has been laid. I am intending to replace the carpet with a single piece of vinyl flooring. The area where the wall was is 3 or 4mm lower than the tiled surface and obviously needs to be brought up to floor level. I don't really want the hassle of boarding the floor as I'm in a hurry to rent the place out, and I can't use some kind of cementy floor leveller because it'll crack in such a thin layer.

What other options do I have?

Thanks in advance,

Mark

[PeterMcC]

Mark wrote in

I'd have thought that self-levelling compound would be OK at that thickness.

[Jerry Built]

Can't you get your landlord to do it, then, or is it a condition that you do it (which would be odd)?

J.B.

[PeterMcC]

Jerry Built wrote in

I suspect that the difference between "rent" and "rent out" means that he

*is* the landlord.

[Mark S.]

Self levelling compound states on the bag normally that it should be laid no more than 5mm thick so off to the B&Q for a bag. :-)

Although why someone would fill a hole with a bit of wood in the first place amazes me... lol. Mark S.

[Kevin Webb]

I understand that there are different levelling compounds available with different properties - latex and cement-based? Can anyone explain the difference please, and how to choose the best compound for an application?

KW

[Mark]

Really? I thought that I read on the bag of B&Q stuff that it should be laid no *less* than 5mm thick. I'll have to check again.

I sent the original posting at work with details from memory. On pulling the carpet up again last night I found that the recess is more like 1 or 2mm in places (and up to 3 or 4 maximum). Does anyone know any more about this latex self-levelling compound? It sounds more promising for a thin layer.

Yes, my house has some stonking DIY from the previous owner(s) :(

Cheers,

MarK

[chris French]

No, it is 'no more' than 5mm for a layer., I've got a patch, which in places is probably no more than 1-2mm , it wearing fine.

[Jerry Built]

OK, so Mark's letting the place - renting means you pay money to live there, letting means other people pay you money to live there. Anyway:

AFIK most if not all have cement in them, the latex is an addative. Levelling compounds with latex mixed in are easy to smooth, and remain very slightly flexible. I don't know about other compounds. Levelling compounds are difficult to use if the thickness of the coating is less than about

1/8" (3mm). You can apply some up to 3/8" (10mm) in one go.

J.B.

[raden]

In message , Mark writes

I bet the gas cooker wasn't connected up using a bit of hose pipe as we discovered when my brother bought his house