Filling/levelling a small, shallow area of floor

Mark wrote in

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

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.

Jerry Built wrote in

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

J.B.

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