Bringing my floor level.

8 years ago

My House is a stem wall poured block home constructed in the mid fifties. The slab in my kitchen about 1 inch taller than the rest of my home. I'm renovating and putting in new tile from the kitchen to the rest of the "common areas" and now I'm looking for the best way to bring the house up to level with my kitchen. It's too small an area to feather out, too large and thick for SLC. I have considered using a plywood sub-floor or screeted Portland cement but I'm also hoping to get this done on a dime. Any suggestions besides burning it down and collecting insurance?

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geoffrey_b
8 years ago
Schluter transistions
SJ McCarthy
8 years ago
Put in THIN vinyl in the kitchen (find a nice stone look in this material) and then add a THICK porcelain tile to the rest of the house (in a look that does NOT clash/look bad with the vinyl).

Done. Two floors that will be within 1/8" to 1/4" of each other. A little uneven t-molding between the two and you are done like dinner.
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strategery
8 years ago
Avoid doing a transition. It will sweet when all one continuous uninterrupted level.

Plywood can work. You can glue and tapcon the sheets down. Ask a tiler if this would work.

Alternatively, and perhaps more appropriately, 1" of concrete in the common areas, taken care with leveling. Easy stuff for the concrete folks. Call them to come see.