Rough Basement Floor

Step 3 clean the concrete basement floor.

Rough basement floor.

Use sandpaper to even the patches of rough concrete. Concrete floors are common fixtures inside of the garage but with modern home designs becoming more and more appealing they re slowly make their way inside. Installing a tile floor in all or part of your basement lets you have some fun with design while still quickly covering up existing concrete floors. While you might not care what your garage floor looks like it s likely that you will want a smoother unblemished surface for your indoors.

With years of use though a concrete floor will wear down with the once smooth surface becoming roughened or damaged. Wipe away the remaining dust with a damp cloth. Self leveling concrete is a liquid mortar that you pour and spread onto a sloped rough uneven but structurally sound floor. After making sure that your concrete basement floor is smooth even and free of moisture clean your concrete basement floor.

After the primer has cured mix the compound and spread it onto the floor up to 1 2 inch thick with a floor squeegee. Fortunately you don t have to deal with dips. Check the smoothness of your concrete basement floor. Tile is available in many different sizes and styles and the price range is equally broad.

Most compounds require that you first coat the floor with a primer. During finishing the floor is leveled and smoothed with a surface that you can walk across on your bare feet.