Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 9:00 am
Hello all,
What a fantastic site, I will recommend it to my friends here in France! OK creeping over, I have a terrace above garage attached to rear of house, which is 33m2, (3 x 11m). Please bear with me on this one, I’m having trouble getting the advice I need.
Basically, the previous owner began building the garage and terrace about 10 years ago, but sadly died before finishing the job. It was left with a concrete base which has, over the years deteriorated (house left empty all this time). I want to tile this terrace, but beforehand the floor needs screeding to provide a good base for the tiles, it is full of 'pock marks' at present.
There is a smaller terrace at the front of the house that is already tiled with about 20mm thick slabs and meets the larger, untiled terrace, leaving a difference of about 25 – 30mm depth.
There are two options that I am considering, one is to just screed the main terrace with a ‘self-smoothing’ screed that they sell here in 25kg bags (quite expensive at £18 per bag), then tile up to the level of front terrace. The other is to tile all round including over the existing slabs at the front. This would necessitate bringing the level of the side terrace up to that of the front, as said a difference of about 25-30mm. This is my preferred option due to the difference in materials.
Can I lay a concrete screed at this thickness, 25-30mm? It will be tile over and only foot traffic on it. Or is this too thin for concrete screed.
Thanks for taking time to read my ramblings, I will try to keep future postings shorter!
Regards,
Bob
What a fantastic site, I will recommend it to my friends here in France! OK creeping over, I have a terrace above garage attached to rear of house, which is 33m2, (3 x 11m). Please bear with me on this one, I’m having trouble getting the advice I need.
Basically, the previous owner began building the garage and terrace about 10 years ago, but sadly died before finishing the job. It was left with a concrete base which has, over the years deteriorated (house left empty all this time). I want to tile this terrace, but beforehand the floor needs screeding to provide a good base for the tiles, it is full of 'pock marks' at present.
There is a smaller terrace at the front of the house that is already tiled with about 20mm thick slabs and meets the larger, untiled terrace, leaving a difference of about 25 – 30mm depth.
There are two options that I am considering, one is to just screed the main terrace with a ‘self-smoothing’ screed that they sell here in 25kg bags (quite expensive at £18 per bag), then tile up to the level of front terrace. The other is to tile all round including over the existing slabs at the front. This would necessitate bringing the level of the side terrace up to that of the front, as said a difference of about 25-30mm. This is my preferred option due to the difference in materials.
Can I lay a concrete screed at this thickness, 25-30mm? It will be tile over and only foot traffic on it. Or is this too thin for concrete screed.
Thanks for taking time to read my ramblings, I will try to keep future postings shorter!
Regards,
Bob