What Should You Do When a Thin Leveling Layer Chips Off the Concrete Slab?
There’s few things more annoying than dealing with leveling issues in the middle of a flooring project. You’ve finished installing a thin leveling layer only to notice it’s chipping, cracking, or separating from the concrete slab. The leveling material may have been installed yesterday or ten years ago. Either way…chipping almost always means something went […]
About How Much Grinding Is Needed Before Applying a Basement Floor Coating?
Installing a basement floor coating is a great way to enhance the appearance, durability, and performance of your concrete floor. Whether you want a decorative epoxy coating, a polyaspartic system, or another protective finish, preparation is always key. Many basement floor coating failures result from the installer not grinding the concrete sufficiently before applying the […]
Which Concrete Repair Product Works Best for Thin Basement Floor Patches?
Basement floors can acquire all sorts of defects. Minor surface spalls, shallow depressions, chips, adhesive-removal scrapes, and hairline cracks can prevent a floor from being smooth and level enough for new flooring. When these imperfections are fairly shallow, many people believe any product will work. That’s not true. Thin repairs are tricky. Many repair materials […]
How Do You Level a Floor When Joist Deflection Is the Real Problem?
One of the most frequently encountered problems in remodeling and flooring installation projects is uneven floors. At first glance, these issues can appear to be simple cases of high spots, low spots, or areas that just need to be ground down or filled in. Floor leveling products offer solutions in many of these situations. But […]
Should Self-Leveling Underlayment Be Poured Over the Whole Floor or Only Low Spots?
Self-leveling underlayment is becoming increasingly popular for working with uneven concrete floors prior to installing tile, hardwood flooring, luxury vinyl plank, carpet, polished concrete, and many other flooring types. Self-leveling underlayment helps to create a smoother floor, meet flooring manufacturer requirements, and can solve all types of slab problems. One question we commonly get asked […]
When Should You Grind High Spots Instead of Pouring Self-Leveling Underlayment?
Uneven concrete floors can cause problems for nearly every flooring installation. Whether installing tile, hardwood, luxury vinyl plank flooring, carpet, or polished concrete, many flooring projects require the slab to be completely flat before beginning work. Contractors typically have two methods to correct uneven slabs. They can choose to grind down high spots or pour […]
How to Remove Rust from Concrete
Rust stains on concrete have a way of showing up out of nowhere and sticking around far longer than you expect. One day everything looks clean, and the next you have orange or brown streaks across your driveway, patio, or garage floor. Most of the time, those stains come from something simple. It could be […]
Your Guide to Making White Concrete
White concrete has a clean, modern look that stands out immediately. It is often used for patios, walkways, decorative features, and polished interior floors where appearance matters as much as performance. At first glance, it might seem like white concrete is just regular concrete with a different color. In reality, it requires a more controlled […]
How Long Should I Wait Before Walking on Concrete?
Fresh concrete looks solid pretty quickly. Within a few hours, it starts to firm up, and by the next day, it can seem ready to go. That is where a lot of people make mistakes. Just because concrete looks hard does not mean it is ready for foot traffic. Timing matters more than most people […]
Should a Concrete Subfloor Be Flat or Level Before Installing Vinyl Plank Flooring?
If you are planning to install vinyl plank flooring over concrete, one question comes up almost every time. Does the subfloor need to be flat, or just level? At first, those two terms sound like the same thing. They are not. Understanding the difference can save you from issues that show up after installation, when […]