Hi everyone, I’m embarking on an engineering floor project where the kitchen flows onto the reception. There was previously a wall separating these two areas but this has been removed. The kitchen is currently fitted with laminate whilst the reception has carpet. I have just lifted the existing floor coverings and can now see that there is a 10mm step change from the kitchen down to the reception. My friend had an idea that we could lay 10mm plywood board down in the reception first to make the zones level, alternatively there is a liquid cement product that would be plausible but it is expensive and mainly used for cement floors which are not level - my floors are both level, but offset by 10mm. Any ideas for this situation? Thanks, Linton
No reason why you couldn’t use ply. Spacey is just giving you his personal preference Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I had a similar issue as I had to lay different levels of concrete in my basement so had a step up between adjoining rooms across the edge of another room. I put a stud across when I laid the chipboard and then cut a piece of the finish engineered flooring to create a riser (see pic). I'm happy with the results but if across the middle of the room it might present a trip hazard for you!
I went with Artex NA to even the levels. It has worked well, but was expensive and applied thicker than recommended in two pours. If doing yourself, you need a strong drill to stir, as the thick mixture burnt mine out. You also need to work very fast due to the setting speed.
