Pouring the floor with self-leveling mixture

When faced with a situation where it is necessary to make a high-quality, smooth and ready-to-finish concrete floor surface, we have two options. You can spend a lot of time and effort on sealing holes and damages, wait for them to dry and start pouring the screed. This process can take a month. But modern building materials and technologies give us the opportunity to make a floor based on self-leveling mixtures, the so-called "levelers". By applying such mixtures, we get a surface ready for finishing in a few hours.

The self-leveling mixture consists of fine-grained fillers, so the surface is smoother than that of a conventional screed. Cement or gypsum can act as a binding element, and polymer mineral components can be special additives. They improve the quality of the finished mixture, increase its adhesion and give it elasticity and the ability to spread evenly over the surface.
 

 

When choosing a mixture, it is also worth considering the thickness of the filling. For example, if the coating is up to 10 mm thick, you can use a self-leveling Teknoself mixture, if there is a need to fill the surface up to 30 mm, use Teknoself 500.

The advantages of these mixtures are difficult to overestimate:

  • they are easy to apply and create a perfectly smooth surface
  • they do not crack even with a small thickness of application
  • they can be used in underfloor heating
  • they can be used both indoors and outdoors, and the finished surface has increased resistance to loads (Teknoself 500).
  • the finished surface is ready for pedestrian loads in just 2 hours.

 

Now let's move on to the process of filling the floor. First, it is necessary to prepare the surface for application: clean it from oils, rust and other substances that can reduce the setting of the solution with the surface. If there are cracks or cavities on the surface, seal them with special repair compounds Teknorep 300 or Teknorep 300 EX. To increase adhesion, the prepared surface can be treated with a Teknolatex 300 primer.

To prepare the solution, we will need a clean container, into which 5-6 liters of water should be added. Then we mix using a low-speed mixer (up to 400 revolutions per minute), gradually adding the mixture. We continue the process until a homogeneous mixture is obtained. Now we distribute the prepared solution evenly over the surface, starting from the far corner, and use a needle roller to eliminate bubbles. Please note that the finished solution must be used within 30 minutes.

After filling, protect the surface from adverse weather conditions and direct sunlight, and rinse the tools and equipment with water immediately after use.


The filling process is completed, after 2 hours you can start finishing the surface according to your preferences: ceramics, granite, marble, parquet or linoleum. To create highly effective surface protection against wear, water and chemicals, you can use a special Teknocila 400 lacquer material. It does not contain solvents and is made on a water-acrylic basis. In addition to its protective properties, it creates a bright film layer on the surface.

As a result, we figured out that leveling the floor is really possible quite simply and in a short time. Self-leveling mixtures have a lot of advantages, an affordable price and are easy to use. Please note that the material consumption must be calculated in advance and only high-quality mixtures must be selected.