Replacing Floor With Concrete
Replace carpet and tile floors with concrete plus see examples of before and after photos.
Replacing floor with concrete. Concrete floors are very durable and are relatively maintenance free during their long life. You can repair a concrete floor by cleaning and straightening the damaged area and then filling it with mortar. You have to prep the edges correctly and use the right materials. Shallower holes need a sand mix.
How to replace a concrete floor. You may want to consider hiring someone to cut and roll up the carpet and padding. Replacing carpet with concrete flooring. Holes 1 inch or deeper require a concrete mix with coarse crushed stone aggregate which bonds well with existing concrete.
Removing and replacing carpet is not an easy task but the result of exposing your concrete slab below can be well worth the time and effort. Concrete is a very durable building material when building a floor but years of usage and cracks caused by the ground shifting beneath the floor can leave it in. Start by taking a hammer and chisel and tapping any rounded edges around the crack or hole to make them straight which will help the mortar stick better. Then sweep out and remove any large chunks of concrete and vacuum the area to.
Simply pouring wet concrete into a hole in your driveway sidewalk or basement floor won t make for a lasting repair.