How do I self-leveling compound?

[Jojje Hansson]

Hello! Just found this forum where someone might want to help me..?

I have a dug-out "hole" in the basement. The previous owner planned to make it into a bathroom, but I just want it as a storage room. It was previously a bathroom but is now stripped, empty, and ready to be "furnished" with shelves, except for the floor. So to the question: The floor currently slopes and I want it to be level instead. The basement floor is uninsulated and consists only of concrete as far as I can see.

After some research, my plan is to fill the hole with leca balls and then pour concrete over it. Then prime the floor and apply self-leveling compound. Does that work? How do I use self-leveling compound to get rid of the slope, or does it resolve automatically? Probably a dumb question, but I've never used self-leveling compound. 🤓

THANK YOU

 

[Rickard.lj]

Yes, you fill up with Leca balls, then concrete, prime the floor if it's free from paint and oil, then you should have a laser to see where the highest point is, there is something called level pins which you then cut to the right height from the highest point and maybe in your case 60cm between all the pins, so you just start plastering. Mix the plaster with the max recommended water amount so it flows out a bit for you, good tools to have, masonry bucket, notched trowel on a shaft, a good whisk so you can mix the material well, not a small screwdriver with a whisk, so to speak, check on YouTube, there are probably videos you can watch to get some idea anyway.