Today I have a garage in the house's basement, the walls are built with concrete blocks, cast ceiling, and floor. Since it was built in the late 40s to early 50s, the floor isn't the freshest. The concrete has a very worn surface (no paint) with visible pores, and if you spray water on it, you hear how it's absorbed/air bubbles up. The load-bearing capacity is okay/sufficient.
I've considered laying tiles, but since the ceiling height is limited (less than 2m), I don't want to reduce it further. I'm thinking about "painting" the floor with a cement slurry/concrete slurry to get a reasonably smooth surface without losing height. Then, seal the dust.
Am I on the right track?
/Mikael
I've considered laying tiles, but since the ceiling height is limited (less than 2m), I don't want to reduce it further. I'm thinking about "painting" the floor with a cement slurry/concrete slurry to get a reasonably smooth surface without losing height. Then, seal the dust.
Am I on the right track?
/Mikael
Would have skipped the cement and just primed and laid tiles. If you want to make the floor more even, there's leveling compound that can withstand moisture penetration, which you probably have there.
screw self-leveling compound. use regular floor leveling compound. and paint or seal against dust afterwards. there are actually good concrete paints that breathe
What kind of filler were you thinking of? I've almost ruled out tiles because, where the wall connects to the floor, they've made a radius, like a can/bottle.
There is incoming moisture. The garage is blasted into the rock and stands on the rock, probably like 1/3 of the rest of the house (built in 1938). Under the floor in the basement, there is, from what I've heard, a layer of clay pipes, otherwise no drainage. The ground around the house is sand under a layer of soil/sandy soil, about 40 cm. Since the house is blasted into the rock, it's not entirely straightforward to install drainage.
There is incoming moisture. The garage is blasted into the rock and stands on the rock, probably like 1/3 of the rest of the house (built in 1938). Under the floor in the basement, there is, from what I've heard, a layer of clay pipes, otherwise no drainage. The ground around the house is sand under a layer of soil/sandy soil, about 40 cm. Since the house is blasted into the rock, it's not entirely straightforward to install drainage.