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I’m hoping someone will be able to help me here. We’re building our first home and have just had to change from a slab foundation to a raised wood floor because of clay in our soil. However, I have my heart set on concrete floors and it seems to me that a couple years back I was reading a lot about self-levelling concrete/resin mixes (or something?) that could be poured over a plywood floor to give us the look and feel of a nice smooth slab. My architect and my contractor seem to think this is impossible and that if we pour concrete over our wood, we’ll still have to top it off with tile or laminate or something. Please say it ain’t so. Someone’s got to know what I’m talking about. Thanks.
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Heck ya', Fifi; I'll say it aint so. A contractor friend of mine does this in all his houses for the solar mass. It can be stained, tiled, or other, including au natural. Besides his projects, I have seen a lightweight concrete floor over a wood subfloor in other res. and comm. bldg.
Sorry, I can't point you to a material or labor source.
*Fifi:Do you live in a cooling climate? Just wondering why you want a slab so bad?
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I'm hoping someone will be able to help me here. We're building our first home and have just had to change from a slab foundation to a raised wood floor because of clay in our soil. However, I have my heart set on concrete floors and it seems to me that a couple years back I was reading a lot about self-levelling concrete/resin mixes (or something?) that could be poured over a plywood floor to give us the look and feel of a nice smooth slab. My architect and my contractor seem to think this is impossible and that if we pour concrete over our wood, we'll still have to top it off with tile or laminate or something. Please say it ain't so. Someone's got to know what I'm talking about. Thanks.