OK, now I’ve decided to bring in 6 yards of concrete…..

OK, now I’ve decided to bring in 6 yards of concrete to fill the 6 X 9 hole in the bathroom from plumbing upgrades & fill the 20 x 20 garage floor to level while I’m at it. (+4″). The cement truck comes Saturday & I have tile on existing garage floor with 1×5″ painted baseboards.
- Should these baseboards be removed first and replaced with 1×4″ PRESSURE TREATED wood?
- Can simply breaking up the tile before pouring or must it all be removed? Or should I leave the tile and use a bonding agent?
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Is the garage being turned into living space? If not, you need it to be below the living spaces adjacent to it.
I am bot sure why you would leave the baseboard in there at all. Put in new trim after you put the floor covering back. I doubt the tile willl make any difference at all under 4" of concrete. Fiber in the mud is oversold. I like wire better. Fiber concrete still cracks.
Yes, the garage was already converted to a bedroom when...
Yes, the garage was already incorrectly converted to a bedroom and tiled without ever raising the floors. There were 5" baseboards over that tile. Today while removing those baseboards I found they were attached to the 3 concrete walls of the garage with heavy concrete nails firmly in place about 2.5" from floor which I think should ancher the cement nicely when poured. The 4th wall where garage door would have been, had been simply framed, covered in plywood and stucco. I will address that in a week or two with cement blocks, but for now the truck is coming tomorrow & I simply cut out the drywall and placed the pressure treated 1x4. I already have a bunch of wire and plan to throw some down anyway. Either way, I'm floating a wood or laminate over it.
The Thanks for the feedback.
It may not be a problem at this time of the year but you will get a lot of heat out of that much concrete and that will make it set up way faster than you might expect when you are inside so be prepared to work fast.