I have a friend that recently had some shoddy slab work done in his crawl space to where the floor drain in the middle of the floor is higher than the four corners . The space is roughly 10 by 10 and he needs water to flow to the middle to the drain . what type of material would one use to float out the floor to accomplish this ? The lowest spot is an inch or so .
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Shabby? That sounds like standard slab work!
He'll have to do an overlay. Check out Scoffield systems.
Bob's next test date: 12/10/07
Thanks Ill googole that .
Jim I thought Scofield was a concrete stain mfgr. I think what he needs is a topping compound, something that can go from an inch to feathered and not self-level. I think Ardex is one mfgr. A good tile supply house or masonry supply might have more options."Put your creed in your deed." Emerson
"When asked if you can do something, tell'em "Why certainly I can", then get busy and find a way to do it." T. Roosevelt
Presuming this is to drain to daylight: Maybe find where the low spot really is, and put a new drain there? Even if you're expecting large amounts of water, the existing drain would take most of it, the new drain only the last inch.
-- J.S.
There is no way to install a new drain without jackhammering the concrete and that is want he wants to avoid at all costs . Im confident that surfacing the slab will work just fine . Thanks guys.