In a concrete mixer add cement aggregate sand and water as directed on the concrete package instructions.
Looking to level my porch floor with cement.
If you ve been following along for a while then you might remember that we ve been working on projects to fix up the exterior of our house since the spring.
Wood is still one of the preferred flooring materials for a porch despite their inherent need for maintenance when exposed to the elements.
The floor below is a stained concrete floor with scored lines.
Place a leveling layer of sand on the surface to cover any depressions and tamp it down so that it will settle once the concrete is poured.
Build a wooden frame around the edges of the concrete slab that protrudes 2 or 3 inches above the current level.
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My plan was to paint this to look like wood planks much in the same way i did the painted shiplap wall in my bedroom.
Level a concrete floor you don t have to live with an irregular or uneven concrete floor.
Read more about how to transform an old tired cracked concrete patio.
Place one precast concrete deck footing directly under the point where the porch was the lowest.
Step 5 pour the concrete over the old floor and spread it over the surface with a rake.
After contacting her i was confident with choosing the same paint she used.
Prepare enough concrete to pour a 1 to 2 inch layer over the old floor.
To get the smooth.
While this list isn t exhaustive these are just soome of the wooden porch flooring options for you to take a closer look at.
You can purchase concrete leveling compounds at home improvement retailers to level out the floor.
In fact if you re planning to install new flooring over the slab then you shouldn t.
Placing the compound on top of the existing concrete will allow you to make repairs to the low points that may cause problems.
Additional wood porch flooring options.
This is a very pretty old world looking floor.
Travertine is a real stone and makes a beautiful porch floor.
The border is in a darker color.
Now if you really want to raise the level in terms of the design of your concrete front porch or any concrete surface you can use a circular saw with an abrasive blade and then just score it in any kind of design that you would like.
Measure from the bottom of the horizontal support beam to the inside bottom of the 4 by 4 receiving.
I shared the whole before of our exterior as well as our plans to improve it early in the season.
And you d be surprised how much it can change the look of the concrete.
The floor below is a travertine paver sand set floor.
One day on instagram i saw another blogger s video showing how well her painted concrete porch floor had held up after two years.