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Posted by Goedjn on November 10, 2006, 10:59 am
>
>> On Tue, 07 Nov 2006 09:15:53 +0000, aemeijers wrote:
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>>>> Try to hammer a nail through the carpet in the middle of the floor if it
>>>> is
>>>> concrete which it probably is you will know quickly.
>>>> Muff
>>>>
>(snip)
>ceiling, it is likely conventional stick framing.
>>>
>>> aem sends....
>>
>> That was spot on, aem. Thanks for that. I found out the building is indeed
>> brick veneer and the floors are a "plywood/concrete composite".
>>
>> Nice one.
>>
>> Would you reckon that this concrete layer, in your experience, be
>> suitable to polish/tint and use as a primary flooring surface
>> (with rugs) in place of carpet?
>Not in my experience, no- it is usually far from smooth, and has cracks at
>the doorways and often in the middle of the field. But if the existing
>carpet is shot and has to come up anyway, you may want to give it a look. A
>lot will depend on how good the original installation crew was, and how much
>the builiding has flexed or settled over the years, and how thick a layer of
>crete they put down. The apartment-building company I worked for back then
>was cheap scum, and always used the cheapest material and crews they could
>get away with, so a building built by a real builder may look better. Even
>if it does look good, you will have to add or lower the shoe mold to get rid
>of the crack, and spot-fill the ramset holes where the tack strip for the
>carpet was nailed down.
>
>aem sends...
>
At which point, it probably worth comparing the price difference
between getting the existing concrete the way you want it,
and just pouring epoxy.
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