The shadow that kills your warranty The flashlight check is a low angle grazing light test used to identify high spots and depressions in a subfloor that a standard spirit level might miss. By placing a high lumen LED light directly on the floor surface, you create long shadows behind every ridge or hump. This…
The ghost in the expansion gap I spent three days grinding concrete on a job last month just so the floor wouldn’t click like a castanet. Most guys skip the leveling compound. They think the underlayment will hide the dip. It won’t. I walked into a site last Tuesday where the floor leveling looked like…
The Hidden Reason Your Leveling Compound is Peeling from Concrete Most guys skip the leveling compound. They think the underlayment will hide the dip. It won’t. I spent three days grinding concrete on a job last month just so the floor wouldn’t click like a castanet. I walked into a site where a previous crew…
Most guys skip the leveling compound. They think the underlayment will hide the dip. It won’t. I spent three days grinding concrete on a job last month just so the floor wouldn’t click like a castanet. That job was supposed to be a simple laminate install. Instead, it became a battle against a slab that…
The leveling peg trick for massive rooms with uneven foundations I spent three days grinding concrete on a job last month just so the floor would not click like a castanet. Most guys skip the leveling compound because they think the underlayment will hide the dip. It will not. I once walked into a project…
Most guys skip the leveling compound. They think the underlayment will hide the dip. It won’t. I spent three days grinding concrete on a job last month just so the floor wouldn’t click like a castanet. I have seen the same disaster play out with plywood. People think they can just slap some glue and…
Most guys skip the leveling compound. They think the underlayment will hide the dip. It won’t. I spent three days grinding concrete on a job last month just so the floor wouldn’t click like a castanet. I walked into a site where a previous installer tried to pour self-leveling underlayment (SLU) over a dry, unprimed…
Most guys skip the leveling compound. They think the underlayment will hide the dip. It won’t. I spent three days grinding concrete on a job last month just so the floor wouldn’t click like a castanet. That job was a nightmare because the previous installer had poured a self-leveling underlayment directly onto a burnished slab…
The physics of the subfloor bond and why most installers fail Most guys skip the leveling compound. They think the underlayment will hide the dip. It won’t. I spent three days grinding concrete on a job last month just so the floor wouldn’t click like a castanet. That job taught the client a hard lesson…
The Secret to Leveling a Floor with a Massive 2-Inch Dip I spent three days grinding concrete on a job last month just so the floor wouldn’t click like a castanet. My knees were screaming and the air was thick with the scent of 10W-30 and oak dust, but that is the reality of professional…
