How to pour floors in a private house

First prepare the base surface future concrete floor. To do this, remove the top layer of soil to the required depth. Try to make the surface as even as possible. Next - it strombolite broken bricks or gravel using the tamper. If you don't have such a tool, and the area of the floor surface is small, we can do it manually.

The next stage of pouring the floor is hydro - and thermal insulation. Best for this purpose, suitable roofing. If you want to save money on insulation, being sure that groundwater will not reach your floor, you can simply lay a few layers of ordinary plastic film. It all depends on your personal preferences and financial capabilities.

After the waterproofing lay the thermal insulation material. This can be either concrete block, or slab foam. Although this material is already outdated, but still as insulation you can use fiberglass. When insulating a concrete floor, be sure to properly calculate the amount of supplies, otherwise the repair will cost you "a pretty penny".

Then proceed directly to the pouring of floor concrete. Lay it on the prepared surface, start from the far corner of the room, gradually moving to the door. To do this, use the bounding strips pre-exposed level. At this stage it is very important that the final layer was strengthened by a metal frame. Also as a reinforcement to use the normal mesh-netting. The top layer becomes more impact-resistant.

Finally, the final stage. Do it gently screed the leveling layer of pure cement mixed with water to the consistency of the liquid slurry. Can also for this purpose to buy in a specialty store leveling compound.