Less mess though for sure!.
Here’s where things got a little nuts.. You want to pour enough self-leveling cement so that the wires are covered and protected.You don’t want any exposed wires because you may end up slicing through them or even just their outer casing later when you’re laying your tile and that will cause the whole system not to work.
a tragedy for us cold-footed folk.. To get ready for “cement day”, we prepared the room by making sure that the cement would run only where we wanted it to when we poured it into place.. We made cardboard frames to fit inside the ducts for our floor vents and we put plumber’s putty around the tub plumbing and the toilet drain.. A very easy, but necessary step!Once the cement was all set, we would be able to remove our cardboard and our putty and have perfect holes for these fixtures in the room.. Then it was time for the cement.The moment of truth.
, rather, because it took a bit of time.So we got all set up to mix our cement and pour it quickly before it started setting.
We had a good corded drill ready to go, a mixing wand, and a big bucket all set up in the basement.
We started mixing and everything seemed to be going well.While the main parts of our house are usually pretty tidy and presentable, we had a dark, dark secret.
Well, a couple of them actually.Whenever we had a piece of furniture that we didn’t need, or a toy that wasn’t being played with anymore, we would just put it in the basement.
Or the garage attic.Seriously, it was bad.. And I knew it was bad, but I didn’t really realize how bad it was.