Check pattern and measure present beams joists.
Cutting cement floor to make a sunken floor.
Eliminate any erect building metals dry cement etc linking your sunken area to the neighboring floor.
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When to saw cut concrete.
The goal is to attach your newly raised floor to the nearby floor to create uniformity and not two separates.
Cutting too early causes raveling an effect created by the saw blade pulling the aggregate out of position leaving a messy weakened edge along the cut.
If your cut doesn t need to be exact use a cold chisel and hand sledge to cut the concrete.
Cutting hollow concrete block first score the line.
How to cut a shallow channel into a concrete floor.
Score the length of the cut three or four times with the chisel.
Observe the construction used for the adjacent floors.
While these advantages make it great for a garage basement or.
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In many cases you can remove your sunken living room subfloor and match the construction pattern of the adjacent floor.
This is noisy and can be time consuming depending on the amount of steel.
When converting a garage space into a living area installing a framed wood floor offers an opportunity to add insulation from the cold concrete slab access for electrical circuits to any interior walls being planned and effectively provides a level floor platform over a standard garage floor that can be sloped 4 to 5 inches from front to back.
A concrete floor is designed to be sturdy and strong and take a lot of abuse.
Check the architectural material and style used in the neighboring floor.
There was a time when bare concrete floors stayed well hidden beneath carpets parquet flooring and tiles when it was inconceivable to leave them exposed and the very idea that they could look good like that was not even taken into consideration.
In addition to the concrete mix and the weather conditions determining when to saw concrete is based on the concrete s hardness as well as the type of cutting equipment used to make the saw cuts.
A circular saw with a masonry blade can also be used to either score or completely cut through the block.