After making sure that your concrete basement floor is smooth even and free of moisture clean your concrete basement floor.
Rough basement floor.
Check the smoothness of your concrete basement floor.
Installing a tile floor in all or part of your basement lets you have some fun with design while still quickly covering up existing concrete floors.
Tile is available in many different sizes and styles and the price range is equally broad.
Use sandpaper to even the patches of rough concrete.
Most compounds require that you first coat the floor with a primer.
Concrete floors are common fixtures inside of the garage but with modern home designs becoming more and more appealing they re slowly make their way inside.
A well finished concrete floor should be comfortable to use as well as strong and durable.
With years of use though a concrete floor will wear down with the once smooth surface becoming roughened or damaged.
After the primer has cured mix the compound and spread it onto the floor up to 1 2 inch thick with a floor squeegee.
Self leveling concrete is a liquid mortar that you pour and spread onto a sloped rough uneven but structurally sound floor.
Fortunately you don t have to deal with dips.
Wipe away the remaining dust with a damp cloth.
During finishing the floor is leveled and smoothed with a surface that you can walk across on your bare feet.
Step 3 clean the concrete basement floor.