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.
Rough basement floor.
With years of use though a concrete floor will wear down with the once smooth surface becoming roughened or damaged.
While you might not care what your garage floor looks like it s likely that you will want a smoother unblemished surface for your indoors.
Wipe away the remaining dust with a damp cloth.
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.
It does require floor prep to smooth the floor otherwise the surface of the sub floor will telegraph through within 6 months.
Fortunately you don t have to deal with dips.
Self leveling concrete is a liquid mortar that you pour and spread onto a sloped rough uneven but structurally sound floor.
Also usually sheet vinyl comes in 12 foot rolls and if your basement is wider than 12 ft you ll need to have a seam and buy extra vinyl to cover the area and make sure you order enough extra so that the can.
Step 3 clean the concrete basement floor.
Check the smoothness of your concrete basement floor.
During finishing the floor is leveled and smoothed with a surface that you can walk across on your bare feet.
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.