Today we poured yet another floor with a Self Leveling Compound in order to make it nice and flat.  This is needed anytime that we install a large format tile.  In this case we are installing a 16" x 24" polished marble in a foyer, hallway, & laundry room.

When first measuring the job we checked the floor with a 6' straight edge only to find out there that were 3 considerable "humps" in the floor.  These "raised" up areas were addressed by Jason with an electric planer as seen in this first photo.  The area that looks lighter or new shows where jason removed a few layers of the actual plywood subfloor in order to flatten some of this obtrusion.

Jason did this at each of the three high spots in the floor while Tommy (our college boy) began to prep the mixing station by getting the water and bags of Self Leveling  Compound ready.

Jason gives Tommy a hand bringing up the "rake" and "smoother" to the job while they both check on the mixing barrels making sure that everything is ready to go.  Once we start mixing this product everything has to move very smoothly in order to assure ourselves of having a successful pour.

Jason brings in one barrel of leveler and begins to pour it on the floor while Tommy is outside mixing the next batch, making sure that we keep the outside "wet edge" fresh and ready to receive the next pour.

Tomorrow Installer Shane will take the job from here by applying Ditra Matting Underlayment over top of this leveler pour.  He then will begin to install the beautiful polished marble.  More to come as this job progresses!

Our last two pictures are of our fnished product; flat, level, & we think beautiful!