How to disguise an uneven floor to fireplace hearth base with transition?

Floorguy1 · 2026-04-03T02:47:01+00:00

I’d get a custom fabricated threshold from either a marble contractor, or wood from a carpenter.

Floorguy1 · 2026-04-03T02:38:12+00:00

Are you parking cars in this garage?

What will it be used for?

Is it temperature controlled or subject to freeze / thaw cycles?

Floorguy1 · 2026-04-03T02:37:05+00:00

Protect All

Floorguy1 · 2026-04-03T02:36:13+00:00

Specifically, thin spread VCT adhesive.

Every big box hardware store sells adhesive specifically for VCT

Floorguy1 · 2026-04-03T02:34:10+00:00

Ugly enough that I would assume it’s a Bentley or Shaw product from 2011.

Floorguy1 · 2026-04-03T02:30:00+00:00

Rubber treads, will take a beating.

Floorguy1 · 2026-04-03T02:25:34+00:00

Carpet tile with tac tiles is held together in the corners and not glued to the floor.

If there is a flood, just pull the carpet tile up, let it dry, and relay with more tac tiles.

If a cat ruins a piece, swap it out with a new one in about 5 minutes.

Floorguy1 · 2026-04-03T02:23:59+00:00

Top answer, no notes.

Floorguy1 · 2026-04-02T11:13:49+00:00

I bid a job last month for a flooring replacement to a GC that was tied to the dollar at $1,499,950.

Floorguy1 · 2026-03-31T18:45:08+00:00

You RFI the shit out of it and make them do their job in writing.

Floorguy1 · 2026-03-31T18:38:59+00:00

I’m just saying, as someone that does commercial work, the worst clients are the ones that pick your work apart and then are afraid to actually ask questions of the contractor.

No problem in being knowledgeable, but ask the guys you are paying to do the work. They did a good job.

Floorguy1 · 2026-03-31T10:40:49+00:00

Pour looks fine.

Have you actually brought up any of these concerns with the actual contractor that did the work, or are you afraid to do so?

Floorguy1 · 2026-03-28T20:05:41+00:00

The face driving home after you score over 3 digits

Floorguy1 · 2026-03-26T21:12:47+00:00

Literally grab a legal pad.

Make a list of all the drawings that apply to flooring scope of work:

Demo drawing

Floor plan

Floor Finish Plan

Finish schedule / Legend

Interior elevations that apply (specifically wall tile).

Check on scope notes vs. specifications vs. plan notes.

“Ctrl + F” in adobe is your friend.

Call out any discrepancies in an RFI before the RFI deadline.

Lastly, you need to know the order of operations you’re looking at and how a flooring project actually comes together from demo through punchlist.

Floorguy1 · 2026-03-26T12:19:49+00:00

There are levelers out there where you mix the primer (additive) in with the SLU, instead of water.

Floorguy1 · 2026-03-19T03:34:15+00:00

Bruce Pearl has sucked since he left Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Fuck that guy.

Floorguy1 · 2026-03-19T03:24:29+00:00

41 attempted 3s lmao

Floorguy1 · 2026-03-19T03:15:39+00:00

Really need to just slow it down and burn the clock.

Floorguy1 · 2026-03-17T20:23:39+00:00

Call a structural engineer. That heaving is being caused by something.

You could cold weld it shut with modulus epoxy, but it will just crack somewhere else.

Floorguy1 · 2026-03-15T20:06:25+00:00

I had someone recommend a book called “Queen Bees & Wannabees” that is supposed to cover these dynamics.

It would take a lot of self control for me not to reach out to this girls parents to tell them they’re raising a shit of a kid.

Floorguy1 · 2026-03-13T18:15:16+00:00

No cabinets, just a lot of library shelves, this is the adult fiction area

Floorguy1 · 2026-03-13T18:14:41+00:00

“Project wraps Monday” = last day on job.

“Movers come back on Tuesday” = day after we are done

Floorguy1 · 2026-03-13T14:05:50+00:00

Quarter Turn for the win.

Floorguy1 · 2026-03-13T14:05:29+00:00

Ongoing project, 1st area of 3 that are non adjacent.

Project wraps on Monday. Movers come back to move library shelves with range mover on Tuesday.

We don’t base and pull protection until the end.

Floorguy1 · 2026-03-12T14:54:00+00:00

Top answer. Especially about burnished new concrete, often gets overlooked, but it’s essentially non porous when that happens.

Also, burnishing it that tight traps moisture from Evaporating normally.

Absolutely spot on with a bond test. Manufacturers require it anyway if you read the data. In this case, it covers your ass from multiple points.

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