Self Leveling Conrete - Starting Strength Forums

There's an old thread on uneven floors here:

Lifting on a slightly slanted floor (Garage home gym)

My basement floor is slanted. I can't reorient my rack in a good place so the slant is front to back. The beams are just over 84 inches from the floor. So I can't build much of a paltform and fit my rack. (I could trim them a tad, I suppose. The wood is incredibly hard. From the 's. . . )

I'm thinking about trying to level the area around the rack with self leveling concrete.

Those of you that have done this, if you don't mind, I have a few questions: Did you use primer? How sturdy is a 1/4 to 1/3 layer of this stuff? How long does it take to harden before I can put the rack back in place? Does the hardening time differ much between the quick dry and the regular?

Any tips would be appreciated.

I tried leveling the area inside my rack today. I primed it last night. I'm going to shim the uprights. If that doesn't work, I'll try leveling a wider area. I used two bags on about 30 square feet.



Primer drying:



My weather stripping levies didn't hold:





It's hard to tell, but the left side is about 3/4" and the bottom left (furthest from the rack) is a solid inch thick. I feathered some of the edges.

Before the second pour, the bottom section was perfectly level. The upper part was still off. Hence the second pour. It should be pretty close inside the rack now.