Hole in Kitchen Floor Help!!

[whambam007]

Can anyone help, ive recently bought some ceramic floor tiles to lay in my kitchen. The majority of the floor surface is level, but there is a patch at the back of the kitchen (which used to be a open hearth) which was botch cemented over years ago, it would be impossible to lay the tiles on such an uneven surface, so I decided to take up the concrete......big mistake!, now I have a hole at the end of my kitchen aprox 7inches deep by about two maybe two and a half foot in length. At the moment it is still full of rubble and smashed cement, can anyone give me any tips on how to fill this hole....wether i should put something in it first, which kind of cement is best to use, its in a corner wall, should i try and fill it with bricks or rubble before adding cement or take everything out first and then re-cement. I'm no builder by trade but I reakon I could do the job myself....any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated.

Many Thanks

Chris

 

[noseall]

it would be wise to remove the rubble and ensure the sub base is compact.
evenly spread a bucket full of soft sand over the area to be concreted.
lay some 1200 gauge polythene in the trough.
fill with concrete and trowel finish.

 

[whambam007]

thanks very much