Levelling crumbling concrete to wood.

[MrDKP]

Firstly, I apologise for posting a question that I imagine someone has answered before. I read Mattysupras sticky on leveling and searched, but this is entirely new to me so I felt I needed specific advise.

I am decorating a first floor bedroom. We are having new carpets fitted and there has always been an odd step under the carpet. I figured I should repair it before laying new carpet over an old problem.

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• MrDKP
• 27 May 2021

Mind you step

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• MrDKP
• 27 May 2021

Crumbly brick with crumbled concrete underneath.

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• MrDKP
• 27 May 2021

The overall picture

Is this a job in which I should pour levelling compound over the bricks and then skim to be level with the floor boards? Does it being on the first floor make any difference to this? If I end up with wet ceilings in the living room then my heads on the chopping block.

Any response is greatly appreciated.

 

[dazlight]

Get some ardex A45 rapid repair on that

 

[MrDKP]

Thanks very much. With this response, mattysupras sticky and some YouTube research I have a much clearer idea as to how to approach this. Appreciated.

 

[foxhole]

That looks like old fireplace, remove all cement and replace with floorboards.

 

[MrDKP]

Thanks for the advise. It's definitely the old fireplace, which I guess was removed when the room size
was reduced to incorporate a staircase to the loft conversion.
Replacing with floorboards was suggested to me by a mate, but with the way he described it it sounds like a job I wouldn't be able to do myself.