Problem subfloors-Should I Cover With Vinyl, Ceramic or Carpet?

[grw]

Attached are photos of my problem subfloors.

I removed a sliding glass door that separated the two rooms. I removed the carpet that was over the concrete.

The 1st subfloor is concrete (13' x 19') with black cutback adhesive residue on the edges. The cutback adhesive is on about 75 square feet of the cement.

The concrete subfloor sits next to a terazzo floor.

The 2nd subfloor is terrazzo. The terrazzo floor sits 1 inch taller than the concrete subfloor.There is a 13 feet width where the two floors abut side by side.

Photo 1 has red colored vinal plank samples on the terrazzo floor where it meets the concrete floor.

HOW EXPENSIVE WILL IT BE TO BRING THE CONCRETE FLOOR UP LEVEL WITH THE TERRAZZO FLOOR. HOW PERFECT DOES THIS CONCRETE FLOOR NEED TO BE TO ACCOMODATE GLUE DOWN VINYL PLANKS.


If VINYL PLANKS won't work for these subfloors THEN would CERAMIC TILE be more realistic?

IF THOSE OPTIONS AREN'T REASONABLE THEN should I just CARPET ALL OF IT?

I WANT TO MAKE THE ENTIRE AREA LOOK LIKE ONE FLOOR. IT NOW LOOKS LIKE 2 SEPARATE FLOORS (and two separate rooms).

Please look at the photos and make suggestions.

Thanks for your help.

[TFP Admin]

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Thanks,

Jim

[hookknife]

I noticed that the room that is concrete would have to be raised to meet the terrazzo, I also noticed that this same concrete room attaches to another room in a doorway. If you raise your floor to meet the terrazzo you will also have this same issue in the other doorway. Also how will this height increase affect you sliding glass doors etc. I would guess you are approaching $2000 in just materials to pour a SLC, and then would come the labor, Shot blasting etc. So it would be a very expensive floor even before you get to the actual product. As far as flooring options, no matter what you choose you will have to deal with the height issue first, Have you had any one at this point offer you any ideas from you area, who may have seen the job???

[Daris Mulkin]

Why not put 3/4 plywood in the room that is lower to meet up with the 2 doors.

Daris

[Kman]

Perfect solution to raise that floor if you wanted to install ceramic would be a mud floor. However, if you don't have experience with packing in a mud floor, I wouldn't advise it. It can be quite a job.

I wouldn't install plywood because of the possibility of moisture migrating through the slab and into the plywood.

Either tear out the terrazzo, or just deal with the transition if you can't do the mud floor. While tearing it out would be quite a job, and very messy, it would also give you a clean slate to start from with the whole floor at the same height.