I am pretty handy and can tackle most things so as the last room needing to be remodles is the Kitchen. I have been remodeling my kitchen since May and i have had nothing AT ALL in there since... The Situation is that i have a small area of concrete the seperates the other wood floors needed to be all level. The area of concrete is just less then 4*4.. All else is wood. I am lying down sheet vinyl over the entire kitchen.. The Differnence from the concrete level and wood level is approx 1/2".. Can i just glue 1/2" Ply over this small area of concrete to make it all one somewhat level floor ?

Please help..

if the concrete is lower, then why not use a floor leveling compound?

The area it is slightly deeper then 1/2 just about 5/8 of an inch and 4' X 4'.. which is a big leveling job with the a leveling compound.. isnt it???

not really. i just leveled a 12 x 12 room (concrete floor) so that i could lay ceramic tile...which is less forgiving than wood flooring.

ARDEX makes a good product, but rather expensive, which is what i used.

what i would use in your case is a vinyl based cement. it runs about $11 per bag and if you mix it thin, it'll smooth out real nice and it will adhere to the existing cement. but, to be on the safe side, they have some stuff that you paint over the old cement first to adhere new cement to it...it works great. it's a milky white in color. both can be bought at home depot.

i've used that vinyl cement in a garage to level a small area from thin to 1/2" thick. the stuff is still there and no cracks. it's some real tough solid mix cement and the vinyl re-enforcement makes it strong.

there are other leveling compounds out there, i just made a suggestion. if you can get the level you want with plywood, go for it. i'm not crazy about gluing plywood to cement.

using a leveling compound, you can ensure that the floors will be level with each other just by using a long board to screed it.

4' x 4' x 1/2" is not too big for leveling compound. I would do what mga suggested, vinyl patch concrete. I just did this myself after ripping out 1" thick mexican tile (the slab was recessed so the tile height matched the other flooring near it. I must have used nearly twenty * 40-lbs bags to do the job (entry way and hallway), and I think it turned out fine. 4' x 4' should be a piece of cake. My only suggestions would be to make sure the concrete below is not bone dry when applying the patch (becuase it will suck out the water of the patch crete and dry it too fast), and also, don't mix the patch crete too wet, as it will evaporate and leave cracks.