Grinding unit floors around Blackwater Valley Industrial Park
Spinning diamond segments shave the slab surface off a fraction at a time. On an industrial or trade unit floor that removes what the last tenant left behind: painted walkway lines, worn floor paint, adhesive from carpet tiles or vinyl, ridges where slab bays meet and the weak, dusty top skin called laitance.
For a unit at Blackwater Valley Industrial Park or on Blackwater Way, the reason for grinding is usually what goes down next. Levelling compound will not bond to paint or dust. A new screed needs a clean, open surface to grip. A resin floor laid by a specialist needs the same, and we prepare the slab for them, though resin and polished concrete are not finishes we put down ourselves.
Shops and leisure units in the town centre bring a different version of the same job. At Westgate Leisure Park and in the Union Yard redevelopment of Union Street East, a fit-out can mean lifting tiles or sheet flooring and grinding off the bed of adhesive before the next finish goes down.
We are a contracting team, not a tool shop, so machines and diamonds stay with us and are never sold or hired out. On a big floor or under a heavy coating, shot blasting or scarifying can be quicker, and both sit under our floor preparation work. Where the slab under the coating turns out to be cracked or breaking up, concrete floor repair comes before any new finish.
Extension joins and garages across Aldershot homes
In houses, grinding is usually a small, targeted job. Homes built between 1945 and 1972 make up 18% of Aldershot, and mid-century semis are where kitchen and rear extensions most often come up. Where the new extension slab meets the old floor, there is often a lip or a hump of a few millimetres. Grinding that line down, then laying levelling compound across both floors, gives the new finish one continuous surface.
Detached houses are 11% of the town's homes, and a garage floor of any age tends to collect paint, oil and sealer. Before a garage becomes a room, that surface is ground back so the new layers bond.
Old adhesive is the other common reason. Lift a carpet or vinyl and the black or yellow residue underneath can stop a new adhesive or compound sticking.
Grinding has limits. It shaves off local high spots, but a room that falls or sags from one side to the other stays that way; the bumps are ground first and then levelling compound or a new screed brings it true. Grinding a screed too hard can also take it below the depth it needs.
Silica is present in concrete, screed and tile, and grinding turns it into a fine dust. We grind only with extraction running and seal off the rooms around the work. The same service covers floor grinding in Farnborough too.
How we price floor grinding in Aldershot
A fixed written price within 24 hours, once we know the area and what has to come off. See our floor screeding cost guide.
Who grinds your concrete floor in Aldershot
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
See what customers say in our Google reviews and on our testimonials page.
Concrete Floor Grinding from Slough to Aldershot
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 20.1 miles from Aldershot, which lies to the south-south-west. Postcodes here include GU11 and GU12, and Farnborough (2.8 miles), Farnham (2.9 miles), Fleet (4.1 miles) and Frimley (4.6 miles) are close by.
More on floor grinding, part of our screeding services.
