Flattening old and converted floors in Aldershot
A thin floor covering hides nothing. LVT and sheet vinyl telegraph ridges through to the surface, large format tiles rock on a hollow, and engineered wood creaks where it bridges a low spot. BS 8204 sorts floors into classes using a 2m straightedge: 3mm under it is SR1, 5mm SR2, 10mm SR3. Many thin sheet products ask for SR1.
Getting an Aldershot floor into that class is the job of levelling compound. It goes onto a primed base, flows flat and dries smooth, normally at about 2mm to 10mm, with some products able to go thicker. Fast drying products mean flooring can follow soon after, which keeps a refit on programme.
In Aldershot, levelling tends to come up in two settings. One is the renovation of an older house, where a solid floor is sound but has settled or been patched over the years. The other is conversion work like that at Wellesley, where rooms inside historic buildings such as the Cambridge Military Hospital are fitted out as homes and the old floors need bringing into line before new finishes.
Priming is part of the job, not an extra. The primer has to match the base, and calcium sulphate, concrete, sand and cement and old adhesive residue each take a different one. Where a surface needs more than cleaning, our floor preparation service covers grinding and shot blasting first.
Shop and unit refits from Union Yard to Blackwater Way
Commercial floors turn over with each new tenant. When a shop, office or leisure unit is refitted, the old covering comes up and the slab or screed underneath is often patched, stained with adhesive or out of level. A levelling compound gives the new flooring contractor a clean, flat start without breaking out the floor.
In Aldershot that applies in the town centre, where Westgate Leisure Park and the Union Yard redevelopment of Union Street East bring retail, leisure and residential floor areas, and out at Blackwater Valley Industrial Park and the units on Blackwater Way. Industrial floors may need grinding or repair before they can be levelled, and our commercial screeding service covers the heavier work.
Compound has limits. It will not mend a floor with a crack right through it, one that is loose or damp, or one a long way out of level, and pouring it thick where a screed is really needed can end in cracks and debonding. In those cases the honest answer is a new screed, often a sand and cement relay in an older building, or a repair first through our screed repairs service.
How we price floor levelling in Aldershot
A fixed written price within 24 hours, once we know the area and the base. See our floor screeding cost guide.
Who levels your floor in Aldershot
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Floor Levelling 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 levelling, part of our screeding services. Not sure whether you need a thin compound or a full flowing screed? See self levelling screed explained.
