Latex over boards and old tiles in Aldershot homes
The name comes from the liquid. A normal compound is a powder stirred into water; latex screed swaps the water for a latex liquid, so the powder and liquid arrive as a matched pair. The result stays slightly flexible once set and grips surfaces that a water mixed product would let go of.
That matters in an Aldershot kitchen or bathroom refit, because the floor under the old covering is rarely one material. Upstairs it is usually timber. Bare floorboards are never a base for latex: they move with the seasons and the joints open. A joiner first lays sheets of flooring grade plywood across them, screwed down at close centres, and the latex goes over the ply.
On the ground floor of an older terrace you might lift a carpet and find quarry tiles or ceramic tiles. If every tile is firmly stuck and the glaze is cleaned and keyed, latex can go straight over them, which saves breaking out a floor that is otherwise sound. The same goes for uneven concrete and for thin, well bonded residue from an old covering, once loose material is scraped back.
Whatever the base, a primer goes down first. The product changes with the surface, so ply is not treated like concrete or glazed tile, and any calcium sulphate screed is sanded free of laitance and sealed with a compatible primer before latex goes near it.
The finished coat is only millimetres deep, and it gives a closed, smooth surface. Sheet vinyl, LVT, lino, rubber, safety flooring and carpet all need that, because thin finishes show every board edge and grout line beneath them. For whole floors that need bringing into a flatness class, our Aldershot floor levelling page covers the wider picture.
When an Aldershot floor needs more than latex
Latex is a surface treatment. It cannot fix the floor underneath, and pouring it over a bad base only hides the problem for a while.
Damp is the first thing to rule out. Pre-1919 terraces from the garrison years often have solid floors laid without a damp proof membrane, and a skim of latex will not hold back moisture coming up through the slab. If a test shows damp, the better course is to dig the floor out and rebuild it over insulation and a membrane, using a sand and cement floor for Aldershot terraces.
Bounce is the second. Boards that spring underfoot will crack a thin latex layer however well it is mixed. Loose boards are refixed and the floor overboarded before we come back.
The third is level. A floor that drops away by a long way across the room needs filling with a screed; building latex up deep to make good the drop is asking for cracks. Where only a ridge or a lip stands proud, grinding it down first can be enough, and concrete floor grinding in Aldershot explains how that works.
Across Rowhill, Manor Park, Aldershot Park and the rest of the town, the order is the same: check the base, fix what is wrong, prime, then lay latex.
How we price latex screed in Aldershot
A fixed written price within 24 hours, once we know the area and the base. See our floor screeding cost guide.
Who lays your latex screed 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.
Latex Screed 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.
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