Latex screed for kitchen and bathroom refits in Alton
A refit rarely starts with a clean slab. In a kitchen or bathroom from the 1970s, 1980s or 1990s, pulling up the old vinyl or tiles tends to reveal a patchwork: a strip of screed where a wall came out, timber boards in an upstairs bathroom, ceramic tiles someone left in place last time, and glue across the lot.
Latex screed is designed for that. The cement powder is stirred into a latex liquid rather than water, and the latex gives the set layer a little flexibility and a strong grip. Spread just millimetres deep, it closes up grout lines, board joints and small hollows so the new finish has nothing to telegraph.
Each base is treated in its own way. Timber floors get a layer of flooring grade plywood screwed down firmly over them, and the latex goes on the ply; it never goes on bare boards. Glazed or quarry tiles can stay if every one is solidly bonded, with the surface cleaned and primed. Sound concrete takes latex once dust and loose patches are removed, and some old adhesive can stay if it is thin and firmly stuck. A screed that turns out to be calcium sulphate has its laitance taken off and is primed before anything else.
The finishes that need this smoothness are the thin, flexible ones: sheet vinyl, LVT, lino, rubber and safety flooring, plus carpet where a smooth base stops wear lines. On a project that also takes in a ground floor extension, the Alton floor levelling page covers bringing the wider floor into line.
Damp, bounce and slopes in older Alton cottages
Latex makes a good floor better. It does not rescue a poor one, and three faults rule it out until they are fixed.
Moisture comes first. Old solid floors, like the uneven ones in Alton's older cottages and terraces, are worth testing for damp before anything goes on them. Latex is not a membrane, so if a test shows moisture coming through, the floor needs dealing with properly, often by digging out and relaying with insulation and a membrane under a new sand and cement floor.
Movement is next. A timber floor that bounces will crack any thin cement layer laid on it, latex included. The joiner refixes the boards and overboards with ply before we return.
Level is the last. A cottage floor that has sunk a long way at one side needs a screed to fill it, not a deep pour of compound. Broken or hollow patches can be cut out first under our screed repairs service.
In the brewery redevelopment, the care home and extra care building are the kind of setting where safety flooring and sheet vinyl are common, and the same rule applies there: a sound, dry, primed base first, latex second. Counting conversions as well as blocks, flats make up 25% of Alton's homes, and an upstairs flat can mean timber, concrete or an old screed under the covering, each with its own primer.
How we price latex screed in Alton
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 Alton
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Latex Screed from Slough to Alton
Alton is about 30.1 miles south-south-west of our Slough base as the crow flies, with postcodes including GU34. The nearest towns to it are Farnham (8.9 miles), Basingstoke (9.6 miles), Petersfield (10.1 miles) and Fleet (10.8 miles).
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