Latex over old floors in Ashford refits
The name comes from the liquid. A cement based powder is mixed with latex instead of water, and the two parts are made to go together, so each batch is made up on site and laid while it is workable. It is a surfacing layer: a few millimetres of material that turns a serviceable floor into one smooth enough for a thin finish.
Ashford's homes produce a good range of bases for it. Many projects in the town start from solid concrete, which can be worn, patched or uneven on the surface even where it is otherwise sound. An older kitchen may still have quarry or ceramic tile in place, while upper rooms sit on timber.
Each needs its own preparation. Concrete is cleaned and primed. Tiles are checked one by one, any loose ones lifted and the gaps filled, and the rest degreased and primed so the latex keys to the glaze. Timber is never latexed bare; boards are fixed down and overboarded with flooring grade plywood first. Sound old adhesive can sometimes stay, sealed with a compatible primer.
Converted flats make up 3% of Ashford's homes, and a conversion can bring its own mix of timber and solid floors within a single flat.
The finish decides how smooth the base must be. Sheet vinyl and lino reveal every ridge, and safety flooring and rubber in a kitchen or utility room do the same. For deeper correction than latex can give, see floor levelling in Ashford.
Shop units and damp floors around Ashford Common
Ashford Common has its own shopping parade, and a small shop refit there can need much the same base as a domestic kitchen: a smooth, sound surface for safety flooring, lino or vinyl. The old covering and loose adhesive come off, the floor is checked, and once primed it can take latex. Old adhesive that will not come away by hand may need grinding first, which our Ashford concrete floor grinding page explains.
Latex is not the fix for every floor, though. It cannot cure damp, and in Ashford that is a real concern: plenty of older solid floors here turn out to have a failed membrane or none at all, and moisture coming up through the slab will lift latex and the covering on top. A floor like that is rebuilt with a new membrane rather than skimmed.
Springy timber is the second limit. Boards that move must be refixed and overboarded, or the latex cracks. The third is a floor that sits well out of level; a few millimetres of compound follows the shape below it, so a screed or levelling compound comes first. Calcium sulphate screed has its laitance sanded off and is always primed before latex goes on. Cracked or hollow patches are dealt with under screed repairs.
How we price latex screed in Ashford
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 Ashford
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Latex Screed from Slough to Ashford
Ashford is about 10.5 miles south-east of our Slough base as the crow flies, with postcodes including TW15. The nearest towns to it are Sunbury-on-Thames (2.1 miles), Staines-upon-Thames (2.2 miles), Chertsey (3.3 miles) and Egham (3.8 miles).
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