Latex for Becontree kitchen and bathroom refits
When a Becontree family extends at the back or opens up the kitchen, the new room usually gets a fresh screed. The rest of the house keeps the floors it has, and those can be a mix of old tiles, timber boards and older concrete.
Latex screed is a thin levelling compound in two parts. A cement based powder is blended with a latex liquid in place of water, and the result is spread a few millimetres thick. It is meant for sound bases such as firmly bonded tiles, primed concrete and plywood overboarding.
Upstairs bathrooms usually sit on timber. Latex is never spread over bare boards, which move at every joint and would crack it. The boards are fixed down, flooring grade plywood is screwed over them, and the latex goes onto the plywood.
In a kitchen, quarry or ceramic tiles from an earlier refit can stay if every one is firmly stuck. They are cleaned, primed and skimmed so the grout lines vanish under the new vinyl or LVT.
The ground floor needs more thought. Some Becontree ground floors went down with no proper damp proof membrane, and latex will not last on a floor that lets moisture through. If a test shows damp, the floor is dug out and relaid with a membrane, as explained on our Becontree floor relaying page, and latex only goes on once the new base is dry.
Latex floors in flats across Barking and Dagenham
Flats make up 30% of homes in the borough. In a flat, the finish is often thin, whether sheet vinyl, LVT, lino or rubber, and any ridge or joint beneath it shows. Latex gives those finishes a smooth, continuous base without adding much height at the front door or the bathroom threshold.
The base decides the method. Concrete is cleaned and primed. Plywood is primed with its own product. At Barking Riverside, new flats are going in with underfloor heating set in a liquid screed. Where that screed is calcium sulphate, its weak top skin has to be sanded away and the floor primed to suit before latex is spread.
Latex is not always the answer. It will not stiffen a floor that bounces, stop rising damp or take out a slope that runs across the room. A floor well out of level is a job for levelling compound or a new screed, and loose or hollow screed comes under screed repairs before anything thin goes on top.
Wherever the home is, whether in Barking, Dagenham, Chadwell Heath or Marks Gate, a photo of the floor once the old finish is up tells us most of what we need. For a project in Waltham Forest, see latex screed in Waltham Forest.
How we price latex screed in Barking and Dagenham
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 Barking and Dagenham
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 Barking and Dagenham
Barking and Dagenham is about 33.1 miles east of our Slough base as the crow flies, with postcodes including IG11, RM9, RM8 and RM6. The nearest towns to it are Redbridge (3.5 miles), Newham (4 miles), Havering (4.2 miles) and Chigwell (5.3 miles).
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