Levelling floors in Barnet's converted flats
Dividing an older house into flats tends to leave its floors out of true. Boards have been patched over the years, a solid floor has been chased out for pipework, and the floor of a new extension finishes a touch above or below the old house. A thin sheet finish shows up every one of those ridges.
That is the job self levelling compound does. Once the base is primed, the compound is poured and spreads into a smooth surface, anything from about 2mm to 10mm thick, though some products can be built up further. What we are aiming for is the flatness class the flooring asks for. BS 8204 lets SR1 be 3mm out when a 2m straightedge is laid across the floor, with 5mm allowed for SR2 and 10mm for SR3, and SR1 is what many thin sheet finishes insist on.
Before any compound, there is the question of primer. Each kind of base, whether concrete, calcium sulphate, sand and cement or an old existing floor, calls for its own primer, and picking the wrong one is a frequent cause of compound coming loose. If the base first needs cleaning, grinding or old adhesive stripping, that is preparing the floor for levelling.
No compound can save a floor that is due to be rebuilt. Pouring it thick to disguise a failed or steeply sloping floor invites cracking and debonding. When the base is loose, damp or further out than compound can cope with, the straight answer is a new sand and cement screed in Barnet. If all that is needed is a very thin smoothing coat, latex screed does that.
Shop and office refits around Brent Cross Cricklewood
Brent Cross opened in the 1970s as Britain's first American-style out-of-town shopping centre, and today it forms part of the larger Brent Cross Cricklewood scheme, which adds new offices and a new Thameslink station. Each time a shop or office there changes hands, lifting the old carpet tiles or vinyl tends to reveal a floor that is not fit for whatever goes down next.
The usual refit sequence is to scrape off the old adhesive, fill the cracks and holes, prime, and then pour compound to whatever flatness the incoming flooring needs. Because the products we use dry quickly, a unit can be levelled and handed to the flooring contractor inside a short fit-out window.
If a commercial floor needs more than a smoothing coat, for example a new wearing screed or repairs to a damaged slab, that is work for our commercial screeding team. For a Brent Cross unit wanting resin, polished concrete or a structural power floated slab, look elsewhere, as we do not lay those.
Whether it is one office floor or a full shop unit, tell us the area, what is on the floor now and what is going down, and you will have a written levelling price inside 24 hours.
How we price floor levelling in Barnet
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 Barnet
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Floor Levelling from Slough to Barnet
Barnet is about 19.9 miles east-north-east of our Slough base as the crow flies, with postcodes including EN5, N11, HA8 and NW11. The nearest towns to it are Haringey (4 miles), Borehamwood (4.4 miles), Brent (4.7 miles) and Camden (5.2 miles).
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.