Latex over worn new town floors in Basildon
Only 13% of Basildon's homes have been built since 2000, so most kitchen and bathroom refits here happen on floors that are decades old. Take the old vinyl up in a new town terrace and the concrete underneath can be marked by years of use: adhesive patches, small holes from old fixings, a rough area where a wall came out for a kitchen diner.
Latex is mixed differently from ordinary compound. The cement based powder goes into a latex liquid rather than water, and the result is a layer that grips well and has a little flexibility once set. Spread a few millimetres thick, it closes up surface marks and gives the adhesive for vinyl or LVT a smooth, even face. Rubber, lino and slip resistant safety flooring need the same kind of base.
Old quarry tiles or ceramic ones that are still firmly stuck can often be covered rather than broken out. Each tile is checked for a solid bond, loose ones are taken out and filled, and the surface is cleaned and primed. Some well stuck old adhesive can also stay under a primer, while soft residue is removed.
Cracks are the dividing line. A hairline crack in a sound slab can be filled and covered, but a slab that has settled, rocks or breaks up needs concrete floor repair before any finishing layer. For floors that are out by more than a few millimetres, our floor levelling page for Basildon covers the deeper compounds.
Refurbished Basildon flats: what latex can and cannot do
Refurbishing a flat in one of Basildon's blocks often means stripping it right back, and latex then has a smaller part to play after the bigger floor work.
The exposed floor may be concrete, a sand and cement screed, a calcium sulphate screed or timber with overboarding. Each needs its own primer. Calcium sulphate always has its surface laitance removed and a compatible primer applied before latex goes on; our anhydrite screed page for Basildon explains why that step is not optional. A timber floor gets a layer of flooring grade plywood screwed over it first, because latex on bare boards will crack.
What latex cannot do is replace a proper floor build up. Blocks being refurbished can require acoustic screeds, and a few millimetres of compound adds nothing to sound insulation. If the refurbishment calls for one, that comes first and the latex, if needed at all, goes over the top.
Damp is checked before anything else. Latex does not cure moisture coming up through a slab, so a high reading means finding the cause before laying flooring.
We cover the whole town, from Felmore and Eversley to Lee Chapel South and Steeple View, and the checks are the same wherever the floor is.
How we price latex screed in Basildon
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 Basildon
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 Basildon
On the map, Basildon sits east of Slough, about 47.4 miles from our base in a straight line (postcodes including SS14, SS13, SS16 and SS15), next to Stanford-le-Hope (3.1 miles), Billericay (4 miles), Wickford (4.2 miles) and Rayleigh (6.7 miles).
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