Levelling floors in Bath's historic centre premises
Offices, shops and hospitality premises in the historic centre of Bath are refitted from time to time, and the new floor finish usually has a fixed opening date behind it. A delay to the floor holds up the joiners, the shopfitters and the opening itself. Fast drying products make that date easier to hold, though every data sheet sets its own timings. Each product's limits on depth and base type are checked before it is chosen.
The Bath Quays office development on the riverside and the reused Stothert & Pitt site at Bath Riverside bring newer commercial floors into the mix. A fit-out on a newer floor still needs a smooth base under carpet tiles, vinyl or LVT.
Put a 2m straightedge down and check the largest gap beneath it: 3mm or less meets SR1, 5mm SR2 and 10mm SR3. SR1 is the class many thin sheet finishes demand, and old floors often need levelling to meet it.
Preparation comes first. Old adhesive, paint and weak surface layers are ground or scraped away, cracks and joints treated, and the base primed to suit its type. That groundwork falls under our floor preparation. For very thin smoothing coats, see latex screed.
Compound has a limit. Poured thick to cover up a floor that really wants screeding, it can crack and lose its bond, so if a Bath floor dips well past about 10mm we advise a repair or a new screed.
Joining old and new floors in Bath houses
In Lansdown, Larkhall, Bloomfield, Moorlands or anywhere else in Bath, a house that has been altered more than once can end up with floors with a patchwork of materials and levels, and a new kitchen or an extension adds another height to match.
A thin compound over the correct primer can join these into one flat surface. It is feathered across the join between old and new, so a long run of LVT or large tiles reads as one floor without a lip at the doorway.
In listed houses, levelling is often the preferred route because it adds only a few millimetres and avoids breaking out original fabric. Check any consent needed first.
Homes from 1973 to 1999 make up 11% of Bath's stock, and where a floor of that age is sound concrete or screed, compound bonds well once it is primed. Where a floor is loose or hollow underneath, levelling will not hold, and repairing the screed first is needed.
Where the base is sound, compound is often the proportionate choice: it makes a floor flat without the cost and drying time of a rebuild.
How we price floor levelling in Bath
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 Bath
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.
Floor Levelling from Slough to Bath
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 74.7 miles from Bath, which lies to the west. Postcodes here include BA2 and BA1, and Trowbridge (7.9 miles), Corsham (8.3 miles), Melksham (9.6 miles) and Frome (10.6 miles) are close by.
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.
