Levelling for High Street and Billet Lane refits
When a High Street shop changes hands, the new tenant usually lifts the old carpet, tiles or vinyl and finds a surface that is anything but flat: adhesive ridges, patched holes, old fixings and dips worn in by years of foot traffic. The same happens at the industrial space on Billet Lane, near the railway station and the river, when a unit is cleared for a new occupier.
A pour of compound normally sorts it. After cleaning and preparing the surface, we prime it with the right product for the base, then pour and spread compound at about 2mm up to around 10mm, with some products going deeper. Fast drying compounds keep a refit on programme, often allowing flooring to follow within days.
The flatness classes come from BS 8204, tested with a 2m straightedge: the largest gap allowed under it is 3mm in SR1, 5mm in SR2 and 10mm in SR3. SR1 is the class many thin sheet finishes demand, and it is what most LVT and vinyl in a shop or office will need.
The base has to be sound before any compound goes down. Hollow, cracked or crumbling areas are cut out and repaired first through our screed repairs service; levelling over a failing screed only postpones the problem. Where only a very thin skim is needed over a sound base, a latex screed may be the better choice.
Old meets new in Berkhamsted homes
Homes built between 1973 and 1999 make up 25% of Berkhamsted, and the homes around Gossoms End, Swing Gate Lane and Bridgewater Road lend themselves to extensions. An extension floor and the house floor it joins hardly ever finish at exactly the same height. A ridge of a few millimetres is invisible under carpet but shows clearly through LVT.
A thin pour of compound across both floors ties them together into one flat surface. Priming is critical here, because the extension may be a fresh screed while the original floor is old concrete or tiles, and each needs a different primer.
There are limits. Big hollows are beyond what compound is made for, and a thick pour used in place of a proper new screed can crack and come away. When a floor is further out than compound can handle, you will hear that from us along with a price for a new screed, or for a heated screed over new pipes if heating is part of the plan.
This is professional levelling, not wood floor sanding and not DIY product advice. Harpenden customers can find the same service on the Harpenden floor levelling page.
How we price floor levelling in Berkhamsted
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 Berkhamsted
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 Berkhamsted
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 16.3 miles from Berkhamsted, which lies to the north. Postcodes here include HP4, and Tring (4.3 miles), Hemel Hempstead (4.5 miles), Chesham (4.5 miles) and Amersham (6.2 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.
