Grinding unit floors at Belvedere and Foots Cray
Diamond grinding is a cutting job. Discs set with industrial diamonds spin against the floor and take the surface down a fraction at a time, so we decide how much comes off instead of chipping it away. On a unit floor in any of those three industrial locations, that is how old line paint, thin coatings, carpet tile adhesive and the weak skin left on top of a slab are removed before a new floor goes down.
What follows grinding varies. It may be levelling compound to flatten the floor for a new finish, a new screed, or a resin system laid by a specialist. We prepare the slab for any of those, but resin and polished concrete are not our trade, so the coating itself goes to another contractor. Grinding also tidies the lips where bays of an industrial slab meet and takes down ridges and trowel marks that would show under a new floor.
For a large warehouse floor, or a coating too thick to grind economically, shot blasting or scarifying can be quicker. Both come under our floor preparation service, and we will say which method suits the floor when we price it.
When a tenant leaves, the strip-out can expose a floor that is cracked or broken rather than simply dirty. Where a unit floor turns out to be cracked or broken rather than simply dirty, concrete floor repair comes before any grinding.
Garages, extensions and dust control in Bexley homes
Houses need grinding on a smaller scale. A garage floor with flaking paint has to be ground back before any new screed or compound will stick to it, which comes up during a conversion; our garage floor screed guide covers the rest of that build-up. An extension slab that finishes slightly proud of the old kitchen floor can have its edge ground down so the two meet without a lip. When carpet or vinyl comes up, the adhesive left behind often needs grinding off as well.
Grinding has limits. It removes local high spots, not a slope or a dip across a room. In that case we grind the high areas and then level or screed, as set out on Bexley floor levelling. We also watch the depth on a screed, because taking too much off can leave it thinner than it should be.
Dust is the other side of it. Silica is in concrete, screed and tile alike, and cutting releases a fine dust that is harmful to breathe. Every grinder we run is connected to dust extraction, we sheet doorways and keep the work area closed off. We are a contracting team, so grinders and diamond tooling are never offered for sale or rental.
How we price floor grinding in Bexley
A fixed written price within 24 hours, once we know the area and what has to come off. See our floor screeding cost guide.
Who grinds your concrete floor in Bexley
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Concrete Floor Grinding from Slough to Bexley
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 34.3 miles from Bexley, which lies to the east. Postcodes here include DA7, DA1, DA15 and DA5, and Greenwich (3.6 miles), Swanley (4.4 miles), Dartford (4.5 miles) and Swanscombe (6.2 miles) are close by.
More on floor grinding, part of our screeding services.