Latex over timber and thin concrete in Welling and Blackfen
The trade calls it latex screed, though it is really a levelling compound with a difference. The cement based powder is mixed with a latex liquid supplied in the pack, not with water. That gives a coat a few millimetres thick that grips hard and tolerates a small amount of movement in what lies beneath.
Welling, Blackfen and Bexleyheath have a great many inter-war semis, which makes them an obvious place for it. Ground floors in those houses are often timber on joists or concrete of no great depth, and both cause trouble under a modern glued finish. Floorboards shrink and move, so latex never goes onto them bare. The boards are fixed down tight, flooring grade plywood is screwed over the top at close centres, and the latex goes on the ply once it has been primed. The result is a smooth face with no board edges or screw heads waiting to show through vinyl.
Thin concrete floors in the same houses can be sound but rough, carrying old tile adhesive, hairline cracks and a dusty surface. Once loose material is scraped back and the slab is primed, latex fills the texture and leaves a clean face for the fitter.
The join between a new extension and the old house is a separate job. A step there is usually too big for a few millimetres of latex, so it belongs on our Bexley floor levelling page or calls for screed. Latex is the last skim, not the fix for a change in height.
When latex is the wrong choice in a Bexley home
Some floors need work before latex, and a few should not get it at all.
Springy boards are the first warning. If a floor bounces underfoot, the plywood and latex above will move with it and crack. Joists and boards have to be made stiff first, and on a suspended floor that may mean a joiner before us.
Damp is the second. Latex does not hold moisture back, and a thin concrete floor without a working membrane can push water into the new finish. A reading is taken before anything is mixed. If the slab is wet, the damp has to be dealt with, and in a bad case the floor is dug out and rebuilt with sand and cement screed for Bexley.
A floor that is well out of level is the third. Latex is laid thin, so it will not correct a big fall across a room.
Where the base passes, the finish sets the detail. Sheet vinyl, LVT, lino, rubber and safety flooring all show what is under them, and carpet still benefits from a flat, clean face. Old adhesive must be hard and firmly stuck before latex covers it; soft residue on a slab is removed by our Bexley concrete grinding. Next door, see latex screed in Dartford.
How we price latex screed in Bexley
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 Bexley
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 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.
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