Where old floor meets new extension in Hutton and Warley
Extend a post-war house in Hutton or Warley and you join two floors laid decades apart. The old slab may have settled a little, dropped towards the walls or been patched over time, while the new screed goes down to a fresh level. Expect a small step or ridge along the join, and in a knocked-through kitchen-diner that join can run straight across the middle of the room, in plain sight.
Compound sorts that out. We clean the surface and lift anything loose, then apply a primer matched to the base, be it sand and cement, calcium sulphate or concrete. The compound is poured and spread, normally between about 2mm and around 10mm thick, and flows out smooth and flat.
The yardstick is BS 8204, checked with a 2m straightedge laid on the floor: SR1 permits a 3mm gap below it, SR2 permits 5mm and SR3 10mm. Many thin sheet finishes ask for SR1, because LVT and vinyl show every dip below them. Large tiles and engineered wood tolerate a little more, but still need a true base.
Just 8% of Brentwood homes went up from 2015 onwards, so the floors being refinished are mostly older, often patched more than once. That is where checking the base carefully before any compound is poured avoids problems down the line. In a neighbouring town? See levelling floors in Basildon.
Unit and office refits around Childerditch Industrial Park
New tenants at Childerditch Industrial Park usually pull up the old carpet tiles or vinyl and find the slab below is not ready for the next finish. As space at Brentwood Enterprise Park is fitted out, it will need the same finishing. First, adhesive residue, old patches and worn areas have to be dealt with.
The steps rarely change. We grind off residues and weak surfaces, repair cracks and holes, prime the base and then pour compound to the flatness the new finish calls for. Our grinding service for concrete floors handles that first stage.
Compound cannot fix everything. Laid deep over a slab that has already failed, it is liable to crack and come unstuck. We will tell you plainly when compound is the wrong answer rather than sell you more of it. Where a slab is over about 10mm out, broken or hollow, a new screed is the safer choice, and our Brentwood sand and cement screed page explains it. Once the base is sound, fast drying compounds help the refit stay on programme.
How we price floor levelling in Brentwood
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 Brentwood
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 Brentwood
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 41.4 miles from Brentwood, which lies to the east. Postcodes here include CM15, CM14 and CM13, and Billericay (4.8 miles), Havering (5.4 miles), Basildon (7.2 miles) and Stanford-le-Hope (9.1 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.
