Cracked screeds and extension joins around Orpington
Levelling in a house usually starts with a new floor covering. Thin finishes such as LVT and sheet vinyl telegraph each dip, and a big tile will see-saw over a bump. BS 8204 measures this with a 2m straightedge: a gap of no more than 3mm is SR1, 5mm is SR2 and 10mm is SR3, and many sheet finishes need SR1.
Two situations come up in post war houses around Orpington and the Crays. The first is the old screed that has cracked but is still bonded. Once loose pieces are cut out and cracks repaired, a compound layer of about 2mm to 10mm restores a flat surface. The other is where a new extension slab meets the floor of the original house. Even when the new floor is set to the right height, the two rarely meet perfectly, and a skim across the join gives one continuous surface for the flooring.
Priming comes first. A concrete slab, a cement screed, a calcium sulphate floor and a layer of old adhesive all take different primers, and compound that lifts has often gone over the wrong one.
Compound has limits. Pile it on to disguise a floor that is past saving and it cracks and parts from the base. So if your Orpington floor sounds hollow, breaks up underfoot or is out by several centimetres, we will say so straight away and point you to repairing the screed first or replacing it with a new hand-laid Bromley screed.
Unit refits from St Mary Cray to Biggin Hill
Commercial refits are where flatness gets measured. The Cray Business Corridor, a Strategic Industrial Location, holds most of Bromley's industrial land, and St Mary Cray is its largest area at just under 40 hectares. More business areas sit at Kangley Bridge Road in Lower Sydenham, at Elmers End and at Biggin Hill. When a unit changes tenant or an office is fitted out, the new finish may need a flatter base than the old one did.
Warehouse floors there call for level, hard wearing bases. Where a slab is worn, dusty or coated, it needs work before any compound goes down: our floor preparation service covers shot blasting, and concrete floor grinding takes down high spots. The compound then goes over a clean, primed base.
Using a fast drying compound means the flooring fitters are not kept waiting long. Where the site allows, the work can be split into areas so parts of a unit stay usable.
We do not lay resin or polished concrete, so a floor with either finish specified will need a specialist once our levelling is done.
How we price floor levelling in Bromley
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 Bromley
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 Bromley
On the map, Bromley sits east-south-east of Slough, about 31.8 miles from our base in a straight line (postcodes including SE20, BR3, TN16 and BR1), next to Swanley (5.5 miles), Lewisham (5.7 miles), Croydon (5.8 miles) and Bexley (6.9 miles).
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.
