Flattening old and new floors across Burton Latimer
Thin finishes give away every dip. Small bumps show through LVT and sheet vinyl, big tiles rock on high spots and engineered boards bounce over hollows. We check with a 2m straightedge laid across the floor; SR1 tolerates 3mm under it, SR2 tolerates 5mm and SR3 10mm, and sheet vinyl or LVT makers commonly want SR1.
In Burton Latimer, 25% of homes date from 1945 to 1972, and floors that old have usually been covered, stripped and covered again more than once. Pull up the old tiles or carpet and you often find glue, patches and uneven areas to deal with before new flooring goes in.
Most of the compound we pour on Burton Latimer floors sits between roughly 2mm and 10mm, with a few products rated thicker. First the base is cleaned, repaired if needed and primed to suit what it is made of. Concrete, sand and cement, calcium sulphate and a sound existing floor all need different products. The primer controls suction and helps the bond, and leaving it out is a frequent cause of compound cracking or lifting.
Where an extension joins the house, the two floors can be a few millimetres apart. Compound can taper that step across the doorway so the finished floor carries straight through with no ridge.
It is just as important to know when compound is the wrong answer. A thick pour over a floor that is past saving tends to crack and come loose. If the dips go beyond what compound should fill, a fresh sand and cement screed for Burton Latimer or repairs to the existing screed may be the honest route.
Refit floors at Symmetry Park and Kettering Gateway
Plenty of floor levelling happens during commercial refits. When a unit gets a new tenant, or an office or shop is refitted, the old floor often has leftover adhesive, holes where fittings came out and patched trenches. Carpet tiles, vinyl or LVT need a flat, sound base, and the programme rarely leaves much time for drying.
North of the centre, Burton Latimer has turned into a place for manufacturing and distribution. Symmetry Park and the Kettering Gateway warehouses were completed in the 2020s, next to occupiers such as Weetabix, Versalift, Alpro and Abbeyboard. The offices, welfare rooms and showrooms on those sites can be levelled with fast drying compounds so the fit-out keeps moving. The warehouse floors are another job entirely, and often need concrete floor grinding or a high strength screed rather than a thin compound.
Smaller shops and offices get the same treatment on a smaller scale: we check the base, take off anything that will not bond, prime it and pour to the flatness the flooring maker sets. Sanding wooden floors is not something we do. Heading south, see our Wellingborough floor levelling page.
How we price floor levelling in Burton Latimer
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 Burton Latimer
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 Burton Latimer
On the map, Burton Latimer sits north of Slough, about 57.4 miles from our base in a straight line (postcodes including NN15), next to Kettering (3.3 miles), Wellingborough (4.2 miles), Rushden (6 miles) and Raunds (6.2 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.
