Levelling old and new floors together in Bushey
Homes built between 1973 and 1999 are 18% of Bushey's stock, and houses of that age and older rarely have floors that are truly flat. Screeds settle, doorways get built up by old tiles, and patches are left where pipes or cables were buried. Carpet hid all of that. Swap to LVT, sheet vinyl or large tiles and every one of those faults shows.
Extensions add a second problem. The new slab may be laid well, but its surface is rarely a perfect match for the older floor it joins. A thin layer of compound across the join, feathered out over the old floor, gives one continuous level surface.
BS 8204 checks flatness with a 2m straightedge laid across the floor, reading off the gap under it. That gap can reach 3mm on an SR1 floor, 5mm on SR2 and 10mm on SR3. SR1 is the class many thin sheet finishes demand, so tell us the flooring you have chosen before we price.
In a normal job the compound is laid about 2mm to 10mm thick, and some products are made for deeper fills. Past that point compound is the wrong tool, because a thick layer of it used in place of a screed is liable to crack and lose its bond. If your floor is badly out, cracked or hollow, screed repairs or a new liquid screed for Bushey homes will last longer. Before any compound goes down we prime the base, choosing a primer to suit concrete, calcium sulphate or sand and cement.
Unit refits at Centennial Park Industrial Estate
The Centennial Park Industrial Estate is Bushey's main commercial location, developed from 1996 on the former Northern line depot site. Warehouse and unit refits there typically call for concrete floor repair, grinding or a high strength screed, and where a unit is being fitted with a new floor covering, levelling follows those repairs.
An older warehouse slab can carry years of wear: tyre marks, spilled oils, old line markings and cracked joints. Compound will not bond to any of that, so the surface has to be cleaned back first, often by grinding or shot blasting through our floor preparation service. Damaged areas are repaired before levelling starts; our concrete floor repair page covers that stage.
Once the slab is sound and primed, fast drying compound brings it to the flatness class the new finish calls for, and the programme keeps moving. Offices and shops go through the same sequence when they are refitted, only on a smaller scale.
Where a unit needs a hard wearing floor for heavy use rather than a smooth base for a covering, compound is the wrong product and a high strength screed is the better answer. After seeing the unit, we will give you a clear answer on which one fits.
How we price floor levelling in Bushey
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 Bushey
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 Bushey
On the map, Bushey sits north-east of Slough, about 14.4 miles from our base in a straight line (postcodes including WD23 and WD7), next to Watford (1.5 miles), Harrow (3.8 miles), Borehamwood (4.2 miles) and Rickmansworth (4.5 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.
