Grinding shop and office floors around The Square
A floor grinder is a heavy machine whose spinning diamond heads shave the surface of a slab or screed off a fraction at a time. In a refit it does several jobs at once. It takes down ridges and trowel marks, cuts off the lip where two concrete bays meet at slightly different heights, and removes residue that would stop new adhesive or compound from bonding.
Retail units are a typical case. When a shop in The Square or The Atrium changes hands, old carpet tiles, vinyl or floor paint can come up and leave a patchwork of glue lines and coatings. Offices at Watchmoor Park face the same thing when an old floor finish is stripped for an upgrade. Compound poured straight over that residue is only as strong as the residue, so grinding back to clean concrete is the first step. Albany Park lies in neighbouring Frimley, where we offer concrete floor grinding in Frimley too.
What follows the grinding depends on the finish. A skim of compound is common before LVT or vinyl, and that work sits on our floor levelling page for Camberley. Some fit-outs need a full new screed. Others go to a resin installer, and the grinding leaves them a sound surface to work on. Resin and polished concrete finishes are not something we lay.
Grinding is not always the right tool. On a very large area, or under a heavy coating, shot blasting or scarifying may be quicker, and both come under floor preparation.
Garages and extension joins in Camberley houses
Grinding is not only a commercial job. Semi-detached homes make up 21% of Camberley's housing, and garage conversions and single storey extensions are common projects on the town's houses. Both leave a join where old concrete meets new.
At that join there is often a small step or ridge. If it is only a few millimetres high, the grinder can take it down so a single floor finish runs across. If the new floor sits well below or above the old one, the grinder alone will not do. It only ever takes material away, so a floor that falls or sags across a wide area needs compound or a screed once the proud spots have been cut down.
Old garage floors bring their own problems. Oil, paint and sealers soak into the surface and have to be removed before a new layer can bond. Grinding cuts through that contaminated skin to clean concrete. Cut a screed back too far and it may end up below its minimum depth, so we measure what is there before taking much off.
Dust is the other concern. Silica is present in concrete, screed and tiles, and grinding turns it into a fine dust that is dangerous to breathe in. We grind only with extraction attached, close off neighbouring rooms with sheeting and clean down afterwards. Where a smooth finish then goes down, latex screed in Camberley is often the next layer.
How we price floor grinding in Camberley
A fixed written price within 24 hours, once we know the area and what has to come off. See our floor screeding cost guide.
Who grinds your concrete floor in Camberley
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.
Concrete Floor Grinding from Slough to Camberley
Camberley is about 14 miles south-south-west of our Slough base as the crow flies, with postcodes including GU15. The nearest towns to it are Frimley (1.7 miles), Sandhurst (2.6 miles), Crowthorne (3 miles) and Yateley (3.2 miles).
More on floor grinding, part of our screeding services.
