Refit floors in Church Walk Shopping Centre units
Shops in Church Walk, across the road from the Valley station, and the independent traders on the Hill's High Street all reach the same moment in a refit. The old finish is stripped out, and the floor underneath can show traces of the tenants before: lines of old carpet glue, patches of floor paint, vinyl adhesive and the odd ridge where a partition once stood.
A grinder deals with all of that. Its diamond heads spin against the surface and cut it away in thin passes, taking residue and high spots off together. What is left is clean, open concrete or screed that a primer, compound or adhesive can bond to properly.
Up on the old barracks site, the supermarket, The Arc and the Skaterham indoor skate park are all buildings where floors have to stand up to hard wear. Before a new finish or levelling layer goes into a building like that, the old surface has to be sound, and grinding is one way to get there. Across a big area, or where a coating is heavy, shot blasting or scarifying can be quicker; both come under floor preparation.
Our part is the preparation; resin and polished concrete finishes are left to specialists. If a resin installer is following us, the ground surface is ready for them. If a new finish needs a smooth base, our floor levelling service in Caterham follows on.
Dust control is part of every job. Concrete and screed contain silica, so every grinder runs with an extractor, and we screen off the rest of the unit while we work.
Grinding joins and old finishes in Caterham homes
Some 16% of Caterham's homes were built between 1973 and 1999, and a rear extension on a house of that age, or any other, leaves a join between old and new concrete. Where a new slab meets an old floor there is often a small lip, and a grinder can take that down so a single run of flooring crosses the doorway without a bump.
Grinding has a firm limit. It removes what stands proud of the surface, but it cannot fill a hollow or correct a floor that slopes across the room. Where a floor dips or falls over a wide area, the high points come off first and compound or a screed makes up the rest. We also measure before cutting much from a screed, because grinding too deep can leave it thinner than its minimum depth.
Lifting old carpet or vinyl in a house often reveals patchy adhesive, and that residue can stop a new primer from bonding. Grinding cuts through it to sound material, and a thin layer of latex screed in Caterham then gives the new floor a smooth face. Garages turned into rooms have their own issues, with oil stains and old paint soaked into the slab, and those come off the same way.
We are a screeding contractor, not a tool hire shop, so none of our grinders or diamond heads are for sale or hire. Croydon is about six miles to the north, and we offer concrete floor grinding in Croydon there too.
How we price floor grinding in Caterham
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 Caterham
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Concrete Floor Grinding from Slough to Caterham
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 30 miles from Caterham, which lies to the south-east. Postcodes here include CR3 and RH1, and Oxted (3.6 miles), Redhill (4.9 miles), Croydon (5.7 miles) and Reigate (6.3 miles) are close by.
More on floor grinding, part of our screeding services.
