Latex over old boards and tiles towards Luton
Ordinary levelling compounds are mixed with water. Latex screed swaps the water for a latex liquid, so it comes as two parts that are mixed together just before laying. Fitters still call it a screed, even though it is laid at a few millimetres rather than at screed depth.
In the terraces towards Luton, a bathroom or kitchen refit often stops at the floorboards. Boards have gaps, cupped edges and nail heads, and latex spread straight on them would crack within weeks. The sound approach is to fix the boards firmly, cover them with flooring grade plywood screwed at close centres, and then lay latex over the ply. Joints and screw heads vanish, and sheet vinyl or LVT sits smooth.
Other refits uncover old quarry or ceramic tiles on a solid floor. If every tile is firmly bonded, the surface can be cleaned, keyed and primed and the latex laid straight over, saving the mess of breaking them out. A hollow sounding tile or a loose patch has to be removed and filled first.
Flats make up 16% of Chatham's homes. In a flat, latex is often the practical route because it adds almost no weight or height, so doors and thresholds stay where they are. The same thinking applies to a refit in Lords Wood, Capstone Valley or the town centre: the base decides the method, and the finish decides how smooth it must be.
Checking a Chatham floor before latex goes down
Latex covers faults in the surface. It does not repair the structure underneath, so four checks come before any price.
Movement is the first. Press on a board floor, and if it bounces, latex will crack over it however good the plywood. Loose joists or boards need a carpenter before we return.
Damp is the second. Many old solid floors in the Victorian terraces were laid with no damp protection, and latex over a damp slab can lose its bond and lift the new floor. A damp reading means a membrane or a full replacement, set out on sand and cement screed in Chatham.
Level is the third. If a floor drops away by more than a few millimetres, latex is the wrong product. A deeper levelling compound or a new screed comes first, and floor levelling in Chatham covers how that is judged.
The last check is the base itself, because each one takes its own primer. Plywood, tiles, concrete, old adhesive and newer screeds all differ, and any calcium sulphate screed must have its laitance sanded off and be primed. Newer homes at Chatham Maritime may need screed repairs before latex is laid, where an existing floor has cracked or broken up.
How we price latex screed in Chatham
A fixed written price within 24 hours, once we know the area and the base. See our floor screeding cost guide.
Who lays your latex screed in Chatham
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.
Latex Screed from Slough to Chatham
On the map, Chatham sits east of Slough, about 51.6 miles from our base in a straight line (postcodes including ME4 and ME5), next to Rochester (1 miles), Gillingham (2.5 miles), Snodland (5.2 miles) and Maidstone (7.7 miles).
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