What sits under latex in Chigwell flats
Flats make up 24% of Chigwell's homes, and in blocks such as those on Limes Farm Estate a floor between dwellings may carry an acoustic layer. That makes the surface the latex will bond to the first thing to establish.
Latex screed is supplied as a powder and a liquid: the powder is cement based, and the latex liquid takes the place of the mixing water. The result is a thin, slightly flexible coat that bonds well to dense surfaces and copes with the small movement a flat's floor may have. Laid a few millimetres thick, it leaves a smooth face for sheet vinyl, LVT, lino, rubber or carpet, the thin finishes that suit a tight floor build-up.
The base underneath decides the method. A concrete slab with old adhesive is scraped or ground until what remains is thin and hard. A kitchen with ceramic tiles can keep them if each is firmly bonded, after cleaning and a primer for non-absorbent surfaces. Timber floors are overboarded with flooring grade plywood first, because latex on bare boards cracks.
Any acoustic product must be one its maker allows latex over, and the rules for separating floors still apply, so we work to the specification supplied rather than improvising. If the floor needs more than a smoothing coat, our floor levelling page for Chigwell covers deeper compound and when a screed is due instead.
Latex in Chigwell houses: kitchens, cloakrooms and boards
Houses use latex too, mostly at refit time. A larger post-war Chigwell house getting a new kitchen, a utility room or a ground floor cloakroom may have a floor built from several layers: original quarry tiles, a later patch where a wall was removed, and adhesive from a past covering. Latex brings those into one smooth surface for a thin finish, or for safety flooring in a utility. Terraced houses, 14% of the town's homes, raise the same question in smaller rooms.
Before any latex goes down we check three things. The first is damp: an older solid floor with a poor membrane can push moisture up, and latex will not stop it. The second is movement: boards that bounce need screwing down or repairing, then overboarding. The third is level: if the floor is out by more than a thin layer can take, screed repairs or a new screed come first.
A calcium sulphate screed has its laitance sanded off and is always primed with a compatible product before latex. Concrete and sand and cement screed take their own primer. Grange Hill, around Manor Road and Fencepiece Road, is covered along with the rest of the town, and refits a few miles away through latex screed in Epping.
How we price latex screed in Chigwell
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 Chigwell
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 Chigwell
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 31.6 miles from Chigwell, which lies to the east-north-east. Postcodes here include IG7, and Redbridge (2.4 miles), Loughton (2.5 miles), Waltham Forest (3.9 miles) and Waltham Abbey (5.3 miles) are close by.
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