Preparing workshop floors at Bournemouth Airport, Hurn
The industrial park at Bournemouth Airport is one of the largest employment sites in Dorset, and floors in hangars, workshops and warehouses like these can be marked, painted and patched over years of use. When a unit there changes hands or a production area is reorganised, the floor usually has to be stripped back before anything new goes on.
Diamond grinding does that in thin cuts. The machine spins diamond segments against the slab, taking off old floor paint, thin coatings, adhesive from removed vinyl and the lips where concrete bays meet. Trowel marks and ridges come down with them. The surface left behind is clean and sound, ready for a primer, levelling compound, a new screed or a resin system laid by another contractor.
We do not lay resin, and we do not produce polished concrete. Our part is the preparation, done by our own people, so the next trade starts on a properly cut surface.
Silica is the hazard to plan around. Concrete and screed contain it, and grinding releases fine respirable crystalline silica dust, so every machine we use runs with dust extraction. In a working hangar or workshop we also screen off the area being ground so the rest of the building can carry on.
Where a slab is broken rather than just dirty or uneven, grinding alone will not do, and concrete floor repair deals with damaged areas. For very large areas or thick coatings, shot blasting or scarifying can be faster, and those methods sit under our floor preparation service.
Extension joins and garage slabs in Christchurch houses
Detached houses make up 41% of Christchurch homes, and a rear extension on one creates a common problem: the new slab and the old floor finish at slightly different heights. Before a continuous LVT or tiled floor runs through, the high side is ground down so the opening is flush, and any small difference left is taken out with compound.
When an older floor is refitted, it can hold adhesive from carpet or vinyl laid long ago. That applies right across the town we cover, from Mudeford and Somerford to Purewell and Stanpit. Grinding takes it off cleanly, which matters because new compounds and adhesives need to bond to concrete, not to old glue.
Garages are the third case. A slab that has had cars on it for years can be oil stained or painted, and grinding opens the surface before a conversion build-up goes on top.
Two limits apply. Grinding removes local highs, but a room that falls or sags from one side to the other is beyond it; the answer then is to grind the high spots and finish with levelling compound for Christchurch floors or a new screed. On a screed, removing too much can leave it thinner than its minimum depth, so the cut is measured rather than guessed. Where a thin smoothing layer will follow the grinding, see latex screed in Christchurch.
How we price floor grinding in Christchurch
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 Christchurch
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 Christchurch
Christchurch is about 73.8 miles south-west of our Slough base as the crow flies, with postcodes including BH23. The nearest towns to it are Bournemouth (4.3 miles), New Milton (5.6 miles), Ferndown (6.4 miles) and Ringwood (7.5 miles).
More on floor grinding, part of our screeding services.
