Levelling kitchens and extensions in Chesterton and Stratton
Carpet hides a lot, and a floor that seemed fine under it can let LVT down. A thin sheet finish picks out each dip and ridge, while a large tile will see-saw over any high point. That is why floor flatness is measured, not judged by eye. BS 8204 sets the test: put a 2m straightedge across the floor and measure the biggest gap beneath it, which must not exceed 3mm for SR1, 5mm for SR2 or 10mm for SR3. Plenty of thin sheet floorings call for SR1.
In Chesterton and Stratton, the typical job is a kitchen being refitted or an extension being joined to the original house. The new floor is flat, but the older one beside it may have settled or been laid slightly out, so there is a ridge or a slope at the doorway. Self levelling compound, typically 2mm to around 10mm thick, evens out that step so one run of flooring can cross from the old room into the new.
Preparation decides whether it lasts. Any loose or dirty patches are dealt with first. Then it is primed to suit its make-up, and old concrete, a sand and cement screed, calcium sulphate and leftover adhesive each take a different primer. When compound lifts, a mismatched primer is normally to blame.
Semi-detached houses make up 27% of Cirencester's homes, and a knocked-through ground floor in one of those often has two or three different bases meeting under the new kitchen. Each needs its own primer before the compound goes down.
When a Cirencester floor needs a new screed instead
Levelling compound tops a floor off; it cannot hold one up. Pour it thick over a hollow, crumbling or badly sloping floor and it is liable to crack and part company with the base. If a floor needs more than roughly 10mm across large areas, or the base itself is breaking up, the lasting fix is a new screed or a repair first. Our screed repairs service covers the second, and we will say plainly which one a floor needs.
Near the centre, the solid floors in Cotswold stone cottages were often laid without any damp proof membrane. Laying compound over a floor that is still drawing moisture from the ground is unwise, so those floors are looked at as a whole before any levelling. Where a sound floor needs only a few millimetres, a thin latex screed can do the job instead.
Commercial floors will follow at The Steadings, where 9.1 hectares of employment land for business, industrial and storage use are planned beside a neighbourhood centre. Units there will need preparation and flat floors before fit-out, and levelling compound is often part of that work.
Levelling floors about 12.4 miles away? See floor levelling in Royal Wootton Bassett.
How we price floor levelling in Cirencester
A fixed written price within 24 hours, once we know the area and the base. See our floor screeding cost guide.
Who levels your floor in Cirencester
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Floor Levelling from Slough to Cirencester
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 58.3 miles from Cirencester, which lies to the west-north-west. Postcodes here include GL7, and Stroud (10.9 miles), Royal Wootton Bassett (12.4 miles), Swindon (13.3 miles) and Cheltenham (13.5 miles) are close by.
More on floor levelling, part of our screeding services. Not sure whether you need a thin compound or a full flowing screed? See self levelling screed explained.
