Awkward bases in Cirencester kitchen and bathroom refits
A refit rarely uncovers a clean slab. Lift the units and the old covering in an older Cirencester kitchen and there may be quarry tiles in one corner, a concrete patch where a wall came out and ridges of old adhesive where the last vinyl was glued. Sheet vinyl and LVT will show each change of surface through the finish within weeks. Latex screed is made for exactly this kind of patchwork.
It differs from an ordinary water mixed compound in one way that counts on a refit. Because the powder is gauged with a latex liquid, the cured layer has a little more give and clings better to surfaces that plain compound finds hard to hold, such as glazed tiles and plywood. It is still laid thin. Its job is to give a smooth face, not to build up height.
Upstairs bathrooms bring timber into the picture. Latex never goes straight onto bare floorboards, since boards shrink, swell and flex, and a thin cement layer cracks along every joint. Loose boards are screwed down first, then flooring grade plywood is fixed over the whole floor, and the plywood is primed and latexed.
Where an older ground floor still has quarry or ceramic tiles stuck fast, they can often stay. They must be clean, dry and firmly bonded, and they take a primer made for non porous surfaces. Hollow or rocking tiles come up first. The broader choice between compound and a fresh screed, and the flatness classes behind it, sits on our floor levelling in Cirencester page.
When latex will not fix a Cirencester floor
Latex smooths a floor that is already sound. It cannot hold down a board that bounces, and it does nothing about damp, so three checks come before any mixing starts.
Movement is the first. Stand on an overboarded floor and feel for give at the joints and doorways. If the plywood flexes, extra fixings or stiffer boarding go in first, because a thin cement layer will crack over anything that moves.
Moisture is the second. Older Cotswold stone cottages close to the town centre often lack any damp proof membrane under their solid floors. Trap that moisture under latex and vinyl, and the adhesive softens or the sheet blisters. A floor like that needs its moisture handled, or a rebuild, before any thin layer is worth the money.
Level is the third. A few millimetres of latex will not take out a slope that runs across the room or a deep hollow by the back door. That needs screed repairs or a new screed underneath, with latex kept as the final smooth coat if the finish asks for it.
Newer floors bring their own rule. Where the screed below turns out to be calcium sulphate, its surface skin is sanded off and a compatible primer goes on before the latex. About 10.9 miles away, the same service is on our latex screed in Stroud page.
How we price latex screed in Cirencester
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 Cirencester
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 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.
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