Refits at Severalls Industrial Park and Whitehall Industrial Estate
Severalls Industrial Park, beside the A12 and A120 interchange, is Colchester's principal industrial location, and Whitehall Industrial Estate lies about two miles south of the centre. Both hold warehouse and light industrial units. When a unit is refitted with offices, a showroom or a trade counter, the existing floor usually needs work before new flooring can go down.
Old concrete floors in these buildings can be worn, patched and uneven. Self levelling compound, laid from about 2mm up to around 10mm, with some products going deeper, brings a sound slab back to a flat, smooth surface. The target is usually SR1, which allows no more than 3mm under a 2m straightedge and is what many thin sheet finishes demand, or SR2, which allows 5mm.
Preparation comes first. The slab must be clean and sound, with old coatings, adhesive and contamination removed. Concrete floor grinding opens the surface so the primer can bond, and each type of base gets its own compatible primer.
Not every industrial floor is suited to compound. Where the slab is badly damaged, concrete floor repair comes before any levelling, and heavy duty working areas may need a screed rather than a thin compound. Fast drying compounds help keep a refit on programme, and where an office or trade counter has to stay open, the work can often be phased with the right product.
Extension joins and period floors in Greenstead and Lexden
At home, levelling usually solves a join. Council-era homes in Greenstead are frequent candidates for extensions laid to match the existing level, but two floors built decades apart rarely finish perfectly flush. A thin layer of compound across both brings them to one surface for large tiles or long boards.
Period homes around Lexden and the Dutch Quarter present a different challenge. Suspended or unmembraned solid floors often need careful levelling before new finishes, and the product and primer must suit the base, whether that is old concrete or timber.
There is a limit. If the floor is badly out or unsound, pouring compound deeper to hide it can crack and debond. At that point a new sand and cement screed is the honest answer. We measure the floor with a straightedge and a level before recommending either route, and explain the reason in the written quote.
Timing also differs. A new screed can take weeks to dry, while many compounds accept floor coverings much sooner, which matters when a family is living in the house during the work.
Semi-detached houses make up 30% of Colchester's homes, and where one gains a rear extension it brings the same question of where old meets new.
How we price floor levelling in Colchester
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 Colchester
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.
Floor Levelling from Slough to Colchester
On the map, Colchester sits east-north-east of Slough, about 70.8 miles from our base in a straight line (postcodes including CO1, CO3, CO2 and CO4), next to Halstead (12 miles), Sudbury (12.6 miles), Witham (12.7 miles) and Clacton-on-Sea (12.9 miles).
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.
