Latex over awkward bases in Pickwick, Greenhill and Westwells
Whether the room is in Pickwick, Greenhill, Westwells or a street off the High Street, a refit usually starts the same way: the old floor covering comes up and reveals what the new one must sit on. In a kitchen or bathroom that can be three surfaces at once. Quarry tiles by the back door, a concrete patch where a wall was taken out and plywood over a run of boards can all turn up in a room that has been altered over time.
Latex screed is made for that. It is a cement based powder mixed with a latex liquid in place of water, which gives a compound that bonds strongly, has a little give and spreads out to a smooth skin only a few millimetres deep. Once it has gone off, sheet vinyl, LVT, lino, rubber or safety flooring can be stuck to a single even surface, and carpet sits without ridges showing.
Preparation decides whether it lasts. Old ceramic or quarry tiles stay only if each one is firmly bonded; loose ones are lifted and the gaps filled. Timber floors are overboarded first with flooring grade plywood, screwed down closely, because latex laid straight onto bare boards cracks as they move. Sound old adhesive can sometimes be left. Then the right primer goes on for each surface, and any calcium sulphate screed has its laitance sanded off before priming.
For the wider question of flatness classes and deeper compound, see Corsham floor levelling.
Corsham stone cottages and floors latex cannot fix
Latex is not the answer for every floor in the town. The clearest example is in and around the historic centre, where older stone cottages may still sit on lime or flag floors bedded directly on the ground. Those floors stay healthy by letting moisture pass through. A cement based compound with a sealed vinyl on top can trap that moisture, and the latex then softens or the finish lifts. Damp in a floor like that is a building question first, and it may lead to a limecrete base rather than anything we lay.
Damp is worth checking in any older room. We take a reading before pricing, because latex does not cure a wet floor; it only covers it for a while.
Bouncy timber is the second limit. If boards flex, the fixings or joists are dealt with and the floor overboarded before compound is considered.
The third limit is level. Latex goes on a few millimetres thick. A floor that drops a long way from one side of the room to the other, or a slab that is cracked and hollow, needs screed repairs or a new floor first. For a full rebuild in a smaller room, see sand and cement screed in Corsham.
Chippenham is about 3.5 miles away, and our latex screed page for Chippenham covers the same service there.
How we price latex screed in Corsham
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 Corsham
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 Corsham
Corsham is about 66.8 miles west of our Slough base as the crow flies, with postcodes including SN13. The nearest towns to it are Chippenham (3.5 miles), Melksham (4.7 miles), Calne (7.8 miles) and Trowbridge (7.9 miles).
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