Latex over mixed bases in older Coventry homes
Latex screed gets its name from the liquid it is mixed with. Instead of water, a cement based powder is combined with latex, giving a compound that grips difficult surfaces well and is a little more tolerant of slight movement. It is laid thin, usually a few millimetres, as the final smoothing coat before a flexible floor finish.
Older Coventry houses are full of the surfaces it was made for. When a kitchen or bathroom is stripped out, the floor beneath may show quarry tiles in one part, a concrete patch where a chimney breast or wall was removed, and stuck-down carpet adhesive along the edges. Firmly bonded tiles can stay. Hard, thin adhesive can sometimes stay too. Each is cleaned, checked and primed, then a single latex layer ties them together.
Timber floors need overboarding before latex. Bare boards move too much, so they are fixed down and covered with flooring grade plywood, and the latex goes on the plywood.
The finishes that benefit are the thin ones: sheet vinyl, LVT, lino, rubber and safety flooring. They show every grout line and every bump underneath. Carpet is more forgiving but still wears unevenly on a rough base.
We cover the whole city, including Earlsdon, Chapel Fields, Radford and Foleshill. If the existing floor turns out to be failing rather than just rough, our Coventry sand and cement screed page explains a full rebuild.
Flats and damp floors: latex limits in Coventry
Flats are 18% of Coventry's homes, and a flat refurbishment is a common place for latex. On post-war estates, Tile Hill among them, block refurbishments include acoustic screeds and levelling. Latex can be the last thin coat on top of that work before new vinyl or LVT, but it is no substitute for the acoustic layer.
Whatever the building, three things rule latex out until they are fixed. Damp first: latex does not stop moisture rising through a solid floor, so the original solid floor of a Coundon or Cheylesmore house from between the wars, with no membrane under it, needs rebuilding rather than covering. Movement second: springy boards crack a thin layer, so they are stiffened and overboarded. Level third: a floor well out across the room needs a proper levelling pour or a new screed, as our Coventry floor levelling page explains.
The primer is chosen for the base. Calcium sulphate screeds must have their laitance taken off and be primed before latex. Painted or sealed concrete may need grinding first, as set out on our Coventry concrete floor grinding page.
How we price latex screed in Coventry
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 Coventry
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 Coventry
On the map, Coventry sits north-north-west of Slough, about 70.8 miles from our base in a straight line (postcodes including CV1, CV2, CV5 and CV3), next to Bedworth (5.1 miles), Kenilworth (5.4 miles), Nuneaton (8.1 miles) and Royal Leamington Spa (8.1 miles).
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