Levelling uneven concrete floors in Crawley homes
Homes built between 1973 and 1999 make up 37% of Crawley's housing, and with the post-war decades before them, they account for most of the town. Floors of that age are often sound but no longer flat: a slab with a slight fall, trowel ridges in an old screed, or a dip where a wall was taken out. Under LVT or sheet vinyl, every one of those shows through.
Compound layers are typically somewhere between roughly 2mm and around 10mm, and some products are rated deeper. It runs into the hollows and cures to a smooth, flat face. SR1 is what many thin sheet finishes ask for: a 2m straightedge laid on the floor with no gap beneath it over 3mm. SR2 allows 5mm, which suits many tiles and engineered boards.
The base has to be clean, sound and primed first. Concrete needs one primer, sand and cement another, calcium sulphate and old tiles their own again. Old adhesive and loose patches have to come off first through floor preparation.
The join between a house and its single storey rear extension is a common place to need levelling. Even a well-laid extension floor can finish a few millimetres off the original slab, and compound brings the two into line so the new floor runs through without a step.
Compound has limits. Poured deep over a floor that should be rebuilt, compound can crack and lose its bond, so a cracked or crumbling screed is replaced with a new hand-laid sand and cement floor.
Manor Royal office and workshop refits
Manor Royal, bordered by Northgate, Three Bridges, Langley Green and Gatwick Airport, is Crawley's industrial zone, with warehouses, workshops and offices. A change of tenant or an office refit needs a flat, sound base under the new finish, and the floor beneath has usually been patched, glued and walked on for years.
Levelling compound is the answer for offices going under carpet tiles, LVT or vinyl. Quick drying compounds help a Manor Royal refit keep to its programme. We put a 2m straightedge on the floor, prepare and prime it, then level it to the class the new flooring asks for.
Warehouse and workshop floors are a different matter. Heavy traffic and racking need a stronger base than a thin compound, and those floors call for high strength screeds, repair and grinding. Damaged slabs can be dealt with through concrete floor repair, and a worn or contaminated surface can be ground back with concrete floor grinding before a new finish.
Every commercial job is priced in writing and fixed before work starts, with the work planned around the tenant's opening date or the landlord's handover.
How we price floor levelling in Crawley
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 Crawley
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Floor Levelling from Slough to Crawley
Crawley is about 35 miles south-east of our Slough base as the crow flies, with postcodes including RH10 and RH11. The nearest towns to it are Horley (4.1 miles), Horsham (7.1 miles), East Grinstead (7.9 miles) and Reigate (8.5 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.
