Old meets new in Crowthorne's extended ground floors
A common Crowthorne project is a large detached house extended at the back, with the wall between kitchen and extension taken out. The extension gets a new screed. The original house keeps the floor it was built with. Once the wall is gone, a continuous run of LVT, sheet vinyl or large format tile needs both areas to be flat and at one level, and small differences show immediately.
A 2m straightedge is the test: SR1 permits no more than a 3mm gap beneath it, SR2 5mm and SR3 10mm. SR1 is the class many thin sheet finishes demand, while tiles and engineered wood generally ask for SR1 or SR2 depending on the product.
We work through it in the same sequence every time. Old coverings and adhesive come up, the base is cleaned and repaired, and a primer chosen for that base goes down, whether concrete, sand and cement or calcium sulphate. Then the compound goes on, normally between about 2mm and 10mm thick, blending the old floor into the new. Quick drying products keep the wait for your flooring fitter short.
Homes from 1973 to 1999 make up 29% of Crowthorne, and floors that age have normally seen several coverings come and go. Where the surface has broken up or stubborn adhesive remains, floor preparation before levelling comes first.
When Edgcumbe Park floors need more than compound
Compound has limits, and the mid-century houses of Edgcumbe Park are a good example of why the floor is checked first. Their original floors often need assessing before remodelling, because some are sound and simply uneven while others have cracked, sunk or lost their damp protection.
A sound floor that is out of level by a few millimetres is a levelling job. A floor that sounds hollow, moves underfoot or is out by more than the compound can take is not. Compound poured thick over a floor that should have been screeded may split and debond, and your new flooring goes with it. When that is the situation, we tell you and quote for relaying the floor in sand and cement instead.
Semi-detached houses, 22% of the village's homes, raise the same questions on a smaller scale when a kitchen and dining room are knocked together. For small cracks and loose patches, screed repairs can be done before the compound goes down. If you are unsure which applies, send photos of the floor with a straightedge laid across it and we will advise before pricing, so you are not paying for compound that a failing floor cannot hold.
How we price floor levelling in Crowthorne
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 Crowthorne
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 Crowthorne
On the map, Crowthorne sits south-south-west of Slough, about 13 miles from our base in a straight line (postcodes including RG45), next to Sandhurst (1.6 miles), Yateley (2.3 miles), Camberley (3 miles) and Wokingham (3.3 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.
