Latex for kitchen and bathroom refits in Dartford semis
A refit rarely finds a clean slab. In an older Dartford semi, lifting kitchen units and old vinyl can reveal ceramic tiles from an earlier kitchen, a skin of black adhesive, or concrete with patches where pipes were rerouted. New sheet vinyl or LVT laid on any of those would show every edge and lump within weeks.
Latex is made for that situation. The powder is cement based, and it is mixed with a latex liquid where a standard compound would use water. Spread a few millimetres thick, it hides grout lines, small steps and rough patches.
Each base gets its own preparation. Old tiles must be firmly bonded, cleaned and primed, and any that ring hollow are lifted. Adhesive can stay only if it is thin, hard and compatible with the latex product; otherwise it comes off, and grinding the slab back is how we remove it. Uneven concrete is cleaned, any loose patches are cut out, and it is primed with a product suited to it.
Timber floors are handled differently. Bare boards are never latexed directly. They are fixed down and overboarded with flooring grade plywood first, and the latex goes over the ply. Of Dartford's homes, 15% were built before 1919, and a boarded bathroom floor in a house of that age needs this treatment before a thin finish goes down.
Where latex will not fix a Dartford floor
Some floors need more than a thin coat. Temple Hill, the estate dating from 1947, is one place where an old screed may be too worn to keep, and a crumbling or hollow screed is no base for latex. It has to be replaced first, as relaying a worn Dartford screed describes.
Latex also has no answer to damp. A slab with rising moisture will push the compound and the flooring off, so a damp reading means a membrane or a rebuilt floor before anything thin goes on. Springy boards are the same story: latex follows the movement and cracks, so the fixings and joists come first.
Apartments at Langley Square or Brewery Square can bring a different base. Where a flat has a calcium sulphate screed, its laitance must be removed and a primer made for that material applied before latex goes on, or the bond fails at the surface.
Flats make up 25% of Dartford's homes, and in a flat the low weight and depth of latex helps keep door heights unchanged. For a floor that is simply out of flat, rather than an awkward base, read floor levelling in Dartford. Nearby, latex screed in Swanscombe is covered too.
How we price latex screed in Dartford
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 Dartford
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Latex Screed from Slough to Dartford
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 38.8 miles from Dartford, which lies to the east. Postcodes here include DA2, DA1 and DA9, and Swanscombe (1.6 miles), Grays (3.8 miles), Northfleet (4.5 miles) and Bexley (4.5 miles) are close by.
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