Joining old and new floors in Desborough houses
A typical domestic job is a step or slope where a new extension meets the original house. On the extension side, the floor is freshly laid and true. The old floor beside it may have settled, been patched after a leak or never been quite level in the first place. When the two are opened into one room, the difference runs straight across the doorway.
Self levelling compound can bring them together and take out small dips, so a continuous floor runs through without a ridge. Most compound goes down somewhere between 2mm and 10mm thick, though certain products are made to go deeper. The base has to be sound, clean and primed first, and the primer has to suit the base: sand and cement, concrete, calcium sulphate and older tiled floors each need a different approach.
Houses built between the wars, 10% of the town's stock, can hide old tiles or earlier coverings under later ones. Those need checking before any compound goes over them, because a loose layer underneath will crack the new surface.
Compound cannot fix everything. It only gives a finish and adds no strength, and pouring it thick over a floor that should be rescreeded tends to end in cracks and loss of bond. Where the original floor sounds hollow, is crumbling or sits too far out of level, the older side of the house needs a repair to the existing screed or a fresh hand-laid sand and cement floor.
Shop and office floors in Desborough before refits
Commercial refits need the same care on a different scale. When a shop, office or small unit in Desborough changes hands, the old carpet or vinyl comes up and the base underneath is often uneven, patched or scarred with adhesive. Carpet tiles hid those faults. Put down LVT, sheet vinyl or big tiles and every flaw shows.
BS 8204 judges flatness by laying a 2m straightedge across the floor. Under it, the gap can be 3mm at most for SR1, 5mm for SR2 and 10mm for SR3. Thin sheet products often call for SR1, so a Desborough shop floor that was fine under carpet may fall short once the new finish is chosen. We survey against the class the flooring needs, not a general impression.
Old adhesive, paint and weak surface layers must come off before any compound goes down, and that preparation often takes as long as the levelling itself. Where a concrete floor is badly worn, concrete floor grinding may be the first step. Quick drying products mean the flooring fitter is not kept waiting, and in a bigger unit the work can be split room by room so part of the premises stays in use. For the same service one town along, see floor levelling in Kettering.
How we price floor levelling in Desborough
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 Desborough
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Floor Levelling from Slough to Desborough
Desborough is about 63.3 miles north of our Slough base as the crow flies, with postcodes including NN14. The nearest towns to it are Kettering (4.9 miles), Market Harborough (5 miles), Corby (6 miles) and Burton Latimer (8.1 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.