Levelling floors in Didcot's older semis
Floors in inter-war and post-war semis have had decades to settle, wear and collect patches. Old tiles and adhesive, a patched section where a pipe was once run, a slight dip towards one wall: none of it matters under carpet, but it all shows through a thin sheet finish. That is why levelling usually comes first in the older town.
BS 8204 sets the test: lay a 2m straightedge on the floor and measure the biggest gap. For SR1 that gap can be 3mm at most; SR2 allows 5mm and SR3 10mm. Thin sheet floors, much vinyl and LVT among them, typically ask for SR1.
The work starts with preparation. Loose material, old adhesive and anything that will not bond is removed. Cracks and holes are filled. Next comes a primer matched to the base material, whether concrete, cement screed or calcium sulphate. The compound is mixed and poured, spread across the floor and left to flow flat.
The normal depth for compound is between 2mm and roughly 10mm, though some products can be poured thicker. A floor that needs more build-up than that is not a compound job. Poured thick over a floor that should be rescreeded, it can crack and lose its grip, so a failed or badly sloping floor gets fresh hand-laid screed before anything else.
For very thin smoothing coats on a sound floor, latex screed is the related service. Wooden floor sanding is outside what we do.
Refit floors at Milton Park and the Orchard Centre
Milton Park, between Didcot and Abingdon, holds laboratories, offices and industrial units across nearly three million square feet. Tenants move in and out, and each refit needs a floor fit for the new use. The Orchard Centre, opened in 2005, anchors retail in the town centre, and shop units there face the same question whenever a new fit-out goes in.
A commercial levelling job usually begins with stripping the old covering. What is left underneath may have adhesive ridges, damaged areas and changes in level where partitions once stood. Those are taken back, sometimes by grinding the concrete surface, and repaired before priming.
With a fast drying compound, the new carpet tiles, LVT or vinyl can follow soon after, and the fit-out stays on time. How soon depends on which product is used and how deep it is poured, so we time our work around the fit-out dates.
The same rule applies as at home. A sound but uneven floor is a levelling job. A floor that is cracked through, loose or far out of level needs repair or a new screed first.
For a site on the Abingdon side, see floor levelling in Abingdon-on-Thames.
How we price floor levelling in Didcot
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 Didcot
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Floor Levelling from Slough to Didcot
On the map, Didcot sits west of Slough, about 26.2 miles from our base in a straight line (postcodes including OX11), next to Abingdon-on-Thames (4.7 miles), Wantage (8 miles), Oxford (10.1 miles) and Thatcham (14.1 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.