Latex screed in Earl Shilton kitchen refits
The name causes some confusion. Latex screed is not a deep screed at all but a smoothing compound: a cement based powder mixed with liquid latex in place of water. The latex gives the mix grip and a degree of flexibility, so it can be spread thin over bases that would reject a plain cement topping.
Refits are where it earns its place. Take up the old covering in the kitchen of an inter-war or post-war house and there may be ceramic tiles under the units, concrete where a wall has been removed, and adhesive from more than one earlier floor. If the tiles are fixed hard and the glue is thin and firm, each surface is cleaned and given a primer that suits it, then the latex is spread over the whole floor in one go.
The finish on top decides how smooth the base must be. Sheet vinyl, LVT, lino and rubber are all a few millimetres thick or less, and every grout line or board edge below them will show. Safety flooring in a utility or cloakroom behaves the same way. Even carpet benefits, because ridges under it wear through the pile.
Upstairs, floors are usually timber. The boards are fixed firmly, then overboarded with flooring grade plywood, and the latex goes onto the plywood, never onto the boards themselves, which move with the seasons and would crack it.
Damp terrace floors near Earl Shilton Conservation Area
Not every floor can be fixed with a few millimetres of latex, and the red brick terraces around the conservation area show why. Their old solid floors often have no damp proof membrane. Latex laid over a damp slab cannot stop moisture coming through, and vinyl on top will blister or lift. A moisture test comes first, and if the floor is damp the lasting answer is to break it out and relay it with a membrane and new screed.
A bouncy timber floor is the second reason to stop. A thin layer cannot bridge boards that move, so it cracks along every joint. They need screwing down or replacing, and the plywood fixing at close centres, before any compound goes on.
The third is a floor that is out by more than a smoothing layer can take. Where a kitchen floor falls noticeably towards the garden, latex is the wrong product, and the thicker compounds on our Earl Shilton floor levelling page or a new screed are the options.
Newer houses with calcium sulphate screed are not exempt from preparation either. The laitance has to be sanded off and the surface primed with a compatible product before latex is laid, or the bond fails at that soft top skin.
How we price latex screed in Earl Shilton
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 Earl Shilton
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.
Latex Screed from Slough to Earl Shilton
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 77.6 miles from Earl Shilton, which lies to the north-north-west. Postcodes here include LE9, and Hinckley (3.4 miles), Nuneaton (7.4 miles), Leicester (8.7 miles) and Bedworth (9.4 miles) are close by.
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