Levelling Egham's rented flats and student homes
Around the university and the town centre, Egham has rented flats and student homes whose floor coverings are replaced between tenancies. The base beneath rarely gets the same attention. Old adhesive, patched screeds and worn concrete all need bringing back to flat before the new covering goes down. A new vinyl laid over the ridges of the last one will show them within weeks, and a click LVT laid over a dip will flex and open at the joints.
We judge flatness with a 2m straightedge, measuring the biggest gap under it: 3mm passes as SR1, 5mm as SR2 and 10mm as SR3. Sheet vinyl and LVT show every dip, which is why SR1 is the class many thin sheet finishes demand.
The process is straightforward. The floor is cleaned back to a sound surface, cracks and holes are filled, and a primer matched to the base goes on: a different product for sand and cement, concrete, calcium sulphate or an existing sealed floor. Next the compound goes down, normally between 2mm and 10mm thick, and is spread out to settle level by itself. Fast drying products let a rented property turn round quickly between tenants.
With 22% of Egham's homes being flats, many of these refits are on upper floors, where compound's light equipment and quick mixing suit narrow stairs. For thinner smoothing coats of a few millimetres, latex screed is another option. Where a whole room has failed rather than just its surface, a new screed is priced instead, and we explain why before any work is agreed.
Showrooms, offices and Magna Square shop refits in Egham
Egham's commercial floors range widely. Magna Square has shops, restaurants and a cinema; the listed Tower Garage has a long Ferrari connection; and firms such as Belron, HCL AXON, Future Electronics and Enterprise Holdings use offices in the town. When a unit changes hands or an office is refurbished, the new flooring is usually booked for a fixed date, and the base has to be ready.
A showroom floor under large tiles or sheet flooring needs to be flat to a tight tolerance. An office being refitted with carpet tiles or LVT needs old adhesive removed, damaged areas repaired and a smooth, primed surface. Levelling compound handles both in short order, and quick drying products mean the refit stays on schedule.
Compound has limits, though. It is meant for a few millimetres, not for rebuilding a floor. Pour it deep over a base that is weak, hollow or damp, or too far out of level, and it is liable to crack and part from the floor; that calls for a repair to the screed or a new one. Larger jobs, including new wearing screeds, come under commercial screeding. Where an old house has a failed solid floor, see relaying a floor in sand and cement.
How we price floor levelling in Egham
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 Egham
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 Egham
Egham is about 8.1 miles south-south-east of our Slough base as the crow flies, with postcodes including TW20, TW18 and GU25. The nearest towns to it are Staines-upon-Thames (1.6 miles), Chertsey (3.4 miles), Ashford (3.8 miles) and Windsor (4.3 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.
