Latex under new kitchens in Coopersale and Ivy Chimneys
Strip out a kitchen and the floor underneath tells its own story. There are patches where old units stood on bare concrete, strips of ceramic tile under the former table, a step where a wall came out, and adhesive from two generations of vinyl. Sheet vinyl and LVT will show all of it.
Latex screed is the trade answer to that patchwork. It is mixed from a cement based powder and a latex liquid, used in place of water, and spread a few millimetres thick. It is the product the trade uses to cover old quarry or ceramic tiles that are still stuck fast, concrete that has gone uneven with age, and adhesive residue that is hard and well bonded.
Each base gets its own primer. Glazed tiles need one that bonds to a smooth face; porous concrete needs one that seals it; any calcium sulphate screed must have its laitance removed and be primed before latex touches it.
A wall knocked out between kitchen and dining room can leave a channel or a hump several centimetres deep. That is too much for latex alone, so the channel is filled first, with screed repairs where the old screed has broken up, and the latex then goes over the whole floor in one pass.
Terraced houses, 22% of Epping's homes, raise the same questions in a smaller room, and the same preparation applies.
Damp, boards and bounce: latex limits in Epping
Latex has firm limits, and an honest check before ordering vinyl saves a failed floor.
Damp comes first. Damp solid floors are common in the period cottages on and behind Epping High Street, and a few millimetres of latex will not stop moisture coming through. Vinyl laid on top would lift. A hygrometer test tells us whether the floor is dry; if it is not, lifting the slab and adding a membrane and insulation, as our Epping hand-laid screed page describes, is the lasting fix.
Timber is second. Upstairs rooms in most houses have boarded floors, and bare boards are never latexed directly because they move along every joint. The boards are fixed down, then overlaid with flooring grade plywood screwed at close centres, and the latex goes over the plywood. A floor that still bounces after that needs its joists looked at first.
Third is level. A room that falls by a couple of centimetres is beyond a thin compound, and pouring latex deep to chase it invites cracks. A deeper levelling compound or a new screed does that job; our floor levelling page for Epping sets out the difference.
Under carpet, small faults hardly matter. Under sheet vinyl, rubber or safety flooring, they show within weeks.
How we price latex screed in Epping
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 Epping
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 Epping
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 34.5 miles from Epping, which lies to the east-north-east. Postcodes here include CM16, and Loughton (3.5 miles), Waltham Abbey (4.1 miles), Harlow (4.9 miles) and Chigwell (5.6 miles) are close by.
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