Flat floors for Horton conversions and Epsom houses
The hospital buildings at Horton were built for a very different purpose, and turning them into homes left floors that may need levelling or a latex smoothing layer before finishes. A new covering shows every dip in the base, so this layer is what sits between the old structure and a new floor.
The standard to aim for is set under a 2m straightedge. Up to 3mm under the straightedge counts as SR1, up to 5mm as SR2 and up to 10mm as SR3, and many thin sheet floorings insist on SR1. LVT and vinyl in particular show every ripple, while large format tiles can rock over a hump.
Preparation decides whether compound lasts. The surface is cleaned back to sound material, old adhesive and loose patches removed, and cracks filled. Each type of base, be it concrete, sand and cement, calcium sulphate or a sound existing floor, gets its own primer. The compound follows, typically 2mm to 10mm deep, though certain products allow more.
In Epsom's houses, levelling often follows the building of an extension. The new screed and the old floor rarely meet exactly, and compound across the join makes one continuous surface. Where an old floor near the centre has no membrane and is damp, levelling will not fix it; the answer is relaying the floor in sand and cement. For thin smoothing layers, see latex screed.
Kiln Lane and Longmead Industrial Estate floor refits
Epsom's working floors sit mainly in two places: Kiln Lane, once home to brick and tile making, and the Longmead Industrial Estate on a former sewage farm site. When a Kiln Lane or Longmead unit changes hands, the incoming tenant's new floor has to go down on a flat, sound base by a set date.
For offices and shops elsewhere in Epsom being refitted with carpet tiles, LVT or sheet flooring, levelling compound is the usual answer. Old coverings and adhesive are removed, damage is repaired, and a fast drying compound brings the floor to the flatness the fitter needs without holding up the programme.
Warehouse and workshop floors are a different matter. These units suit high strength screed, concrete repair and floor grinding, and a thin compound is not the right product under heavy traffic. Concrete floor grinding can clean and flatten a slab before a finish, and damaged areas come under concrete floor repair.
Compound has a limit in any building. Use it too thick to cover for a floor that should be screeded and it may crack and come unstuck, so if a floor is further out than compound can handle, we tell you and quote for a screed. Refits in Leatherhead are handled the same way.
How we price floor levelling in Epsom
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 Epsom
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Floor Levelling from Slough to Epsom
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 21.3 miles from Epsom, which lies to the south-east. Postcodes here include KT19 and KT18, and Ewell (1.4 miles), Leatherhead (3.8 miles), Kingston upon Thames (4.1 miles) and Sutton (4.7 miles) are close by.
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.
