Latex for kitchen and bathroom refits in Evesham
Ask a flooring fitter for latex and they mean a particular product: a dry cement powder, with liquid latex poured in where water would normally go. That latex gives the cured layer a slight flexibility and a strong bond, so it can sit on bases where an ordinary smoothing compound might craze or lift. It goes down thin, typically a few millimetres, and sets to a smooth face for thin floor coverings.
In Evesham, 74% of homes fall in council tax bands A to C. In homes in those bands, a kitchen or bathroom refit often goes over the existing floor, and the floor underneath is rarely a clean screed. It might be quarry or ceramic tiles still bonded tight to the slab, concrete scuffed and patched over decades, or the glue left behind when old vinyl came up. Each can usually be cleaned, primed and covered with latex instead of being dug out.
Upstairs, and in houses with suspended ground floors, the base is timber. Bare floorboards are never latexed directly, because they move and the layer would crack along each joint. They are fixed down first and overboarded with flooring grade plywood, screwed at close centres, and the latex goes onto that.
The coverings that rely on this layer are the thin, flexible ones that show every imperfection: sheet vinyl, LVT, lino, rubber and safety flooring. If the issue is overall flatness across a large area rather than an awkward base, our levelling compound page for Evesham explains that route.
Damp and the River Avon: when latex will not work
Latex hides blemishes; it does not cure them. Before it goes down on an Evesham floor, three faults are ruled out.
Damp comes first here. Older floors in Bengeworth and around the town centre, near the river, may be in need of a proper membrane, and latex is no substitute for one. Sealed under vinyl, rising moisture breaks down the adhesive and can lead to mould. We take a reading, and if it is high the floor needs a membrane and a cement screed that copes with damp, described on our sand and cement page for older Evesham floors.
Movement is next. A timber floor that bounces underfoot will crack any latex laid on it, so the boards need screwing down and overboarding properly before smoothing.
Level is third. A few millimetres cannot correct a floor that drops badly across a room. Local hollows can be filled, but a sunken or broken area needs cutting out and repairing first.
Priming completes the preparation. Every base has its own primer, and calcium sulphate screed is the strict one: its laitance is sanded off and a compatible primer applied before latex touches it. Tiles are degreased, ply is primed, and old adhesive is tested for firmness, with any soft or flaking residue ground away.
How we price latex screed in Evesham
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 Evesham
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 Evesham
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 67.9 miles from Evesham, which lies to the north-west. Postcodes here include WR11, and Tewkesbury (11.3 miles), Stratford-upon-Avon (12.4 miles), Cheltenham (14.4 miles) and Redditch (14.8 miles) are close by.
More on latex screed, part of our screeding services.
