Levelling the join between old and new in Ewell
The most useful work a levelling compound does in an Ewell house is at the join. When a kitchen extension is added to an interwar semi, the new screed is laid to a level, but the original floor it meets may have settled, been patched or been laid by eye decades ago. Tiling across that line exposes every millimetre of difference.
We start by checking the whole area with a 2m straightedge against the flatness the flooring needs. BS 8204 sets the gap allowed beneath it: 3mm for SR1, 5mm for SR2 and 10mm for SR3. Sheet vinyl and similar thin coverings often call for SR1, while LVT and large tiles want a floor nearly that flat.
The base is then prepared and primed. The primer depends on what we are covering: a porous sand and cement screed, a dense old concrete slab, a calcium sulphate screed with its laitance removed, or existing tiles all need a different product. A mismatched primer is one of the usual reasons compound comes away from the floor.
Most compounds go down between about 2mm and 10mm, and a few can be poured thicker. Once poured onto the primed floor it spreads and finds its own level, and a quick drying product means your flooring fitter can start soon after.
If the floor has lost its damp proofing or is cracked right through, compound is the wrong fix; our screed repairs service or a new sand and cement floor is the answer.
When an Ewell floor needs more than compound
Think of compound as the last smooth coat, never as a repair for a failing floor. Pour it thick to hide problems that call for a new screed and it can crack and come loose. So the first question on any Ewell floor is whether it is sound.
A floor is a candidate for levelling if it is solid, dry and bonded, with dips and ridges within the compound's range. A floor that sounds hollow when tapped, moves underfoot, or has a step of several centimetres is not. Original solid floors in the older houses may also lack a proper damp proof membrane, and levelling over a damp slab will not hold.
Where the dips are too deep for compound alone, a bonded screed over the old slab of 25 to 40mm brings it up first, and compound then finishes it. Where old tiles and flooring have been lifted from an older room, residual adhesive has to come off before anything new goes on.
Postcodes here include KT17 and KT19, and we also cover floor levelling in Epsom, just over a mile away. Every job is priced from photos and measurements, with the figure fixed in writing before we start.
How we price floor levelling in Ewell
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 Ewell
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 Ewell
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 21.2 miles from Ewell, which lies to the south-east. Postcodes here include KT17 and KT19, and Epsom (1.4 miles), Kingston upon Thames (3.2 miles), Sutton (3.6 miles) and Merton (4.5 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.
