Old coatings in Faversham shops and brewery buildings
A floor that has been painted, glued and recovered over decades rarely gives a new layer anything sound to hold. Grinding fixes that. Each pass of the spinning diamonds shaves a fine slice off the surface, so glue residue, paint, trowel marks and weak top material go with it and an open, clean face is left behind.
Older commercial buildings in central Faversham show the problem clearly. A floor in an old building may carry patches of vinyl glue, painted concrete and repairs in different materials. Before a new levelling compound, screed or flooring goes down, the old layers have to come off, and the structure underneath has to be checked as sound.
Grinding is preparation only. We grind so that a compound, a screed or new flooring can follow, and if a client wants resin, it is laid by others onto the surface we leave. Resin systems and polished concrete are outside what we offer, and our grinders and diamonds are used by our own team only, never sold or hired out.
For big areas or thick coatings, shot blasting or scarifying may remove material faster than a grinder, and our floor preparation service covers those methods. Where grinding shows that a slab is cracked or breaking up, the concrete floor repair page explains the next step.
We also watch the depth. Every screed has a minimum thickness it must keep, so grinding stops once the contaminated or high layer has gone.
Extensions, garages and dust control around Faversham
Homes give grinding plenty to do as well. When an extension is added, the new slab or screed rarely meets the old one exactly, and a lip at the old back wall shows through a thin finish. Grinding takes that ridge down. What it cannot do is straighten a floor that falls or sags right across a room. In that case the high spots are ground and the rest is brought up with latex screed for Faversham floors or another compound, or the floor is rescreeded.
Garages can need it too, especially where one is being converted or given a new finish. Old oil marks, paint and loose surface come off before the next layer.
When carpet or vinyl is lifted in a house in Preston, Boughton Street or elsewhere in town, the adhesive left behind is often patchy and must come off before new flooring.
Every one of these jobs creates dust. The silica in concrete, screed and tiles becomes a fine, harmful dust once it is ground, small enough to reach deep into the lungs. Our grinders always run with an extractor connected, seal doorways to adjoining rooms and keep the work area closed off. Detached houses make up 13% of Faversham's homes, so a neighbour usually shares a wall, and we plan that protection before we start.
How we price floor grinding in Faversham
A fixed written price within 24 hours, once we know the area and what has to come off. See our floor screeding cost guide.
Who grinds your concrete floor in Faversham
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.
Concrete Floor Grinding from Slough to Faversham
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 68.1 miles from Faversham, which lies to the east. Postcodes here include ME13, and Whitstable (6.5 miles), Sittingbourne (7 miles), Canterbury (8.5 miles) and Herne Bay (10.9 miles) are close by.
More on floor grinding, part of our screeding services.
