Awkward bases in Faversham's period kitchens and bathrooms
Latex screed gets its name from the liquid half of the mix. A cement based powder is stirred into a latex liquid where an ordinary compound would use water, and the result is spread a few millimetres thick over a base that is already sound. It is a skim to smooth out a surface, not a way of building height.
That makes it suited to the bases a refit in an older Faversham house tends to uncover. Along The Mall, a late 18th century approach road, the Georgian and Victorian houses are of that kind, and every past kitchen or bathroom change can leave its own layer behind.
Old quarry or ceramic tiles are one example. Where every tile is still stuck fast, latex can go over them after cleaning and priming, which saves breaking them out. Any that move or sound hollow are lifted first.
Timber floors are another. Latex is never spread straight onto bare floorboards, which flex and have gaps. The boards are first overboarded with flooring grade plywood, screwed down firmly, and the latex is laid over the plywood.
Worn, uneven concrete can take a latex skim once cleaned and primed, and so can a thin film of old glue that is still firmly stuck. Where a new screed has gone down in part of the house, a calcium sulphate one needs its laitance taken off and a primer before any latex touches it. Our Faversham floor levelling page explains flatness classes and how deep a standard compound can go.
When latex is not enough in Ospringe or Davington homes
A latex skim only smooths what is underneath it, so we check the base before agreeing to lay one, whether the house is in Ospringe, Davington or the town centre.
Damp is the first test. Latex does not stop moisture rising through a floor, and an old solid floor without a membrane will push damp into the new finish whatever is laid on top. If readings are high, the answer is to rebuild the floor with a membrane, and the Faversham page on sand and cement floors explains that rebuild.
Movement is the second. Boards that spring underfoot will crack a latex layer however carefully it is spread, so the joists and boards are fixed first, then overboarded.
Level is the third. Latex is laid thin, and a floor that falls away across a room, or has deep hollows, needs building up or rescreeding before it. Where a cracked or broken patch is the problem, our screed repairs service puts it right first.
Converted flats are 3% of homes in Faversham, and floors in buildings split into flats often combine every one of these issues. Each room is checked on its own.
How we price latex screed in Faversham
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 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.
Latex Screed 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.
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