Shop and unit refits across Gillingham and Rainham
Business refits are one reason a Gillingham floor gets levelled. Gillingham Business Park was set up to diversify the local economy after the dockyard closed, and a unit changing hands there needs a flat, sound floor before its new finish. The Rainham Shopping Centre precinct dates from the 1970s, and a shop floor of that age may have been covered and uncovered several times. In the town centre, the Love Gillingham campaign launched in 2024 targets empty shops, and bringing an empty unit back into use often means a new floor finish.
Each of these starts with the base. Old adhesive, paint and loose screed come off first, and weak surfaces may need grinding. Cracks and hollow patches are cut out and filled. Then we prime to suit the base, whether concrete, cement screed or calcium sulphate, and pour compound to the flatness the flooring needs.
Tight programmes are normal on a refit. Fast drying compounds allow flooring to follow quickly, which helps a shop or office reopen sooner. Tell us the opening date when you ask for a price, and the product and sequence can be chosen to suit it.
Warehouse floors are a different matter. Where the slab has to carry forklifts or racking, compound alone is not the answer, and a high strength screed or our commercial screeding service may be needed. We do not do resin or polished concrete, nor structural slabs finished by power float.
Levelling floors in Gillingham homes before LVT
At home, the usual trigger is new flooring. LVT and sheet vinyl follow every dip beneath them, and large format tiles need a flat base to avoid lipping and cracking. Lay a 2m straightedge on an SR1 floor and, under BS 8204, no gap beneath it should exceed 3mm; thin sheet finishes often require that class. SR2 loosens that to 5mm, and SR3 to 10mm.
Homes built between 1945 and 1972 make up 28% of Gillingham's housing. Floors of that age may have been patched or re-screeded in places over the years, and where a newer extension joins the original house there may be a step or a ridge at the doorway. Compound tapered thin at its edges can take out that step so the rooms read as one flat floor.
Compound has limits. Used too thick as a substitute for rescreeding, compound is prone to cracking and losing its grip, so where dips go well past 10mm or the base has come loose, our advice is a new screed. Our Gillingham sand and cement screed page covers that option, and a latex screed may suit a thin, smooth finish over a sound base.
How we price floor levelling in Gillingham
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 Gillingham
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 Gillingham
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 54 miles from Gillingham, which lies to the east. Postcodes here include ME8 and ME7, and Chatham (2.5 miles), Rochester (3.5 miles), Snodland (6.5 miles) and Sittingbourne (7.1 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.
