Latex bases for Guildford kitchen and bathroom refits
Lift the old lino in a Guildford kitchen and almost anything can be underneath: quarry tiles, a skim of old adhesive, a slab patched where pipes were rerouted, or timber boards. Latex screed exists for that sort of base.
The compound comes in two parts. A cement based powder is mixed with a latex emulsion rather than water, which helps it bond to awkward bases better than a standard water mixed compound. Laid a few millimetres thick, it smooths over grout lines, small patches and fine cracks so a thin finish does not show them.
Each base gets its own treatment. Quarry or ceramic tiles stay if every one is firmly bonded, and we tap across the floor to check before cleaning and priming. Old adhesive can stay if it is thin, hard and well stuck, while soft or thick glue comes off first. Timber is never covered directly: boards are fixed down, then overboarded with flooring grade plywood, and the latex goes over the ply.
Terraced houses account for 14% of Guildford homes, and any house altered over the years can end up with two or three bases meeting in one kitchen. Latex carries across those joins in one smooth layer, as long as each part is sound. Where the issue is height rather than surface, our page on floor levelling in Guildford explains flatness classes and compound depths, and our concrete floor grinding service removes coatings latex cannot sit on.
When a Guildford floor needs more than latex
Latex is a finishing layer. Lay it over a floor with a deeper problem and the problem comes back through the new vinyl. So before we price, we check three things.
Damp is first. Victorian ground floors in Guildford often have no damp proof membrane, and moisture rising through a solid floor will break the bond of any thin compound. That floor needs replacing with an insulated slab and screed, not covering over.
Movement is next. Plywood that flexes, boards that bounce or joists that have dipped will crack latex along the sheet joints. Those need fixing or reboarding before any compound is mixed.
The last is level. Latex is laid thin. If a floor drops away across the room by more than a few millimetres, a deeper levelling product or a new sand and cement screed is the right route.
Priming ties it together. Each base has a matching primer, whether concrete, tile, ply or old adhesive, and on a calcium sulphate screed in a newer flat the laitance is sanded away before priming. Get that wrong and latex can peel away in sheets. If a cracked or hollow patch needs mending first, our screed repairs service deals with it. Our latex service covers the whole town, from Dennisville and Woodbridge Hill to Rydes Hill.
How we price latex screed in Guildford
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 Guildford
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 Guildford
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 20.4 miles from Guildford, which lies to the south. Postcodes here include GU1, GU4, GU2 and GU3, and Godalming (4.1 miles), Woking (5.5 miles), Aldershot (8.1 miles) and Farnborough (8.5 miles) are close by.
More on latex screed, part of our screeding services.