Clearing old unit floors west of Hailsham
Hailsham's two main industrial estates sit west of the town: Diplocks Way, between the A22 and South Road, and Station Road. Smaller sites at Hackhurst Lane in Lower Dicker and north of Old Swan Lane add more units. When a unit is cleared for a new occupier, the slab often carries painted lines, glue from old floor tiles, patches and lips where partitions or racking stood.
A floor grinder works by spinning diamond segments against the concrete and shaving it down a thin layer at a time. Coatings and residue come off, ridges and trowel marks are cut flat and the surface opens up so a primer can soak in. A new floor laid on paint or loose glue only bonds to that old layer, so this step decides how long the new finish lasts.
Grinding is not a cure for every floor. It takes off local high points, but a slab that falls away from one end of the unit to the other needs levelling compound or a new screed after the bumps are ground. Taking too much off a screed can also leave it thinner than it should be, so we check the build-up before starting.
For very large areas or heavy coatings, shot blasting or scarifying can be the quicker route, and our floor preparation team offers both. Where the concrete itself is breaking up, repairs to damaged concrete come first.
We agree access and timing with the occupier, so a unit can often stay part open while the work moves through it.
New slabs meeting old floors in Hailsham homes
On the town's post-war and late twentieth century estates, an extension or an open-plan kitchen is a common change to an older semi or detached house. Where a new extension slab meets the original floor, the two seldom match exactly, and a lip of a few millimetres across a wide opening will show through any thin finish. Grinding cuts the high side down so the join can be primed and finished with compound across the Hailsham join.
Homes on the newest phases can need grinding too, even when the floor is young. A screed with a ridge at a bay joint or a rough trowel line can be ground smooth before LVT or tiles, which is a lighter job than any repair.
Lifting old carpet or vinyl usually reveals glue. Sound, thin residue can sometimes stay under a latex screed for Hailsham refits, but soft or patchy adhesive has to be ground off first.
Dust is controlled at every stage. Concrete and screed contain silica, and grinding releases fine dust that is harmful to breathe, so the grinder runs with an extractor attached, doors are closed and the rest of the house is sheeted off. The room is vacuumed clean before we leave.
How we price floor grinding in Hailsham
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 Hailsham
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Concrete Floor Grinding from Slough to Hailsham
Hailsham is about 60.5 miles south-east of our Slough base as the crow flies, with postcodes including BN27. The nearest towns to it are Polegate (3 miles), Eastbourne (6.8 miles), Seaford (9.5 miles) and Bexhill-on-Sea (9.5 miles).
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