Flattening younger floors in Hailsham homes
A floor can be perfectly sound and still not flat enough for the finish you want. Around 31% of Hailsham's homes were built between 1973 and 1999, and on homes of that age and newer, the slab or screed is often still sound. What changes is the flooring: carpet comes up and LVT, sheet vinyl or large format tiles go down, and those finishes show every dip.
BS 8204 sets the test, using a 2m straightedge laid on the floor. Under it, SR1 permits a 3mm gap at most, SR2 5mm and SR3 10mm. Thin sheet flooring often needs SR1. Before we price, we put the straightedge down and let you know which class your floor reaches at the moment.
Compound normally goes on somewhere between about 2mm and 10mm, and certain products can be taken thicker. The base is cleaned, repaired where needed and primed with a primer suited to what it is: sand and cement, calcium sulphate, concrete or timber.
An extension floor seldom lines up exactly with the house it is built onto. A skim of compound can smooth out that step, so the new flooring carries on across the join with no ridge. Detached houses make up 30% of homes in the town, and a lip across a wide open-plan floor is hard to hide under thin finishes.
For jobs where a new floor meets old, a bonded screed may be needed first. Newer floors that have cracked may need screed repairs before levelling.
Unit refits on Hailsham's Diplocks Way and Station Road
Diplocks Way covers 24 hectares between the A22 and South Road, about half a mile south west of the centre, and it is one of the largest industrial estates in Wealden. Together with the Station Road Industrial Estate, the sites at Hackhurst Lane in Lower Dicker and those north of Old Swan Lane, it holds units that change hands and get refitted.
A refit usually leaves the old floor with adhesive, patches and changes in level where partitions or racking stood. The surface is prepared, primed and levelled to the class the new flooring calls for. Using fast drying compound means the shopfitters and other trades can get back in quickly.
Compound only goes so far, though. On a floor that is well out of level, cracked or crumbling, a thick pour to cover the damage is likely to crack and come away. A new screed is the honest answer then, and our Hailsham floor screeding page explains which type suits which building.
Worn concrete in an older unit may need repair or grinding before any levelling starts, and our concrete floor grinding service handles that stage.
How we price floor levelling in Hailsham
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 Hailsham
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 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).
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.