Tiled floors in Hailsham conservatories and kitchens
Turning a conservatory into a year round room often leaves a tiled floor that nobody wants to keep looking at. If those tiles are bonded tight to a sound base and the floor is dry, they can stay. Each tile is tapped for hollows, loose ones are lifted and filled, and the surface is degreased and primed. A latex screed then fills the grout joints and hides the pattern, so sheet vinyl, LVT or carpet can go straight on. The finished height rises by only a few millimetres, which matters where the room has to meet the house floor at a door.
Kitchens follow the same logic. When an older kitchen on one of Hailsham's post-war estates is stripped out, the floor beneath may be a mix of old tiles, patched concrete and bare screed where units used to stand. Latex ties those different surfaces into one smooth face. Finishes that show every flaw, such as safety flooring in a utility, lino or a glossy sheet vinyl, need that kind of base.
The work is quick on the day. The latex liquid and the powder are mixed together, poured and spread to a thin, even layer across the primed floor.
What it will not do is hide a floor that is well out of level. Where the old conservatory base slopes towards the garden, the fall is corrected first, sometimes with a new floor. Our page on sand and cement screed in Hailsham covers that heavier route.
Three Hailsham floors latex cannot put right
Latex is a finishing layer, so the base under it decides whether it lasts. Three problems rule it out until they are fixed.
Damp is the first. Latex does not stop moisture, and a conservatory or older ground floor without a working membrane can push damp up under the new vinyl. We check for it before anything is mixed.
Movement is the second. Floorboards that spring underfoot will crack a thin compound, so they are screwed down and overboarded with flooring grade plywood first. Latex never goes straight onto bare boards, and that rule holds for upstairs bathrooms and landings as much as anywhere.
The third is a floor badly out of level. A thick build-up of compound to fill a large dip is likely to crack, and a screed is the sounder fix.
The base material also changes the primer. If a newer floor turns out to be calcium sulphate screed, its laitance is sanded off and a compatible primer goes on before any latex. For broader flatness questions, see floor levelling across Hailsham, or the same latex service in nearby Eastbourne.
How we price latex screed in Hailsham
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 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.
Latex Screed 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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