Latex over old finishes in Hatfield flats
A flat floor has to stay close to its existing height. Front doors, bathroom thresholds and kitchen plinths are all set to it, and in a block the build-up below may include acoustic layers that must be left alone; our insulation and membranes service covers those layers when a floor is rebuilt. Latex suits a flat because it adds only a few millimetres, bonds strongly and does not need the old surface removed.
What lies under the old carpet or vinyl in a Hatfield flat varies. It may be a cement screed with patches of adhesive, ceramic tiles in a kitchen or bathroom, or a calcium sulphate screed that was never sanded. Each is prepared differently. Sound, well bonded adhesive can stay and be primed, while loose or soft residue is scraped or ground off. Tiles are checked one by one, hollow ones lifted and the gaps filled, then the glaze is primed. A calcium sulphate base always has its laitance sanded away and a compatible primer applied before latex goes on.
Where a floor is timber, for instance upstairs in a house, the boards are overboarded with flooring grade plywood first. Latex never goes directly onto the boards.
Practical, hard-wearing finishes such as sheet vinyl, safety flooring in a bathroom, or rubber and lino in a hallway all show every flaw in the base, and a latex layer removes those flaws before the fitter starts.
Checks before latex in Hatfield terraces and homes
Latex is not a cure for a bad floor, so we check the base before pricing. Three findings change the plan.
Damp is the first. Latex will not hold back moisture rising through an old ground floor slab, and over a wet floor it can lose its bond and spoil the flooring above. We take readings, and a damp floor needs a membrane or a rebuilt floor first.
Springy timber is the second. Plywood fixed over boards that still bounce will crack the latex along its joints. The fix lies in the joists or boards, before any overboarding.
The third is a floor that falls or dips by more than a thin skim can take up. Latex is the wrong tool there, because poured deep it wastes material and tends to crack. The answer is a wider levelling job or a new screed; our Hatfield floor levelling and sand and cement screed pages cover those routes.
Smaller high spots, ridges and old floor paint are ground away before the latex, using our concrete floor grinding service, so the compound goes onto a clean, open surface.
We price latex after seeing the floor, and the figure is fixed in writing before work starts.
How we price latex screed in Hatfield
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 Hatfield
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 Hatfield
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 24.4 miles from Hatfield, which lies to the north-east. Postcodes here include AL10, AL9 and AL4, and Welwyn Garden City (2.7 miles), Potters Bar (5 miles), St Albans (5.2 miles) and Hertford (6.5 miles) are close by.
More on latex screed, part of our screeding services.
