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Floor Levelling and Self Levelling Screed in Havant

Self levelling compound is how we flatten uneven Havant floors, so new vinyl, LVT, engineered wood or large tiles sit on a smooth surface. The Havant setting that matters is its mix of commercial space: large units at Dunsbury Park beside the A3(M), and shops in the town centre around Meridian Shopping and pedestrianised West Street. A refit in any of them exposes an old floor's faults as soon as a thin new finish is specified.

Floor levelling for Dunsbury Park and Meridian Shopping refits

Dunsbury Park is a 100 acre business park beside the A3(M) and a tax site within the Solent Freeport, with manufacturing and logistics units from 20,000 to 200,000 sq ft. Occupiers include FatFace's head office and DPD. A head office fit-out, or a shop refit around Meridian Shopping and West Street, is where levelling compound earns its place, because a new finish shows every dip in the base beneath.

For a fit-out at Dunsbury Park or along West Street, BS 8204 grades the floor by the largest gap under a 2m straightedge: a 3mm gap passes SR1, 5mm passes SR2 and 10mm passes SR3. Many thin sheet finishes demand SR1, so a floor that passed under carpet tiles can fail under vinyl.

Our compound goes on thin: a typical range is 2mm up to 10mm, and only certain products can be poured deeper. Compound fails if it does not stick, so we clean the base and choose a primer for whatever is there: concrete, cement screed, calcium sulphate or old adhesive from the last floor. We use quick drying products so the fit-out does not stall and the flooring team can get in soon after.

The big logistics floors at Dunsbury Park are another story. Compound only finishes a surface; structural power floated slabs, resin and polished concrete are outside what we do. Worn or damaged slabs need concrete floor grinding or concrete floor repair first, and larger new floors come under our commercial screeding service.

Levelling Havant homes before new flooring goes down

At home, levelling is usually part of a refit. Owners of Havant's post-war houses replacing carpet with LVT or engineered wood can find that an old concrete floor has dips and ridges nobody noticed before. A thin compound over the right primer fixes that without the weeks of drying a new screed needs.

Flats make up 20% of Havant homes, and in a flat the new floor has to be made flat without raising it against doors and thresholds. A few millimetres of compound is often enough, and we measure door clearances before the pour.

The limit is being honest about the base. Compound poured deep over a floor that is loose, hollow or cracked can crack and debond. When a post-war floor is past that point, the lasting fix is a new screed, and sand and cement relays for Havant floors explains how that works. If a sound floor needs just a few millimetres, compound beats a relay on time and cost, and your fitter is in much earlier. Our levelling service reaches neighbouring Emsworth as well, about 2 miles away.

How we price floor levelling in Havant

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 Havant

Smooth self levelled liquid screed across an open plan room
Smooth self levelled liquid screed across an open plan room.

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 Havant

On the map, Havant sits south-south-west of Slough, about 49 miles from our base in a straight line (postcodes including PO9 and PO7), next to Emsworth (2.2 miles), Horndean (3.7 miles), Portsmouth (6.2 miles) and Gosport (7.4 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.

FAQs

Floor Levelling in Havant: your questions

What is SR1 flatness and does my floor need it?

In BS 8204 terms, SR1 means a 2m straightedge laid on the floor shows no gap bigger than 3mm. The looser classes, SR2 and SR3, permit 5mm and 10mm. Vinyl, some LVT and many other thin sheet floors need SR1. A Havant shop or office moving from carpet to a sheet finish often needs compound to reach it.

Can levelling compound go over an old concrete floor?

It can, provided the old concrete is solid, clean and dry. We prime it with a product suited to concrete and then pour the compound, normally somewhere from about 2mm to 10mm deep. If the old Havant floor is breaking up, hollow or damp, compound will not fix it, and the base needs a repair or a new screed first.

How soon can flooring go on after levelling?

Far quicker than you could after a fresh screed. Fast drying levelling products are chosen to keep refits on programme, so the flooring contractor can usually follow quickly, working to the product's instructions. For a Havant shop or office, that means a far shorter closure than the weeks a full screed would need to dry.

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