Refitting office parks near the M27 in Hedge End
The M27 junctions brought office parks and out-of-town superstores to Hedge End, and when units like these are refitted, the floor is often part of the job. Office carpet is replaced with LVT, or a store changes layout and wants a hard wearing sheet finish. Neither will hide a bump or hollow in the floor underneath.
Flatness is checked to BS 8204 by laying a 2m straightedge across the floor and measuring the gaps. Class SR3 lets a gap reach 10mm, SR2 5mm and SR1 only 3mm, and it is SR1 that a lot of thin sheet floors call for. A floor that was perfectly acceptable under carpet tiles may be well outside that class once measured.
We pour the compound in a thin layer, generally between about 2mm and 10mm, with a few products rated for more. Before that, the floor is cleaned and primed, and the primer depends on what we find, since a concrete slab, a cement screed, a calcium sulphate screed and old glue each take a different one. Get that wrong and the compound can lift, however well it was laid.
On a commercial refit, the programme matters as much as the floor. Quick setting compounds mean the flooring firm can start soon after us, and a big office or store can be done a zone at a time so the rest stays open. Where the slab itself is damaged, concrete floor repair comes first, and old coatings may need concrete floor grinding.
Levelling floors at Dowd's Farm and older Hedge End homes
Newer houses around Dowd's Farm are more likely to need small screed repairs or levelling before a new finish than a full new floor. A skim of compound, over a primer suited to the screed underneath, takes out dips so LVT or engineered wood lies flat. Where the screed has cracked or sounds hollow, screed repairs deal with those areas first.
In the older houses, the usual problem is the join. A kitchen extension or rebuilt conservatory has a new, flat floor, while the original floor next to it may have settled over decades. A pour of compound lifts the older side to match, so the new floor carries straight through the doorway with no lip.
Compound has a limit. It is there to smooth a floor, and if it is poured thick to save one that should be replaced, it can crack and come unstuck. When a wide area needs well over about 10mm, or the base is breaking up, what you need is a new screed, which is where our Hedge End sand and cement relays come in. Where a solid floor needs only a few millimetres, a latex topping can also do the job.
How we price floor levelling in Hedge End
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 Hedge End
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Floor Levelling from Slough to Hedge End
On the map, Hedge End sits south-south-west of Slough, about 51.4 miles from our base in a straight line (postcodes including SO30 and SO31), next to Eastleigh (4.4 miles), Southampton (4.4 miles), Fareham (7 miles) and Totton (8.1 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.