Preparing unit floors at Mead Lane Business Centre, Hertford
Mead Lane Business Centre, near Hertford East station, is the town's principal industrial area, and the smaller Marsh Lane Industrial Estate sits close by. When a unit there is refitted, the floor often has to be repaired and prepared before any levelling can start. Cracks, spalled patches and old adhesive all have to be dealt with first; our concrete floor repair service covers the breaks and holes.
Once the base is sound, it is cleaned and primed with the product that suits it, because cement screed, calcium sulphate screed and concrete each need a different primer. Only then is the compound poured, normally somewhere between about 2mm and around 10mm, to settle level on its own.
The floor covering decides how flat is flat enough. Thin sheet finishes often need SR1, which means 3mm is the most a 2m straightedge may rock or gap. SR2 lets the gap reach 5mm, and SR3 10mm. Fast drying compounds let the flooring follow quickly, which matters when a tenant is waiting to move in and the fit-out team needs the floor back.
There is a limit. Poured much too thick to cover a floor that really wants rescreeding, compound is likely to crack and come away. When a floor is beyond levelling, we say so and quote a new screed. If the floor is a calcium sulphate one, see the page on anhydrite flow screed for its priming rules.
Levelling older Hertford house floors for new flooring
In homes, the need for levelling usually shows up when new flooring is chosen. Of Hertford's homes, 24% were built between 1945 and 1972, and floors of that age can have gentle dips, patched areas and ridges where old walls were removed. LVT and sheet vinyl show all of them.
Joins where an extension meets the old house are the other usual reason. An extension floor rarely meets the existing house exactly, so the two surfaces are primed and a single pour of compound runs across both, removing the step and letting the new floor run through. Doing it this way avoids a threshold strip across an open-plan room.
Preparation is the part that is easy to skimp. Loose screed must be cut out, dust removed and any contamination ground off; our floor preparation service covers shot blasting and grinding where needed.
Timber floors that need sanding are a different trade. The work here is levelling of screed and concrete bases, with the product chosen for the finish and the programme. Neighbouring towns get the same service, including floor levelling in Hoddesdon.
How we price floor levelling in Hertford
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 Hertford
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Floor Levelling from Slough to Hertford
Hertford is about 30.5 miles north-east of our Slough base as the crow flies, with postcodes including SG14 and SG13. The nearest towns to it are Ware (2.2 miles), Hoddesdon (3.8 miles), Welwyn Garden City (5.6 miles) and Hatfield (6.5 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.