Levelling floors in Hinckley houses before new finishes
Thin modern coverings show up every hollow in the floor beneath them. A thin LVT or vinyl will telegraph ridges and hollows straight through to the surface, and large format tiles rock or crack if the floor under them is out of flat. Levelling compound is how that base is corrected without laying a whole new screed.
BS 8204 measures flatness with a 2m straightedge laid on the floor. Under it, SR1 permits a 3mm gap, SR2 a 5mm one and SR3 one of 10mm. Many thin sheet finishes need SR1, which is why a floor that suits carpet can still need work before vinyl.
Most levelling sits in the range of about 2mm to 10mm, though certain products can go thicker. Cleaning and priming come first, and a cement screed, a concrete slab, a calcium sulphate screed and old tiles each need their own primer. Get that wrong and the compound can lift.
In a house, the usual trouble spot is where an extension floor meets the original one. The two slabs were laid years apart and rarely finish at quite the same height. Compound can feather that line out across a room. Where the gap is much deeper, or the old floor is cracked and loose, a new sand and cement screed or a proper screed repair is the honest answer, because deep pours of compound over a failing floor can crack and debond.
Shop and unit refits from The Crescent to Logix Park
Commercial floors change whenever a tenant does. A shop near The Crescent taking new flooring, an office fit-out at Hinckley Business Park on Brindley Road, or a mezzanine office in a unit at Harrowbrook, Logix Park, Sunnyside Industrial Estate or Greenfields Business Park may all need the existing floor brought flat before carpet tile, safety vinyl or LVT goes down.
Commercial levelling usually starts with the state of the old surface. Adhesive residue, paint and old tiles have to come off, and a dusty or weak concrete may need mechanical preparation. Our concrete floor grinding service opens up the surface so the primer and compound can bond.
Programme is the next concern. Fast drying compounds are available that keep a refit moving, and a levelled floor can often take the next trade far sooner than a new screed would. We agree the sequence with the fit-out team before we start, so the floor is not holding up electricians or joiners.
If the floor in a Hinckley unit is badly damaged, levelling alone will not fix it, and we will say so. The same service is available for shops and offices in Earl Shilton floor levelling and nearby towns.
How we price floor levelling in Hinckley
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 Hinckley
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 Hinckley
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 76.3 miles from Hinckley, which lies to the north-north-west. Postcodes here include LE10, and Earl Shilton (3.4 miles), Nuneaton (4.2 miles), Bedworth (6 miles) and Lutterworth (9.5 miles) are close by.
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.
