Needles and post-war Horsham floors before new flooring
The Needles estate went up around 1955, and post-war homes like these may need concrete floors repaired or levelled before new flooring goes down. A ground floor of that age can carry old adhesive, small cracks, patches and dips near walls. That is fine under carpet and thick underlay, which hide a lot. Put LVT or big tiles on top and each bump comes through.
Self levelling compound fixes the surface rather than the structure. We pour it onto a base that has been cleaned and primed, normally between about 2mm and 10mm thick, though a few products can go thicker. The finish is then checked with a 2m straightedge against BS 8204, where a gap of 3mm is the limit for SR1, 5mm for SR2 and 10mm for SR3. Thin sheet flooring often needs the SR1 class.
If the floor is cracked or broken, it needs mending before compound goes on. We handle that first through repairs to the concrete floor. A Needles estate floor that is well off level or coming loose needs more than compound, because pouring it thick over a floor due a screed tends to crack and lift. In that case we price a new screed, usually sand and cement for a post-war floor.
The same applies where a newer extension meets an older floor, which is a familiar problem once a post-war house has been extended at the back. A few millimetres of step across the join can be feathered out with compound so the finish runs through in one piece.
Shop and office refits in central Horsham
Swan Walk and The Forum are Horsham's central shopping areas, and RSA Insurance Group has its registered office at St Mark's Court. Broadbridge Heath has industrial parks and the RSPCA headquarters. When a unit or office is refitted, the floor beneath the old finish is rarely flat enough for new vinyl, LVT or carpet tiles.
Preparation decides whether compound stays down. Old adhesive and weak surface layers come off first. The primer has to suit the base: concrete and sand and cement screed take one type, calcium sulphate screed needs a compatible primer after the laitance is sanded off, and non-absorbent surfaces need another. Fast drying compounds keep refits moving, so flooring can follow quickly. A shop with a fixed opening date needs that certainty, so we agree the sequence of stripping, repair, priming and levelling with the shopfitter before starting.
We do not sand timber floors, and our compound is not sold for DIY use. If a shop floor needs only a few millimetres building up, a thin latex screed layer may suit. About 12 miles away, see our Dorking floor levelling page.
How we price floor levelling in Horsham
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 Horsham
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 Horsham
On the map, Horsham sits south-south-east of Slough, about 35.3 miles from our base in a straight line (postcodes including RH12 and RH13), next to Crawley (7.1 miles), Horley (10.4 miles), Haywards Heath (10.9 miles) and Burgess Hill (11.2 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.
