Bases latex screed can cover in Islington refits
Latex earns its place on floors that are firm but the wrong texture for a thin finish. Sheet vinyl, LVT, safety flooring, rubber and lino all mirror whatever lies beneath them, so a grout line, a board edge or a trowel ridge soon shows through. A skim of latex fills those marks and leaves a smooth, closed surface for the adhesive.
Four kinds of base can take latex in an Islington refit. The first is timber. Converted period houses here were often taken back to their joists, and where a flat keeps a boarded floor, the boards are first covered with flooring grade plywood, screwed down at close centres. Latex goes onto the plywood, never straight onto bare boards, which move with every step and crack a thin compound.
The second is old quarry or ceramic tile. If every tile is firmly bonded, there is no need to hack them up in a shared building; the glaze is cleaned and primed, and the latex bridges the joints.
The third is older concrete that has worn uneven, and the fourth is sound old adhesive left after a carpet or vinyl comes up. Both can take latex once loose material is scraped off and the right primer is on. A calcium sulphate screed is always sanded free of laitance and primed first.
Need a deeper correction, or a floor that falls short of SR1? Our levelling compound page for Islington covers flatness classes and thicker pours.
When an Islington floor needs more than latex
Latex is a finishing layer, not a cure. It sits on whatever is under it, so before any is mixed we check three things.
Movement comes first. Press a heel into the floor of an older Islington flat and feel for spring. Boards that flex will crack latex within weeks, so the joists and boards are fixed, or the floor is overboarded with plywood, before we price the skim.
Damp is second. A thin compound does nothing to stop moisture rising, and an older Islington house can have a basement or ground floor laid without any membrane under it. If a hygrometer reading is high, the floor needs a membrane and a new screed, and our Islington sand and cement screed page explains that rebuild.
Level is third. Latex is spread a few millimetres thick. A room that drops away by far more than that across its width is beyond it, and a deep pour would only crack and lift. Patches of broken or hollow screed are cut out and made good first through our screed repair service.
From Canonbury and Highbury to Finsbury Park and Archway, the same three checks decide whether a thin skim will last, and we put the answer in writing before work starts.
How we price latex screed in Islington
A fixed written price within 24 hours, once we know the area and the base. See our floor screeding cost guide.
Who lays your latex screed in Islington
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.
Latex Screed from Slough to Islington
On the map, Islington sits east of Slough, about 23 miles from our base in a straight line (postcodes including N1, EC1R, WC1X and N4), next to Camden (1.7 miles), Hackney (2.1 miles), Westminster (3 miles) and Haringey (3.1 miles).
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