Extension joins and garages in Kenilworth houses
Kenilworth's many post-war houses commonly gain kitchen or garden room extensions, and they nearly always involve two floors of different ages meeting along the line of the original rear wall. The new screed is laid to the existing level, but the existing slab is rarely perfect. Decades of use and patching can leave it a few millimetres high in places, with a ridge where the old threshold or a removed wall once stood.
A diamond grinder cuts that ridge back in thin passes until the two surfaces meet. It works the same way on trowel marks, nibs of mortar and the hard, smooth skin on top of a power floated slab, all of which stop compound bonding well. After grinding, the surface is open and clean, ready for primer and a levelling coat across the joint, as set out on our floor levelling page for Kenilworth.
Garages benefit too. A detached house often comes with a garage whose concrete carries years of oil, paint and tyre rubber. Before it becomes a gym, office or bedroom, those layers need to come off so screed or compound can bond.
Grinding has a boundary. It removes high spots, not low ones, so a slab that slopes across its whole width needs filling or a new screed after the high points are taken down. On a screed we also limit how much comes off, because overgrinding can leave it below its minimum thickness. For conversions, our garage floor guide explains the full build-up.
Talisman Square refits and dust control
Talisman Square is the town centre's main block of shops, a 1960s precinct given an update in 2008. When a unit there is refitted, the old floor finish comes up and leaves whatever held it down: carpet tile tackifier, vinyl adhesive, perhaps floor paint in a stockroom. New flooring will not hold to those, and neither will levelling compound. Grinding them off is the first step, followed by compound or a faster drying screed so trading can resume sooner.
Silica is the hazard to plan for. Concrete, screed and tile all contain it, and grinding turns it into respirable crystalline silica, a fine dust that harms the lungs. Every machine we run has extraction connected at the head, the work area is screened from neighbouring units and the floor is vacuumed before we leave, which counts for a lot in a precinct where next door is still trading.
We do this as a screeding contractor preparing floors. We do not apply resin or polished concrete, although a ground surface suits resin laid by another firm, and our grinders and diamond tooling are never sold or hired out. Large areas or thick coatings may suit shot blasting instead, covered under floor preparation. The same grinding service is available in Warwick.
How we price floor grinding in Kenilworth
A fixed written price within 24 hours, once we know the area and what has to come off. See our floor screeding cost guide.
Who grinds your concrete floor in Kenilworth
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.
Concrete Floor Grinding from Slough to Kenilworth
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 68.8 miles from Kenilworth, which lies to the north-west. Postcodes here include CV8, and Royal Leamington Spa (3.9 miles), Warwick (4.1 miles), Coventry (5.4 miles) and Solihull (9.7 miles) are close by.
More on floor grinding, part of our screeding services.
