Levelling for refits at Kettering Business Park
Carpet forgives an uneven floor. LVT, sheet vinyl and large format tiles do not, and in an office refit the change of finish is usually what brings the problem to light. Once the old carpet tiles and their adhesive come up in an office, the base can show patched trenches, old cable runs and dips where partitions once stood.
We survey the floor under a 2m straightedge against BS 8204. The gap underneath may be 3mm at most for SR1, 5mm for SR2 and 10mm for SR3. SR1 is the class many thin sheet finishes demand, so the flooring specification tells us the target before we price.
Preparation takes as much care as the pour. Nothing bonds over old glue, paint or a crumbly top layer, so those are stripped first, and the primer is matched to what lies beneath, whether that is concrete, sand and cement or calcium sulphate. Where a concrete slab is worn or contaminated, concrete floor grinding opens the surface first.
A typical pour is anywhere between 2mm and 10mm deep, using quick drying products so the refit keeps to its dates. In bigger offices on the business park we can work one floor or one zone at a time, so staff keep using the rest. Warehouse floors that need more than a thin skim are a different job, calling for repairs to the concrete or a new screed.
Old floors meeting extensions around the Headlands
At home, the usual trouble spot is the lip or slope where a new extension joins the old house. The larger period houses around the Headlands bring bigger extensions and kitchen projects, and where a new floor meets one that is a century old, the two rarely line up.
Houses built between the wars, 14% of Kettering's homes, have also had long enough to move, settle and be patched. A self levelling compound can take out small dips and feather the join between old and new, so the new floor runs through without a ridge at the threshold.
There is a line compound should not cross. It smooths a floor but carries no structural load, and a thick pour used to cover up a floor due for rebuilding tends to crack and part company with the base. Where a Headlands floor sounds hollow, is crumbling, or would need upwards of roughly 10mm across wide areas, that part of the house wants a proper screed repair or fresh hand-laid sand and cement instead.
This is not wood floor sanding or advice on DIY levelling products. The service is a surveyed, primed and poured floor, handed over ready for the fitter.
How we price floor levelling in Kettering
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 Kettering
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 Kettering
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 60.1 miles from Kettering, which lies to the north. Postcodes here include NN16, NN15 and NN14, and Burton Latimer (3.3 miles), Desborough (4.9 miles), Corby (6.2 miles) and Wellingborough (6.9 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.
