Latex in Kettering's terraced kitchens and bathrooms
Latex screed is a two part product. One part is a cement based powder; the other is a latex liquid that takes the place of mixing water. Together they cure into a thin, slightly flexible layer that grips well and can be feathered out at its edges. It is laid a few millimetres thick, so it smooths a floor without raising it much, which matters in a terrace where the kitchen has to meet the back door and the hall.
The bases it handles are the ones a refit in an older Kettering house tends to turn up.
Old quarry or ceramic tiles, if every one is firmly bonded. Hollow or rocking tiles are lifted first; sound ones are cleaned, primed and covered.
Suspended timber floors, once the boards are fixed down and overboarded with flooring grade plywood. Latex never goes directly onto bare boards.
Older concrete that is sound but uneven, scarred by old services or patched in places.
Thin, hard remains of earlier adhesive that are still well stuck.
The primer is chosen for whichever base it is. A calcium sulphate screed is the strict case: its laitance is removed and it is always primed before latex goes on. We also take a moisture reading, because latex seals the surface without curing any damp below it.
On top, the latex suits sheet vinyl, LVT, lino, rubber and safety flooring, all of which mirror every board edge or grout line, and it gives carpet an even base too. Where a terrace floor has rotten timber or no damp protection at all, it needs a new sand and cement floor instead.
Headlands kitchens and the limits of latex
Kitchen projects in the bigger period homes around the Headlands tend to be large, and a new kitchen often means one floor finish running through a knocked-together room. Where the old part of that room is timber and the new part is concrete, both can be brought to one smooth surface: plywood over the boards, a primer matched to each base, then latex across the lot.
Latex has limits, and knowing them saves a failed floor. It will not stiffen springy boards; those need refixing and the joists checking before any plywood goes down. It does not cure damp, so a floor that fails the moisture test needs the source dealing with first. And it will not correct a floor that is badly out of level, because it is made to go on thin. Where the fall is more than a few millimetres, a Kettering screed repair or new screed sets the level first, and our floor levelling page explains how flatness is measured.
Safety flooring in a shop, cafe or care setting is laid the same way: a sound, primed base, latex to smooth it, then the sheet goes down. Nearby homes get the same checks, as our page on latex screed in Burton Latimer explains.
How we price latex screed in Kettering
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 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.
Latex Screed 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 latex screed, part of our screeding services.
