Levelling Kidlington floors before new flooring
Hard, thin finishes need a flat base. Plenty of LVT and sheet vinyl ranges ask for SR1, where a 2m straightedge may show gaps of up to 3mm and no more. Carpet and other forgiving finishes can sit on SR2, which tolerates 5mm, or even SR3, which tolerates 10mm. Old concrete floors in Kidlington's post-war and later houses can be sound but slightly wavy, and that is enough to show through a thin finish.
We normally pour compound somewhere from 2mm to 10mm deep across a Kidlington floor; a few products can be taken thicker. It flows over the prepared base, fills the dips and leaves a smooth surface that dries quickly, so the flooring can follow sooner than it could after a new screed.
The join with an extension is the commonest reason to level. The new floor may finish a few millimetres above or below the old slab, and the compound is feathered across the junction so the new kitchen flooring runs through without a step.
First, though, the base is primed with a product matched to it, whether it is concrete, sand and cement screed, calcium sulphate with the laitance sanded off, or old tiles. Loose material, old adhesive and contamination come off first, and our floor preparation work covers grinding where the surface needs it.
Compound cannot rescue a floor that crumbles, sounds hollow or slopes badly; that calls for a new sand and cement screed in Kidlington instead.
Showroom and unit refits along Langford Lane
The business area on Langford Lane mixes very different floors. Car showrooms at Oxford Motor Park, units on the Langford Locks industrial estate and buildings around London Oxford Airport each have their own demands, and a refit of any of them usually means new flooring over an old base.
Levelling compound suits a refit where the existing screed or slab is sound. After old coverings and adhesive are removed and the surface ground clean, the floor is primed and levelled to the flatness the new finish needs. Fast drying products keep the programme short, which matters when a unit is closed during the works.
Workshops and hangars are a different case. A thin compound is not designed for heavy wheels or constant wear, and a floor that takes that kind of load often needs a bonded or high-strength screed instead. Our commercial screeding service covers those floors, and concrete floor grinding prepares a slab before any new layer goes on.
We will tell you plainly whether a floor needs compound or a new screed. Deep compound pours used to hide a floor that really needs rebuilding can crack and debond, so it pays to price the right fix at the start.
How we price floor levelling in Kidlington
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 Kidlington
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 Kidlington
Kidlington is about 34.1 miles north-west of our Slough base as the crow flies, with postcodes including OX5. The nearest towns to it are Oxford (5 miles), Bicester (7.8 miles), Witney (8.8 miles) and Abingdon-on-Thames (10.5 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.
