Shop and unit refits from Tolworth to Chessington
Commercial floors in the borough sit in three main settings. Chessington Industrial Estate on Cox Lane holds trade counters and warehouses, with approval for new flexible industrial units. Tolworth Broadway and the Tolworth Tower area are the second. The town centre shops are the third. In each, a change of tenant tends to leave old adhesive, removed partitions and patched service runs.
On a Kingston floor that only needs smoothing, the compound goes on thin, a couple of millimetres to roughly ten, and only certain products are made to go thicker. Fast drying products keep the programme moving, so the flooring contractor can follow on quickly, and work can be planned outside trading hours if the landlord needs it.
We judge the result the way BS 8204 does, laying a two metre straightedge across the floor and measuring the gaps beneath it. SR1 allows a 3mm gap, SR2 allows 5mm and SR3 allows 10mm. SR1 is the class many thin sheet finishes demand, so a trade counter getting new vinyl usually needs it.
Preparation often takes as long as the levelling. Old adhesives and weak surfaces are removed first, and our concrete floor grinding service covers that. Each base in these Kingston homes, be it old tiles, concrete, cement screed or calcium sulphate, gets its own matching primer first. If the floor is hollow, cracked through or badly out of level, compound is the wrong fix: a deep pour over a floor that needs a screed can crack and debond, and a new sand and cement screed is the better answer.
Joining old floors and extensions in Kingston upon Thames
19% of homes in the borough were built between 1945 and 1972, and 14% between 1973 and 1999. When a house of any age gains a rear extension, the new floor rarely meets the old one exactly, leaving a small step or slope. Before LVT or large tiles run through both rooms, a feathered levelling compound can blend the two into one flat surface.
Old solid floors inside the original house are rarely perfectly flat either. Where the variation is within about 10mm, compound brings the floor into tolerance quickly, and a fast drying product keeps the programme moving. Where it is not, or the floor is loose or damp, a new screed is the honest recommendation rather than more compound. We measure with a 2m straightedge across the whole room before pricing, so the choice is made on figures rather than guesswork.
For very thin corrections before sheet flooring, a latex screed of a few mm is often used. For similar work a few miles away, see floor levelling in Epsom.
How we price floor levelling in Kingston upon Thames
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 Kingston upon Thames
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Floor Levelling from Slough to Kingston upon Thames
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 18.4 miles from Kingston upon Thames, which lies to the east-south-east. Postcodes here include KT5, KT9, KT3 and KT2, and Ewell (3.2 miles), Merton (3.4 miles), Richmond upon Thames (4 miles) and Epsom (4.1 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.
