Lineside Industrial Estate and Toddington unit floors
Lineside Industrial Estate sits north of Littlehampton town centre, off Eldon Way and the A259 bypass. Its 28 units include four speculative units finished in 2022. Toddington has a large business park as well. When a unit is fitted out or refitted, especially for a trade counter or showroom area, the floor needs to be flat enough for its new finish.
Self levelling compound does that. It is poured over a prepared, primed base and flows to a flat surface, usually at about 2mm up to around 10mm deep, though some products go deeper. We then test it with a 2m straightedge under BS 8204, which allows gaps of 3mm for SR1, 5mm for SR2 and 10mm for SR3. A showroom getting thin sheet flooring will often need SR1.
Warehouse and trade counter floors need more than levelling sometimes. Worn, cracked or dusty areas may need repair first, and heavy traffic areas may need a high strength screed rather than compound. Broken slabs are mended through our concrete floor repairs.
Priming is the step that makes compound stay down. Concrete and sand and cement screed take one type of primer, calcium sulphate screed needs a compatible one after sanding off the laitance, and non-absorbent surfaces need another. A quick drying compound means the flooring fitter can follow on soon and the fit-out stays on schedule. Before any compound goes on, old adhesive, paint and dust come off, because compound only bonds as well as the surface beneath it.
Levelling uneven floors in Littlehampton homes
One in five Littlehampton homes, 20%, went up between 1945 and 1972. Floors from that era, and older ones, can be uneven from settlement, patching or decades of different finishes. Under carpet that matters little. Under LVT or large format tiles, every dip and ridge shows, and thin sheet vinyl shows even more.
Trouble also shows where a newer extension meets the original floor. A few millimetres of step can be feathered out with compound so the new floor finish runs through without a lip. It is especially important where one continuous run of LVT or tiles crosses from the old kitchen into the extension.
Some floors are beyond what compound can fix. If the base is loose, hollow, broken or out of level by more than compound should take, deep pours can crack and debond. Then we would price rescreeding instead, normally hand-laid sand and cement for an older house.
This service is not timber floor sanding, and we do not supply DIY products. About 7 miles away, see our Worthing floor levelling page.
How we price floor levelling in Littlehampton
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 Littlehampton
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 Littlehampton
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 50.2 miles from Littlehampton, which lies to the south. Postcodes here include BN17, and Bognor Regis (6 miles), Worthing (7.4 miles), Chichester (10.6 miles) and Shoreham-by-Sea (11.8 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.
