Damp checks before latex near Lymington quay
A thin compound is only as good as the floor beneath it, and moisture is the commonest reason it fails. Some of the oldest solid floors in town, in period houses by the quay, were never given a membrane. Cover one of those with latex and new vinyl and the damp has nowhere to go: the compound softens or lets go, and the sheet finish bubbles or lifts at its seams.
In an older Lymington house, then, we begin with the floor itself. A tide mark on the skirting, a musty smell or old flooring stained from below all point to a floor that needs more than a coat of latex. The lasting answer is to dig out, lay a membrane and insulation, and screed again, as set out on our sand and cement page for Lymington. Latex may still play a part afterwards if the chosen finish wants a smoother face than the new screed gives.
Where a floor is dry, latex is useful. If an upstairs room has a timber floor, a bathroom refit there means screwing down loose boards, fixing flooring grade plywood across them and spreading latex over the ply. Sheet vinyl, lino or LVT then sit on a flat, firm base without the threshold rising by any real amount.
10% of Lymington's homes were built between 1919 and 1944. A house from those years deserves the same checks for damp and movement before any compound is mixed.
Kitchen refits over old tiles in Pennington and Buckland
Kitchen knock-throughs are a regular project in Pennington and Buckland homes of the 1950s to 1990s. Under an old kitchen floor there may be quarry or ceramic tiles, or vinyl tiles stuck down with black adhesive. Chipping out firmly bonded tiles is slow, loud and dusty, and it can damage the screed below. If the tiles are solid, latex can go over them once any loose ones are lifted, the glaze is cleaned and the surface is primed with a product made for a smooth, non-absorbent base.
Old adhesive is handled the same way. Thin, sound residue can be primed and covered; thick or soft glue has to come off first, and concrete floor grinding in Lymington is how we remove it.
The finish sets the standard. Rubber or safety flooring in a utility, sheet vinyl in a bathroom, LVT through a kitchen: each shows every ridge below it, and even carpet wears faster over lumps. A thin latex coat takes those blemishes out.
Two limits apply. Latex is not for a floor that is badly out of level; a screed repair or new screed goes in first, and our page on levelling compound and flatness classes covers that wider choice. And any calcium sulphate screed has its laitance sanded off and is primed before latex goes near it. We lay latex in New Milton as well.
How we price latex screed in Lymington
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 Lymington
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 Lymington
Lymington is about 66.2 miles south-west of our Slough base as the crow flies, with postcodes including SO41. The nearest towns to it are New Milton (5 miles), Christchurch (10.6 miles), Totton (11.3 miles) and Southampton (11.8 miles).
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