Tenancy changes at Fremlin Walk, Lockmeadow and trading estates
When a shop or leisure unit changes hands, the floor is rarely ready for the next tenant's finish. Old adhesive, patched screed, cut-out service trenches and changes in level from the last fit-out all have to be dealt with before new vinyl, LVT or tiles go down. That is the position in town centre units at The Mall Maidstone and Fremlin Walk, and at the riverside Lockmeadow Centre, each time a fit-out starts. A tenant opening a new unit usually wants the floor ready in days, not weeks.
Out of the centre, Parkwood Trading Estate off Bircholt Road and Haslemere Industrial Estate off the A274 hold a wide mix of businesses, and their units need the same treatment when they are refitted.
The method is straightforward. Loose material and old adhesive come off, cracks and holes are repaired, the right primer goes on for the base, and a self levelling compound is poured to bring the floor flat. Fast drying products let flooring follow soon after, which matters when a unit has an opening date. Damaged areas beyond a skim are handled by our screed repair service first, and bare concrete that needs opening up can be treated with concrete floor grinding.
We lay a 2m straightedge on the floor and read the gaps against BS 8204, which allows 3mm for SR1, 5mm for SR2 and 10mm for SR3. SR1 is what plenty of thin sheet floorings require.
Uneven floors in Maidstone homes and extensions
Homes built between 1973 and 1999 make up 20% of Maidstone's housing, and floors of that age, like older ones, can have dips, humps and old patch repairs that show through new LVT or vinyl. Compound, anything from roughly 2mm to 10mm thick, is the fastest route to a flat base.
Where a Shepway or Ringlestone semi has been extended, the line between the old floor and the new one often causes trouble. Laid years apart, the two seldom match exactly, and compound feathered across that line lets the new flooring carry on with no ridge.
The primer depends on what lies underneath: concrete, sand and cement, calcium sulphate or a sound old floor each take their own.
There is a limit. If a floor is cracked, hollow or needs more than a thin layer, pouring compound deep can crack and debond. In that case we say so and price a proper screed instead, such as a new sand and cement screed in Maidstone. This service does not cover sanding wooden floors.
How we price floor levelling in Maidstone
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 Maidstone
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 Maidstone
On the map, Maidstone sits east-south-east of Slough, about 53.5 miles from our base in a straight line (postcodes including ME14, ME16, ME17 and ME15), next to Snodland (5.2 miles), Gillingham (7.1 miles), Chatham (7.7 miles) and Rochester (8.1 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.