Levelling Market Harborough house floors before new finishes
Modern floor finishes show every dip. Thin LVT and vinyl show every bump underneath, and big tiles can rock or snap over a hollow. That is why fitters ask for a flat base, usually measured under a 2m straightedge. For SR1 the gap under the straightedge can be 3mm at most, and many thin sheet floors ask for that class. SR2 lets the gap reach 5mm, which is fine for plenty of other finishes. In Market Harborough the usual problems are joins and wear. Where an extension meets the original house, the two floors may differ in height by a few millimetres and in material. Houses built between 1945 and 1972, 20% of the town's stock, often have older solid floors that have worn uneven over time. The council-built houses of the Bowden Fields Estate are a typical case where levelling goes down before new finishes. The process is straightforward. We clean the base, repair any cracks, and choose a primer to suit it, because concrete, sand and cement, calcium sulphate and old tiles each need something different. Next we pour and spread the compound, typically 2mm to around 10mm deep, and it settles to a smooth finish. Where a join is actually a step, or the old floor is loose, the base needs work first. Our floor preparation service covers grinding, cleaning and repairs before levelling.
Refits on Rockingham Road and at Airfield Business Park
Commercial floors change hands more often than house floors. Each time a unit is re-let or an office is refitted, the new occupier wants a floor that suits their own finish, whether that is carpet tiles, sheet vinyl or a hard wearing tile. Levelling compound is how an existing floor is brought up to that standard without starting again. The Riverside and Rockingham Road industrial estate dates from the 1960s, and older units of that age often have floors that have been patched, stained and worn unevenly over decades. Airfield Business Park is newer, with warehouse and hybrid office units beside the Harborough Innovation Centre, where the office side of a hybrid unit needs a flat base before carpet tiles or vinyl. Fast drying compounds keep that kind of programme moving. Compound has limits. Using thick compound on a floor that is really due a new screed risks cracking and the compound coming away. Where a unit floor is out by well over 10mm or so, or the screed below is breaking up, we tell you and price a new screed, or send you to screed repairs in Market Harborough units. Corby is about 9 miles away; see floor levelling in Corby.
How we price floor levelling in Market Harborough
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 Market Harborough
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Floor Levelling from Slough to Market Harborough
Market Harborough is about 66.6 miles north of our Slough base as the crow flies, with postcodes including LE16. The nearest towns to it are Desborough (5 miles), Corby (9.4 miles), Kettering (9.9 miles) and Lutterworth (11.8 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.