Levelling Marlow's mid-century and later floors
More of Marlow's homes date from 1945 to 1972 than from any other period: 38% of them. Over the decades, floors of that age have often been re-tiled, patched or joined to an extension, leaving dips, ridges and a step where old meets new.
Flatness is checked by laying a 2m straightedge on the floor; under BS 8204, SR1 tolerates a 3mm gap beneath it, SR2 5mm and SR3 10mm. Thin sheet finishes often demand SR1, which is why makers of LVT and vinyl tend to ask for it. Large tiles and engineered wood are more forgiving but still need a flat base, otherwise tile edges lip and boards rock.
The compound goes onto the prepared floor as thin as about 2mm or as deep as around 10mm, more with some products, finding the low spots and setting smooth. Before that pour, the floor gets a primer suited to what it is made of, be it old tile, calcium sulphate, sand and cement or bare concrete. Our latex screed service handles the thinnest smoothing jobs.
Compound will not rescue every floor: used thickly to hide one that ought to be rescreeded, it tends to crack and debond. Where the old floor is crumbling, sounds hollow or has no membrane, the proper fix is a fresh sand and cement screed, and we will tell you so.
Office floors at Globe Business Park, Marlow
Beside the A404, Globe Business Park is home to offices and warehouses such as Atlas House on Third Avenue, Jubilee House and Eclipse. Refurbish buildings like these and the old finishes, partitions and services come out, leaving a floor scarred with adhesive, patches and cut-outs.
Refit floors are usually done in stages: strip the old covering, prepare the surface, repair broken areas, prime, then pour compound over everything so the new raised floor or carpet tiles sit flat. With a fast drying compound, the floor is not what holds up the rest of an office fit-out. Tell us the hours the building allows for noisy or dusty work, and the grinding and pours are planned around them. If adhesive residue or a weak surface must come off first, concrete floor grinding exposes sound concrete for the primer.
When a refurbishment needs a new screed rather than a skim, that becomes screeding work under our commercial screeding service. For levelling in High Wycombe, about 4 miles away, see floor levelling in High Wycombe.
We leave timber sanding, resin and polished concrete to others; our part is a flat, sound base for the finish that follows.
How we price floor levelling in Marlow
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 Marlow
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Floor Levelling from Slough to Marlow
On the map, Marlow sits west-north-west of Slough, about 6.3 miles from our base in a straight line (postcodes including SL7 and SL6), next to High Wycombe (4.1 miles), Maidenhead (4.2 miles), Henley-on-Thames (6 miles) and Beaconsfield (6.3 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.