Grinding unit floors at Bradwell Abbey and Kiln Farm
A trade unit on an estate such as Bradwell Abbey, Kiln Farm off Monks Way or Tongwell near junction 14 may change occupier several times over its life. One fits a showroom with glued carpet tiles, the next paints the warehouse floor with lined walkways, and a third leaves a patch of coating where a machine stood. Before the new tenant's flooring, compound or screed goes down, all of that has to come off.
Diamond grinding does it mechanically. Heads set with diamond segments spin against the slab and shave the surface away a thin layer at a time. Adhesive residue, paint and thin coatings are cut through, along with the weak laitance on top of a screed, and the lips that form where two concrete bays meet are taken down flush. What is left is a clean, open surface that a primer can soak into.
Grinding cannot correct a floor that falls or dips across a wide area. Taking off a few high spots is one thing; lowering half a warehouse to meet its low end is not practical, and grinding a screed too hard can leave it thinner than its minimum depth. For those floors we grind the high points and then bring the whole area flat with levelling compound for a unit refit or, where forklifts run, a high strength screed.
Thick coatings over large areas can be quicker to strip by shot blasting or scarifying, both part of our floor preparation work. We are a contractor and do the grinding ourselves; our machines and tooling are not for sale or rent. Resin and polished concrete are specialist finishes we leave to other firms, who can follow once the slab is prepared.
Garages and extension joins on Milton Keynes grid squares
Homes need grinding too, on a smaller scale. Turning a garage into a room usually starts with a slab carrying years of oil stains, paint and a rough, dusty top. Grinding cleans it back to sound concrete before the membrane, insulation and screed go on, and our guide to converting a garage floor shows that build-up.
Where a kitchen extension meets the original house, the new slab and the old floor rarely finish exactly flush, because the original may have settled or been overlaid. A ridge of a few millimetres along the join can be ground away so new flooring runs straight through. Detached houses make up 29% of homes here, and a long run of LVT through a large ground floor is unforgiving of any step.
Lifting tired carpet or vinyl can expose a crust of old adhesive. Compound will not bond reliably to loose or soft residue, so it is ground back to bare concrete first.
Concrete, screed and tiles all contain silica, and cutting them releases fine respirable crystalline silica dust. We grind only with machines connected to extraction, sheet off doorways into rooms still in use and clean down before leaving.
How we price floor grinding in Milton Keynes
A fixed written price within 24 hours, once we know the area and what has to come off. See our floor screeding cost guide.
Who grinds your concrete floor in Milton Keynes
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Concrete Floor Grinding from Slough to Milton Keynes
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 35.6 miles from Milton Keynes, which lies to the north. Postcodes here include MK9, MK6, MK10 and MK13, and Newport Pagnell (3.3 miles), Bletchley (3.5 miles), Leighton Buzzard (9.6 miles) and Buckingham (10.3 miles) are close by.
More on floor grinding, part of our screeding services.
