Gore Road Industrial Estate units between occupiers
Gore Road Industrial Estate sits roughly a mile west of the town centre, reaching the A35 at Hinton, and takes in Williams Industrial Park, Hamilton Business Park and Tarodene House. Its warehouse and trade units are the sort of premises where the floor gets looked at again each time a tenant changes, and every newcomer wants something different: vinyl for a showroom, carpet tiles for an office, an easy-clean surface for a trade counter.
A slab poured for storage and vehicles was never finished for thin coverings. BS 8204 judges flatness with a two metre straightedge: SR1 means 3mm at most, SR2 5mm, SR3 10mm. Many thin sheet finishes require SR1.
On a sound slab, self levelling compound makes up the difference. A typical pour is somewhere between roughly 2mm and 10mm, some products allow more, and quick setting grades mean the fitter is not kept waiting. Priming comes first, with the primer chosen to suit the base. Bare concrete, an old cement screed and patches of fresh repair mortar can all share one unit, and each must be prepared so the compound grips evenly across the whole area.
A cracked, broken or contaminated slab needs more than compound. Then floor preparation, repairs to the concrete or a new heavy duty screed comes first, with compound afterwards if it is still needed.
Levelling tired floors in New Milton homes
Just 4% of New Milton's homes are older than 1919, so uneven floors here are seldom very old. They are post-war screeds that have cracked, dusted or come loose, or joins where an extension meets the original slab.
Compound sorts out much of that, provided the base is sound. A dusty surface is cleaned back and primed so the compound bonds. Fine cracks can be filled and bridged. If tapping finds the screed hollow, the loose part has to be cut out and relaid first, or the compound will crack with it; the New Milton sand and cement page explains the relaying.
At an extension join, one skim over both floors makes a single surface, so LVT or tile can run through the doorway with no ridge. It goes on once the new screed has dried, and on calcium sulphate after the laitance has been sanded off.
Pouring compound thick to dodge a new screed is asking for cracks and debonding, so if your floor is past skimming, you will hear that from us. Where a solid floor needs only a whisker of build-up, latex screed can be used too.
How we price floor levelling in New Milton
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 New Milton
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 New Milton
On the map, New Milton sits south-west of Slough, about 69.5 miles from our base in a straight line (postcodes including BH25), next to Lymington (5 miles), Christchurch (5.6 miles), Ringwood (8.8 miles) and Bournemouth (10 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.