What latex screed does on Northfleet kitchen and bathroom floors
Latex screed is a trade name rather than a separate type of screed. It arrives in two parts: a cement based powder and a container of latex liquid that is mixed in where an ordinary compound would take water. The latex gives the cured layer a little flexibility and helps it hold onto surfaces that plain compound grips poorly. It goes down thin, usually a few millimetres, and its only job is to give the final covering a smooth face to sit on.
So it is a finishing coat for a base that is already sound. A refitted kitchen or bathroom in Northfleet, whether in Kings Farm, New House, Wombwell Park or anywhere else in town, can reveal a patchwork underfoot: quarry tiles by the back door, a concrete infill where a wall was taken out, a band of old vinyl glue. If every part of that is firm, one latex pour ties it together.
Timber is the other usual case. Floorboards flex with each step and their joints open and close through the year, so latex never goes straight onto them. The boards are screwed down first and covered with flooring grade plywood, and the latex goes over the plywood.
Thin finishes gain the most from it. Sheet vinyl, LVT, safety flooring in a cloakroom, lino and rubber all copy every ridge beneath them, and even carpet shows a hump more than people expect. Where old coverings, glue or loose material must be stripped before any of this, our floor preparation service takes the base back first.
Damp, bounce and dips under Northfleet floors
Latex smooths a surface. It does not cure what lies beneath, and three conditions stop us laying it until something else has been sorted.
Movement comes first. If boards spring underfoot, the latex will crack along their joints however carefully it is mixed. Joists and boards need fixing and the floor needs overboarding before any compound goes on.
Damp is the second. A latex layer will not hold back moisture rising through an old solid floor, and vinyl or LVT on top will blister or lift if water is coming through. We check the base before pricing, and a floor with no working membrane is better rebuilt than covered, as set out under relaying an old solid floor in sand and cement.
The third is level. A few millimetres cannot take out a fall that runs across a whole room. A floor that far out needs a deeper levelling pour or a new screed, and our Northfleet floor levelling page explains the flatness classes and the point where compound stops being enough.
Every base also needs its own primer. Plywood, glazed tile, bare concrete and old adhesive each take a different one, and a calcium sulphate screed must have its laitance removed and be primed before latex touches it. A mismatch there is a common reason for a thin layer letting go. Just east of town, we lay latex screed in Gravesend on the same terms.
How we price latex screed in Northfleet
A fixed written price within 24 hours, once we know the area and the base. See our floor screeding cost guide.
Who lays your latex screed in Northfleet
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.
Latex Screed from Slough to Northfleet
Northfleet is about 43.3 miles east of our Slough base as the crow flies, with postcodes including DA11. The nearest towns to it are Gravesend (1 miles), Tilbury (1.7 miles), Swanscombe (2.8 miles) and Grays (2.9 miles).
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