Latex over old tiles and boards in Polegate homes
Latex screed is the trade name for a levelling compound supplied in two parts. Its powder is cement based, and the liquid it is mixed with is latex rather than plain water, which leaves the cured layer with a little flexibility and a firm grip on the surface below. It goes down thin, usually a few millimetres, because its job is to give the finish a smooth face rather than to build up height.
Polegate's older houses around the High Street and Church Road and the later homes spreading towards Willingdon can both reveal a base that is hard to cover once a refit starts. Three kinds of awkward base are worth knowing about.
Old quarry or ceramic tiles that are still firmly stuck down can stay where they are, once cleaned, degreased and primed. Breaking them out can damage the floor underneath, so keeping sound tiles can save both work and waste.
Suspended timber floors are the second. Latex never goes straight onto bare floorboards, because they flex and move with the seasons. The boards are overboarded with flooring grade plywood, fixed down firmly, and the latex is laid over the plywood.
The third is older concrete that has been patched, chased for pipes or left with glue after carpet or vinyl came up. Firm, thin residue can often be primed and covered. Soft or thick glue comes off first, as our Polegate concrete floor grinding page explains.
Damp, bouncy boards and slopes in Polegate floors
A thin layer of latex smooths a surface. It cannot cure damp, stiffen a springy floor or correct a room that is badly out of level, and laying it over any of those problems only hides them for a while.
Damp is checked first. A cold, solid floor in an older Polegate house with no membrane can draw moisture up, and latex over it can lift, blister or mark the new vinyl. If readings are high, the floor needs a membrane or a rebuild, and the sand and cement relaying service covers that route.
Boards that bounce underfoot need fixing or replacing before any overboarding, because movement will crack a thin layer however carefully it is mixed.
A floor that falls away by more than a few millimetres across a room needs something deeper. That may be a general levelling compound or a new screed, and the floor levelling page for Polegate sets out how to tell which.
Primer matters on every base. Tiles, plywood and concrete each take their own, and on a calcium sulphate screed the laitance is sanded off before its primer goes down.
How we price latex screed in Polegate
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 Polegate
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 Polegate
On the map, Polegate sits south-east of Slough, about 62.5 miles from our base in a straight line (postcodes including BN26), next to Hailsham (3 miles), Eastbourne (4.1 miles), Seaford (7.2 miles) and Newhaven (8.9 miles).
More on latex screed, part of our screeding services.
