Latex screed in Potters Bar kitchen and bathroom refits
Latex screed is a levelling compound in two parts. The dry part is a cement based powder; the wet part is a latex liquid that replaces the water a standard compound would use. The result is a thin layer, normally a few millimetres, that sticks well and has a little give, which suits bases made of mixed materials.
A kitchen refit in a semi of this era might uncover old quarry or ceramic tiles under the units, adhesive left by sheet vinyl, and concrete patched where pipes were rerouted. If the tiles are firmly bonded, they can stay: we check each one, clean off grease and polish, key the glaze and prime with a product made for dense surfaces. Thin, hard adhesive can often be primed over too. Anything soft or loose is stripped back first through our floor preparation work.
Upstairs bathrooms bring timber into it. Latex must not go directly onto floorboards, because the boards move and the latex cracks along their joints. The answer is to fix the boards down, overboard them with flooring grade plywood screwed at close centres, prime the plywood and then lay the latex. Vinyl, safety flooring or LVT glued to that stays smooth.
Whatever the base, the primer is matched to it, and any calcium sulphate screed has its laitance sanded off and is primed before latex goes on.
When Potters Bar floors need repair before latex
Some floors in these houses are past the point where a thin layer helps. Original floors here can have settled or lack a damp proof membrane, and latex fixes neither. A floor that has dropped toward one wall stays dropped under a few millimetres of compound, and moisture rising through an unprotected slab will lift vinyl or lino however smooth the base is. We test for damp and check the level with a straightedge before suggesting latex at all.
Springy boards are the other warning. If an upstairs floor moves when you walk on it, the joists or boards need fixing first, and no topping will stop the movement. Floors that are badly out of level need a new hand-laid screed or deeper floor levelling for Potters Bar homes before any thin finish.
Terraced houses are a smaller part of the town, at 13% of homes, and flats a larger one, but the same three checks of damp, movement and level apply to every property. We cover the whole of EN6, from Little Heath to Furzefield, Oakmere and Parkfield. For towns nearby, see latex screed in Barnet.
How we price latex screed in Potters Bar
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 Potters Bar
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 Potters Bar
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 22.5 miles from Potters Bar, which lies to the east-north-east. Postcodes here include EN6, and Borehamwood (4.1 miles), Hatfield (5 miles), Enfield (5.6 miles) and Barnet (5.7 miles) are close by.
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