Refit floors at Hainault Business Park and The Exchange
Hainault Business Park was laid out in the early 1950s, and it is one of the borough's Strategic Industrial Locations alongside Southend Road Business Park. In any older unit, the floor may have been patched, cut for services and covered and uncovered several times. Ilford town centre and The Exchange are the main retail settings, where a shop fit also starts from a stripped floor. In every one of these settings the flooring contractor usually arrives straight after the levelling, so the programme depends on the base being ready on time.
Before a new vinyl, LVT or carpet tile finish goes down, the old adhesive and loose material are removed, the base is repaired and then primed. We then pour the compound, normally between 2mm and 10mm deep, and let it run out into a smooth, flat layer. On a shop with an opening date already set, a fast drying compound lets the floor layers come in soon after.
Sheet vinyl shows every ripple, so it normally needs SR1: a 2m straightedge laid on the floor should show 3mm or less. Tiles and carpet are generally happy with SR2, which allows up to 5mm. The primer changes with the base, so concrete, a cement screed and anhydrite are each primed differently. Where the old surface is contaminated or painted, shot blasting and floor preparation comes first, and badly damaged slabs may need concrete floor repair.
Levelling Redbridge homes from Clayhall to Snaresbrook
Homes in Clayhall, Snaresbrook, Loxford or any other part of Redbridge meet the same problem on a smaller scale. Converted flats make up 7% of the borough's homes, and in conversions the floors of different rooms are often at slightly different heights. Large tiles and click LVT need a flat base, or they rock, crack and open at the joints.
At the join between an extension and the older rooms, the two floors rarely sit at quite the same height. They went down years apart, and feathering compound across the line between them leaves one smooth, continuous surface.
Homes built between 1973 and 1999 account for 11% of Redbridge's stock, and screeds of that age can be sound but uneven. Compound suits those. It is not a cure for everything: a floor more than about 10mm out, or one that is cracked and breaking up, needs a new screed, because a deep compound pour can crack and debond. If that is your floor, we will tell you straight and quote for a fresh hand laid floor rather than compound.
How we price floor levelling in Redbridge
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 Redbridge
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Floor Levelling from Slough to Redbridge
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 30.9 miles from Redbridge, which lies to the east. Postcodes here include IG2, E11, IG6 and IG5, and Chigwell (2.4 miles), Waltham Forest (3.2 miles), Barking and Dagenham (3.5 miles) and Newham (4.1 miles) are close by.
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.
