Gentle levelling for older homes around Rochford's market square
Not every uneven floor needs to be dug out. Period properties near the market square may only need gentler levelling work: a thin, smooth layer that removes dips and ridges before a new finish, without disturbing a floor that is otherwise sound.
Self levelling compound is the tool for that. Most products are spread somewhere between 2mm and 10mm deep, a few can go thicker, and the mix runs out into a flat skin. After cleaning, the primer is matched to the base, since concrete, cement screed, anhydrite and old adhesive residue each need their own. Compound that comes away from a floor has usually been laid over the wrong primer.
How flat we go depends on what you are laying. BS 8204 measures it with a 2m straightedge, looking at the widest gap below it: up to 3mm for SR1, 5mm for SR2 and 10mm for SR3. Thin sheet floors often ask for SR1.
In the post-war and later housing across the town, including the 22% of homes built between 1973 and 1999, the common problem is a join. An extension floor meets an older floor at a slightly different height, and a thin finish shows it. A skim across the join solves that.
Compound has limits, though. Laid thick to patch over a floor that really needs new screed, it tends to crack and lose its grip. A hollow or crumbling base is better taken up and relaid in hand-laid cement screed. For a few millimetres over boards or tiles, latex screed is another option.
Office and unit fit-outs near London Southend Airport
Around London Southend Airport, Purdeys Industrial Estate houses trade and engineering occupiers, and the Airport Business Park off Cherry Orchard Way is planned for around one million square feet of offices, warehouses and hotel space. Fit-outs and refits in buildings like these often need a level base before new flooring.
Preparing the slab comes first. Worn surfaces, high spots, old coatings and adhesive residue are removed first, and our floor preparation service covers shot blasting and grinding. The floor is then primed and levelled to SR1 or SR2, ready for vinyl, LVT or carpet tiles.
On a Purdeys unit we choose quick setting compounds so the flooring team can start not long after we finish. The area must be empty and closed while we work, so larger units are usually levelled in phases, zone by zone. Where a warehouse floor needs to take heavy loads rather than a thin finish, compound is not the answer, and a new screed or repair is discussed instead. Similar refits are covered on our floor levelling in Southend-on-Sea page.
How we price floor levelling in Rochford
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 Rochford
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 Rochford
On the map, Rochford sits east of Slough, about 58.4 miles from our base in a straight line (postcodes including SS4), next to Southend-on-Sea (2.9 miles), Rayleigh (4.4 miles), South Woodham Ferrers (5.7 miles) and Wickford (8.3 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.
