Preparing retail park slabs at North Farm
Strip out a showroom or warehouse unit at North Farm and the slab underneath tells the story of every previous fit-out. Painted floors, glue from carpet tiles, line markings and patches of thin coating all sit between the concrete and whatever the new tenant wants to lay. A shop in Royal Victoria Place, in the town centre, can hold the same layers under its old flooring.
Diamond grinding takes them off. Heads set with industrial diamonds spin against the floor and cut the surface away a little at a time. As they go, they also remove the faults a straightedge picks up on a large slab: lips at bay joints, trowel marks and isolated high spots. The surface left behind is open and clean, so a primer can soak in and a compound or adhesive can bond.
In an occupied retail park, dust control decides how the job runs. Concrete and screed contain silica, and grinding them throws up fine, respirable dust. We only grind with extraction connected at the head, and we seal off neighbouring units, stock and shopfronts.
The work stops at preparation. We hand over a surface ready for levelling compound, a new screed, resin laid by others, or flooring. We do not lay resin or polished concrete, and we do not sell or hire grinders or tooling. For very large areas or thick coatings, shot blasting or scarifying may suit better, both covered by our floor preparation service.
Grinding in Royal Tunbridge Wells homes and garages
Detached houses make up 18% of homes in Royal Tunbridge Wells, and grinding comes up in houses of every type when a floor is being prepared.
An extension is a frequent case. The new slab and the old floor seldom finish at exactly the same height, and a lip of a few millimetres is better ground down than buried under a deep pour of compound.
A garage is another. Oil, paint or old sealer on a garage slab will stop a new screed bonding, so grinding back to clean concrete comes before the membrane, insulation and screed of a conversion.
The third is a floor under lifted carpet or vinyl, where hard old glue would otherwise sit beneath the new finish.
Know the limit before booking. Grinding removes high spots, but it cannot correct a floor that falls or dips across a room, and cutting too deep can leave a screed below its minimum depth. In that case we grind the highs and then level, as described on the Royal Tunbridge Wells floor levelling page. Cracked or crumbling concrete needs repairs to the slab first. We also grind floors in Sevenoaks.
How we price floor grinding in Royal Tunbridge Wells
A fixed written price within 24 hours, once we know the area and what has to come off. See our floor screeding cost guide.
Who grinds your concrete floor in Royal Tunbridge Wells
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Concrete Floor Grinding from Slough to Royal Tunbridge Wells
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 48 miles from Royal Tunbridge Wells, which lies to the east-south-east. Postcodes here include TN1, TN2 and TN4, and Tonbridge (4.1 miles), Crowborough (6.7 miles), Sevenoaks (10 miles) and East Grinstead (11.8 miles) are close by.
More on floor grinding, part of our screeding services.