Flat floors for new finishes across Saffron Walden
The thinner and stiffer the finish, the more it shows the floor beneath. LVT and sheet vinyl pick out small ridges and hollows. Lay large format tiles over a dip and they will rock, or crack. Flatness classes in BS 8204 come from a 2m straightedge laid across the floor, and the gap under it decides the class: 3mm or less for SR1, 5mm for SR2, 10mm for SR3. Thin sheet finishes often want SR1.
On a floor that is already down, a levelling compound is what brings it into class. It typically goes down from about 2mm to around 10mm, deeper with some products, and flows out smooth, ready for flooring far sooner than a screed would be.
Saffron Walden houses tend to need it in two places. The first is where an older house meets a newer extension. Floors laid decades apart seldom sit at the same height, and compound can spread that step across the room so a single finish carries through. Houses built from 1973 to 1999 account for 35% of the town, and those joins show up as their kitchens and extensions are refitted.
The second is older buildings. On and around Castle Street and Bridge Street, careful levelling is often worth more than a new floor, because the historic floors there suit a lighter touch than a heavy slab. Whatever the base, whether concrete, calcium sulphate, old tiles or sand and cement, it gets the correct primer first.
Unit refits on Shire Hill Industrial Estate
A commercial refit runs to someone else's clock. When a Shire Hill Industrial Estate unit changes hands, the incoming occupier usually wants a floor ready for its new covering fast, and the old one may carry adhesive residue, patches and steps where partitions used to be. The estate has almost no space left to build on, and its warehouse and trade units suit durable screeds and floor repairs.
Compound fits that kind of deadline. Once the floor is cleaned and any mechanical preparation done, a fast drying compound goes over a primer matched to the base, and the fit-out keeps moving. Floors that are heavily contaminated or painted may need grinding first, which our concrete floor grinding service handles.
There are things compound cannot do, and we say so. A cracked or hollow floor, or one several centimetres out of level, needs new screed, since a deep pour of compound over an unsound base can crack and part company with it. For those floors we will suggest a replacement sand and cement screed or a pumped liquid floor. Royston, about 11 miles away, has its own page on floor levelling in Royston.
How we price floor levelling in Saffron Walden
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 Saffron Walden
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 Saffron Walden
Saffron Walden is about 51 miles north-east of our Slough base as the crow flies, with postcodes including CB10. The nearest towns to it are Haverhill (9.3 miles), Bishop's Stortford (11.1 miles), Royston (11.3 miles) and Great Dunmow (11.7 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.
