Latex screed in Sandy kitchen and bathroom refits
When kitchens in Sandy's 1970s to 1990s houses are refitted, the ground floor underneath can turn out cracked or uneven. If it is badly broken it comes out. Many are simply rough instead: a trowel ridge here, a filled chase there, a step where the old units stood. That is the ground latex screed is made for.
It is a two part product. A cement based powder is combined with a latex liquid, which replaces the usual water, to give a smooth layer that holds tightly to a sound base. Spread a few millimetres thick, it irons out the small faults that sheet vinyl, LVT, safety flooring or rubber would otherwise show.
Bathrooms add their own bases. Old ceramic tiles can be covered if every one is firmly stuck down; loose ones are lifted and the holes filled first. A timber floor is overboarded with flooring grade plywood and the latex goes over the plywood, never over bare boards.
Two checks come before any mixing. Damp is the first: latex will not hold back moisture, so the floor is tested, and a reading that is too high means the floor needs rebuilding. Primer is the second. The base decides which product, and a calcium sulphate screed always has its laitance removed and is primed.
Concrete crusted with old adhesive or paint is cleared first by grinding the floor in Sandy. Where cracks run right through, a patch from our screed repairs service comes before the latex.
When latex will not do near Sandy's Market Square
Latex is a finishing layer, and it only performs on a floor that is already sound and dry underneath. Three conditions rule it out.
The first is damp. Older properties close to the Market Square and St Swithun's Church can need a full floor build-up with a membrane, and no thickness of latex would stand in for one. The membrane, insulation and new screed have to come first.
The second is movement. Springy boards flex underfoot, and latex cannot stiffen them. The boards or joists are fixed, or the floor is overboarded, before anything else.
The third is level. Latex smooths a surface; it does not correct a floor that falls badly from one side to the other. That calls for a deeper levelling layer or a new screed, explained on our Sandy floor levelling page.
Girtford, Beeston and Stratford are covered as well as the town itself, and the price arrives in writing within 24 hours. For the same service about nine miles away, see latex screed in Kempston.
How we price latex screed in Sandy
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 Sandy
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 Sandy
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 44 miles from Sandy, which lies to the north-north-east. Postcodes here include SG19, and Biggleswade (3.1 miles), St Neots (6.9 miles), Bedford (7.7 miles) and Stotfold (8.2 miles) are close by.
More on latex screed, part of our screeding services.
