Fit-out floors at Free Wharf and Kingston Wharf West
A shell unit is handed over with a screed, but not always one that is ready for the tenant's flooring. Kingston Wharf West has consent for about 90,000 sq ft of self-storage and office space, and office fit-outs usually call for carpet tiles, LVT or sheet vinyl over a flat base.
BS 8204 measures flatness with a 2m straightedge laid on the floor. Under it, SR1 permits a 3mm gap, SR2 permits 5mm and SR3 permits 10mm. Thin sheet finishes in an office often need SR1. If the screed is not at that standard, a levelling compound brings it there.
The process is the same whatever the building. The surface is cleaned and any weak material removed. Cracks and holes are repaired. Priming comes next, and the primer has to match the base, since cement screed, calcium sulphate and a concrete slab each take their own. The compound itself normally goes on at around 2mm to 10mm, though certain products can be laid thicker.
Fast drying compounds keep a fit-out moving, and the floor is often ready for flooring within a day or two. If a unit needs a fresh wearing screed and not just a skim, that falls under our screeding for commercial units. A sound base that only wants a very thin smoothing coat can take a latex screed instead.
Office refits in older buildings follow the same rules, but the existing floor needs a closer look first.
Levelling homes from Shoreham Beach to Upper Cokeham
In houses, levelling usually follows a refit. Before LVT or large format tiles go down, any dips, humps or ridges in the floor have to come out, because thin finishes show every one.
The most common problem spot is where a rear extension meets the original house. The new screed may finish a few millimetres off the old floor, and that step shows as a ridge under the new covering. A feathered pour of compound across the join solves it if the difference is within the product's range.
Older flats raise another question. If the screed beneath is cracked, hollow or breaking up, compound will not hold it together. Pouring compound thick to hide a screed that should be replaced tends to end in cracks and lifting, and the new flooring goes with it. In that case the failed screed needs repairing or replacing first.
So every quote starts with an honest look at the base. Where a new extension floor is being heated, levelling has to wait until the screed beneath is dry, so check underfloor heating screed timing in Shoreham-by-Sea. For flats and offices further east, see floor levelling in Brighton and Hove.
How we price floor levelling in Shoreham-by-Sea
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 Shoreham-by-Sea
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Floor Levelling from Slough to Shoreham-by-Sea
On the map, Shoreham-by-Sea sits south-south-east of Slough, about 50.9 miles from our base in a straight line (postcodes including BN43 and BN15), next to Southwick (1.5 miles), Worthing (4.5 miles), Brighton and Hove (5.7 miles) and Burgess Hill (10.5 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.
