Latex over boards and tiles in Shoreham-by-Sea
Some semis in the town still have a suspended timber ground floor, and upstairs rooms in houses of every age are boarded too. Timber is a poor base for a thin compound on its own, because each board moves a little as it is walked on and as the seasons change. The fix is to overboard first with flooring grade plywood, screwed down tightly across the old boards, then spread latex over the plywood to hide screw heads and sheet joints. Sheet vinyl, lino and LVT then sit on a surface with no lines showing through.
Tiles are the other common base. A bathroom or kitchen floor in an older house may carry ceramic or quarry tiles that are still stuck fast. Breaking them out makes noise, dust and a much deeper hole to fill. If they are firmly bonded, we degrease them, prime them and lay latex straight over the top, which keeps the floor height close to where it was.
Compared with a standard water mixed compound, latex offers better grip and a little flexibility. That makes it the choice for these less straightforward bases, while plain concrete or screed that only needs flattening is dealt with on our Shoreham-by-Sea floor levelling page.
Before anything is laid, the base is checked for movement, damp and loose material. Old adhesive is kept only where it is thin, hard and well bonded.
Shoreham-by-Sea flats, period houses and latex limits
Flats make up 23% of Shoreham-by-Sea homes. In older blocks and conversions, a new kitchen or bathroom floor often has to sit over whatever the last refit left, and there is little height to play with because the front door and the ceiling of the flat below are fixed. A layer of latex only a few millimetres deep suits that well, and it leaves any acoustic layer in the build-up undisturbed.
Homes built before 1919 are 8% of the town's stock. Floors that old can be damp, and latex is no damp cure. If a moisture reading shows the slab is wet, a membrane or a rebuilt floor comes first. The same goes for boards that spring underfoot: they are refixed, or the joists repaired, before any overboarding.
Where a floor is badly out of level, latex is the wrong tool. A few millimetres cannot fill a dip several centimetres deep, and the base needs a repair to the concrete floor or a new screed first. For hard coatings or thick old glue, see grinding concrete floors in Shoreham-by-Sea. For the same service next door, see latex screed in Southwick.
How we price latex screed 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 lays your latex screed in Shoreham-by-Sea
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 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).
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