Ridges, lips and old adhesive on Snodland floors
A floor grinder spins heads fitted with diamond segments across the surface. Each pass shaves a fine layer off the concrete or screed, so a ridge can be taken down a millimetre at a time instead of being hacked at with a chisel and patched.
Three situations in Snodland homes call for it.
The extension join is the first. The town's late 20th century semis and terraces are often extended at the rear, and where the new floor runs up to the old one there is often a raised edge, a trowel ridge or a slight hump on the line of the wall that came out. Grinding brings that down so LVT or tiles can cross it without a visible step.
The second is a floor stripped of an old covering. Lift carpet, vinyl or cork that has been down for many years and the slab is often left with adhesive that new compound or flooring glue will not bond to reliably. Grinding removes that residue and opens up the surface.
Third is the garage. A garage being turned into a room may carry floor paint, oil stains or a thin coating, and all of that has to come off before a new layer is bonded down.
On calcium sulphate screed, grinding or sanding is also how the weak laitance comes off before priming.
What follows depends on the job: a thin latex screed, a deeper levelling layer, a new screed, a resin system laid by another firm, or simply the new flooring. Homes built between 2000 and 2014 make up 16% of Snodland's stock, and floors of that age may now be coming up for their first change of covering.
Dust control and grinding limits in Snodland
Silica is present in concrete, screed and tiles alike, and cutting into them releases a fine dust that is harmful to breathe, so we only ever grind with extraction connected to the machine. Doorways are sealed, rooms next to the work are protected and the floor is vacuumed clean before the next trade arrives.
Grinding has limits, and it pays to know them before booking. It deals with local high spots. It cannot correct a floor that slopes from one wall to the other or dips over a wide area, and taking off enough to try could thin a screed below the depth it was designed for. On a floor like that we grind the high points and then level the whole room with compound, or lay new screed where compound would be too deep.
For big areas or thick coatings, shot blasting or scarifying can be quicker, and our floor preparation work covers those methods.
We are a screeding contractor rather than a tool supplier. Nobody can buy or hire a grinder or diamond tooling from us, and resin and polished concrete are outside our work too. Snodland, including Ham Hill, Millhall and New Town, is about 49 miles from our Slough base, and the grinding crew brings its own extraction. For the same preparation nearby, see grinding in Rochester.
How we price floor grinding in Snodland
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 Snodland
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.
Concrete Floor Grinding from Slough to Snodland
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 49 miles from Snodland, which lies to the east-south-east. Postcodes here include ME6, ME19 and ME20, and Rochester (4.9 miles), Maidstone (5.2 miles), Chatham (5.2 miles) and Gillingham (6.5 miles) are close by.
More on floor grinding, part of our screeding services.