Levelling Holborough screeds before new flooring
Building began at Holborough in 2005, on the former Holborough Quarry, and its earlier floors are now old enough for a second round of flooring. Lifting worn carpet or laminate is when problems show: a dip across a room, a ridge where two pours meet, or small cracks that were hidden before. Thin finishes such as LVT and sheet vinyl show every one of them, and in those cases the fault lies in the screed, not the new flooring.
BS 8204 sets the flatness test: a 2m straightedge goes on the floor and the gaps under it are measured. Within SR1 no gap may pass 3mm; SR2 stretches that to 5mm. Thin sheet flooring often needs SR1, and large format tiles show up a floor that is out of tolerance just as quickly.
Levelling starts with the base. We cut out and patch anything loose or drummy, strip off old adhesive and dust, then prime to suit the base. Cement screed, calcium sulphate and bare concrete all take different primers. Compound goes on last, normally somewhere between 2mm and 10mm deep.
Where the screed is badly damaged, a screed repair comes first. If the base is sound and only needs a skim, a few millimetres of latex smoothing compound can be enough. Where preparation is the bigger job, our floor preparation service covers grinding and cleaning.
When a Snodland floor needs more than compound
Compound is not the answer to every uneven floor. Pour it thick to rescue a floor that should have been rescreeded and it may crack or come away from the base, so once the dips pass about 10mm, or the floor itself is crumbling, a fresh screed usually costs less over time.
Older Snodland houses show this most. In Snodland, 15% of homes date from 1945 to 1972, and solid floors from that era can have sunk in places or lost their damp protection. If it is sound, compound can smooth it. If it rocks, sounds hollow or shows damp, it is better dug out and rebuilt with a sand and cement screed.
A second trouble spot is the threshold into a rear extension. The two floors are laid years apart and rarely meet at quite the same height. A feathered compound across the threshold can close a small step, so one continuous floor finish runs through.
Shop and office refits follow the same logic on a larger scale. A tenant change often exposes a patched slab that needs grinding and levelling before new vinyl or carpet tiles go down, and the work can usually be finished quickly so the unit reopens on time. Rochester, about 4.9 miles off, has its own floor levelling page.
How we price floor levelling in Snodland
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 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.
Floor Levelling 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 levelling, part of our screeding services. Not sure whether you need a thin compound or a full flowing screed? See self levelling screed explained.
