Levelling for refits at Touchwood, Mell Square and business parks
A refit exposes the floor underneath. Once carpet tiles, old vinyl or a tiled shop floor come up, the base is often patched, stepped or out of level, and thin sheet finishes show every hollow. Self levelling compound corrects that. It is mixed, poured and spread so it flows into the low spots and leaves a smooth, flat surface.
The target is usually a surface regularity class under BS 8204. SR1 means no more than 3mm under a 2m straightedge, which is what many thin sheet floors call for. SR2 allows 5mm. A retail unit taking LVT or a polished vinyl normally needs SR1, while some office carpet systems accept SR2.
Most compound goes on between about 2mm and 10mm thick, with certain products made for more. First the base is cleaned and anything loose taken up, then primed to suit whatever it is, be that concrete, sand and cement, calcium sulphate or an old floor. Where old adhesive or coatings have to come off first, that is done through our concrete floor grinding service.
Fast drying products help keep a shop fit-out on programme, because they let the flooring follow sooner. Work in Mell Square or the Touchwood Centre may need to happen outside trading hours, so tell us about access rules when you ask for a price. Larger refits at Blythe Valley Park or Monkspath are priced in the same way. Thin finishing layers are also covered on our latex screed page.
Where a Solihull extension meets the original floor
In a Solihull semi, levelling usually comes down to the join between the extension and the original house. The two floors were built decades apart, and even when both are sound there is often a lip, a slope or a dip where they meet. Under a single run of LVT or engineered boards, that line will show.
Compound can feather the two together and bring the whole room to one flat plane, provided the difference is within its range. A step of more than around 10mm, or an old floor that is damp, cracked or loose, needs more than compound. Pouring compound thick over a floor that wants a screed risks cracking and debonding, so we will say so before you spend the money. In that case the right fix is a new screed over the problem area, often a hand-laid sand and cement screed.
Old solid floors in inter-war houses can have patches, old adhesive and areas of different material, so preparation and the correct primer matter as much as the compound itself. For a similar service south of Solihull, see floor levelling in Redditch. Sanding timber floors and selling DIY products are not things we do.
How we price floor levelling in Solihull
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 Solihull
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 Solihull
On the map, Solihull sits north-west of Slough, about 77.7 miles from our base in a straight line (postcodes including B91, B26, B92 and B90), next to Kenilworth (9.7 miles), Redditch (10.1 miles), Coventry (11.4 miles) and Warwick (12 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.
