Levelling concrete ground floors in Southwick homes
An old concrete ground floor can be sound and still far from flat. Decades of settlement, patched repairs and old adhesive leave dips, ridges and humps that show straight through modern floor coverings. LVT and vinyl telegraph every bump, and large tiles rock on high spots.
Flatness is measured to BS 8204 under a 2m straightedge. Under the straightedge, SR1 permits a gap of up to 3mm, SR2 up to 5mm and SR3 up to 10mm. SR1 is the class many thin sheet finishes demand, so that is usually the target before LVT or vinyl.
The process starts with preparation. We scrape off old adhesive, paint and anything loose, fill the cracks and holes, then prime. The primer depends on what the floor is: cement screed, calcium sulphate and old concrete each take their own, and the wrong one can make the compound fail. Only then is the compound poured and spread, typically at about 2mm to around 10mm.
The join between a rear extension and the original house is another common spot. The new floor may sit slightly higher or lower, and a feathered pour across the join removes the step.
Where a floor has actually failed, compound will not save it. If the concrete is hollow, cracked through or damp, the floor needs digging out and relaying with a membrane, using a new sand and cement screed instead. Deep compound over a bad base can crack and debond.
Albion Street units and the Lady Bee Enterprise Centre
Shoreham Port's Lady Bee Enterprise Centre, off Albion Street beside the lock gates, has 14 modern units for office, studio and workshop use. Each new occupier brings a new floor finish, and the base underneath has to suit it. Further along Albion Street there are refurbished business units, and south of Brighton Road the harbour industries have floors that take heavier wear.
That range needs different answers. An office or studio fit-out usually wants carpet tiles or LVT on a flat, primed surface, so a thin layer of compound is often enough. A workshop floor may need grinding back first, and some need a new, durable screed rather than a skim. Our concrete floor grinding service prepares worn slabs, and our commercial screeding work covers new floors.
Shops around Southwick Square follow the same pattern when they refit: strip the old covering, assess the base, prepare and level. Fast drying compounds keep the shutdown short, and the work can be planned around opening hours. For units a short way west, see floor levelling in Shoreham-by-Sea.
How we price floor levelling in Southwick
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 Southwick
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 Southwick
On the map, Southwick sits south-south-east of Slough, about 51.4 miles from our base in a straight line (postcodes including BN42), next to Shoreham-by-Sea (1.5 miles), Brighton and Hove (4.2 miles), Worthing (6 miles) and Burgess Hill (9.6 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.
