Unit slabs on Little End Road and Marston Road
Grinding is a cutting job. Diamond segments on spinning heads shave the surface down a fraction at a time, so the machine removes whatever sits proud: a ridge where two bays of concrete meet, trowel marks, a lip at a joint, or a hard skin of paint. What remains is the sound material underneath, open enough for a primer or adhesive to grip.
Over in Eaton Socon, Little End Road's steel framed warehouse units sit on concrete floors and come with mezzanines and trade counters, while factories and warehouses on Marston Road sit within the Cromwell Road Industrial Estate on the other side of the river. When a unit like these is refitted, the outgoing tenant's floor may not suit the incoming one. Painted walkways, carpet tile glue in an office, sealer on a trade counter and high spots along old bay joints can all need to come off before anything new is laid.
What follows depends on the use. Office and showroom areas usually go on to a levelling compound and new flooring. A warehouse floor that has worn badly may need a high strength topping instead, and grinding gives that topping a clean surface to bond to. If the new occupier wants a resin finish, we leave the slab ground and ready for the resin contractor, since resin and polished concrete finishes are not work we take on.
Grinding suits targeted work and finished floor areas. For a very large floor or a thick coating, shot blasting or scarifying is often quicker, and both are covered under floor preparation. Marston Business Park is a newer development of industrial and warehouse units, and new slabs too can carry laitance or high spots that need taking down before a finish.
Grinding house floors in St Neots before new finishes
Homes from 1973 to 1999 make up 36% of St Neots, and by now many will have had more than one floor covering. When old vinyl or carpet comes up, the slab underneath is often left with patches of black adhesive, smears of old compound and the odd high spot. Grinding takes those back to bare concrete, ready for priming.
Extensions are the other household job. Where the slab of a new extension meets the original floor, a small lip can form. Grinding down the high side gives a smoother line for compound to feather across. A garage being turned into a room may also have oil stains or paint to remove before the new build-up; the layers involved are covered in our garage floor screed guide.
There are limits. A grinder removes local high spots. It cannot correct a floor that slopes or sags across the whole room, because taking enough off to fix that would weaken it. In that case we grind the peaks and then pour self levelling compound in St Neots or lay a new screed. On a screed, rather than a slab, we also check the depth first: grind too much and it can end up thinner than its minimum.
Dust is controlled throughout. The silica in concrete and screed makes the fine dust harmful, so an extractor is connected to the grinder at all times, and we sheet off doorways to protect the rest of the house.
How we price floor grinding in St Neots
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 St Neots
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 St Neots
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 50.7 miles from St Neots, which lies to the north-north-east. Postcodes here include PE19, and Sandy (6.9 miles), Huntingdon (8 miles), Biggleswade (9.8 miles) and Bedford (10.5 miles) are close by.
More on floor grinding, part of our screeding services.
