Smooth bases for lino and vinyl in Staines-upon-Thames
Thin, flexible floor coverings are unforgiving. Lino, sheet vinyl, rubber, LVT and safety flooring are all thin enough that grout lines, board joints and trowel marks show through them within weeks. Latex screed exists to stop that.
It is made from two parts: a cement based powder and a latex liquid, which is used in place of water. The latex gives the mixed compound strong adhesion, so it can be laid over bases that a water mixed compound might not grip well. It goes down thin, usually a few millimetres, and leaves a smooth, closed surface for the flooring adhesive.
In Staines-upon-Thames homes the bases it suits are typical of kitchen and bathroom refits. An old ceramic or quarry tiled floor that is still firmly bonded can be cleaned, primed and covered rather than chiselled up. Floorboards in an upstairs room can take it once they are overboarded with flooring grade plywood, never directly on the boards. A concrete floor that is solid but rough, perhaps after old carpet has come up, can be skimmed to a fine finish.
Homes built between 1973 and 1999 make up 21% of the town's housing, and kitchens and bathrooms in homes of that age can be on their second refit, with an earlier floor still in place below. If the floor needs more than a thin skim, our floor levelling page for Staines-upon-Thames explains the deeper compound option, and latex screed in Egham is priced the same way.
Floodplain damp checks before latex in Staines-upon-Thames
In a town whose centre grew on gravel islands above the floodplain, moisture in a ground floor is the first thing to rule out. Latex screed is not a damp barrier. If water vapour is rising through the floor, it will pass through a few millimetres of compound and attack the adhesive, and the lino or vinyl will blister or come loose. So we test before we price, whether the house is near Knowle Green, Birch Green or Elizabeth Avenue, and if the reading is high the floor needs a membrane and new screed first.
The second check is movement. Boards that bounce underfoot have to be fixed down, and sometimes repaired, before any plywood goes over them. Latex laid on a moving floor will crack.
The third is level. A floor that is well out of true across the room needs repair or a new screed; latex only refines a surface that is already close.
Primers are chosen for each base. Calcium sulphate screed, which newer flats and extensions sometimes have, must have its laitance taken off and a compatible primer applied before latex goes on. Where the base needs work first, see our floor preparation service, or our screed repairs where the floor has broken up.
How we price latex screed in Staines-upon-Thames
A fixed written price within 24 hours, once we know the area and the base. See our floor screeding cost guide.
Who lays your latex screed in Staines-upon-Thames
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.
Latex Screed from Slough to Staines-upon-Thames
Staines-upon-Thames is about 8.9 miles south-east of our Slough base as the crow flies, with postcodes including TW18. The nearest towns to it are Egham (1.6 miles), Ashford (2.2 miles), Chertsey (2.9 miles) and Sunbury-on-Thames (4.2 miles).
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