Where old meets new in Sudbury houses
A new floor and an old floor rarely meet perfectly. Where an extension joins the house, one side can be a few millimetres high or dip along the line. A thin finish such as LVT shows every ripple, and large format tiles will rock or crack over a hump.
Self levelling compound fixes that. It is poured thin, spreads out and sets to a smooth, flat surface. Flatness is judged with a 2m straightedge and graded by class: under SR1 the gap can be 3mm at most, under SR2 up to 5mm, and SR1 is what a lot of thin sheet flooring asks for.
Detached homes account for 24% of Sudbury's housing, and larger houses tend to have larger ground floors where small errors add up across a room. Before pouring, we clean the base, fill cracks and prime it with a product suited to what it is, whether screed, concrete, calcium sulphate or an existing tiled floor. Priming controls suction and stops pinholes and debonding. Skipping it is a common reason for compound lifting away from an old floor within months.
With a fast drying compound the floor fitter can come in soon after, so the extension does not stall. Where a thin skim is all that is needed, a latex screed of a few millimetres may do the job. For the heavier end, the sand and cement screed page for Sudbury explains a full rebuild.
Older Sudbury floors that need more than compound
Compound has limits. Poured deep to hide a floor that is badly out of level, it can crack and lose its bond, and the problem comes back through the new finish. If a floor is more than about 10mm out, or it is loose, hollow or damp, it needs repair or a new screed first.
That matters in the oldest parts of town. Sudbury's medieval wealth left substantial buildings around Market Hill, and old properties anywhere in town can hide floors that have settled over a long life. Only around 2% of homes sit in council tax bands F to H, so most homes here are modestly valued family houses where a sound, affordable fix is what counts. Spending on compound that later fails is poor value in any home.
We will tell you plainly which case you have. A sound but wavy floor gets primed and levelled. A floor with a failed base gets broken out and screeded, then levelled if the finish needs SR1. Repair work on cracked or hollow screed is covered by our screed repairs service.
How we price floor levelling in Sudbury
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 Sudbury
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 Sudbury
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 68.7 miles from Sudbury, which lies to the east-north-east. Postcodes here include CO10, and Halstead (7.8 miles), Colchester (12.6 miles), Haverhill (12.9 miles) and Braintree (13.5 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.
