Smoothing screeded floors in newer Tidworth houses
A screed that was fine under carpet can be a problem under LVT. Thin, rigid finishes show every hollow and ridge, and large tiles rock where the floor is high. That is why newer Tidworth houses with screeded floors often need levelling when the flooring changes, even though the screed itself is sound.
BS 8204 measures flatness with a 2m straightedge. Gaps under it must not exceed 3mm at SR1, 5mm at SR2 or 10mm at SR3. Thin sheet finishes very often call for SR1. Laid at roughly 2mm to around 10mm, a self levelling compound gets most floors within those limits.
Before any compound, the floor is primed with a product chosen for its base. A calcium sulphate screed needs a compatible primer after its laitance is removed, while cement screed and concrete take different products. Where the floor is heated, the heating is turned off and the floor allowed to cool before compound goes down.
The post-war housing brings a different challenge. Semi-detached houses make up 38% of Tidworth's homes, and where one of these has been extended, the join between the original floor and the new one is often slightly out. A thin levelling coat across both makes the new flooring run through without a ridge.
If a floor is too far out, cracked or loose, compound is not the fix. Thick layers poured over a floor that is breaking up can crack and come away, so the honest answer there is a new screed. Our sand and cement screed page for Tidworth covers that route.
Trade units at Castledown Business Park, Ludgershall
Castledown Business Park sits on part of the old Army depot in Ludgershall, next door to Tidworth, and its industrial and trade units have floors that are prepared, levelled and repaired. A new tenant may want sheet vinyl in an office area, a smooth floor in a showroom or a sound base for racking.
Preparation decides the result. Old paint, adhesive or damaged concrete are removed first, and our floor preparation and shot blasting service covers that stage. Damaged concrete is fixed first through our concrete repair service, and only then does compound go down. The floor is then primed and levelled with a fast drying product, so the fit-out can follow quickly.
We do not lay resin or polished concrete finishes, but we can leave a flat, sound base ready for the contractor who does. Where a unit has an office or welfare area as well as a workshop floor, each part can be levelled to suit its own finish.
When asking for a price, send the floor area, the planned finish and the date the fitter starts. For premises in Amesbury, see floor levelling in Amesbury.
How we price floor levelling in Tidworth
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 Tidworth
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 Tidworth
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 48.4 miles from Tidworth, which lies to the west-south-west. Postcodes here include SP9 and SP11, and Amesbury (7 miles), Andover (8.4 miles), Salisbury (13.1 miles) and Devizes (16.2 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.
