Choosing a base for latex in Tring homes
Latex is a finishing layer, not a structural one, so the floor beneath decides everything. Under a kitchen or bathroom refit in a Tring house, the base is usually one of four things.
Concrete or old screed is the simplest. Hairline crazing, small pits and the scars left by lifted units can all be closed up with a latex coat, once the surface is swept, loose patches cut out and a primer suited to its porosity applied.
Ceramic or quarry tiles can stay if they are stuck fast. Each tile is knocked to listen for hollow sounds, pull any that move, fill the voids and degrease the glaze, then use a primer designed for dense, smooth surfaces before covering grout and tiles alike.
Timber needs overboarding first. Floorboards expand and shrink through the year, which would crack a thin cement layer along every joint, so flooring grade plywood is screwed down over the boards at close centres and the latex goes onto that. Bare boards are never latexed.
Old adhesive is the fourth. A thin film that has set rock hard may be primed and latexed over. Glue that is gummy, deep or peeling has to come off, and concrete floor grinding in Tring does that with extraction.
Whatever the base, a calcium sulphate screed always has its laitance sanded off and a compatible primer applied before latex; our anhydrite page for Tring covers why.
Damp, springy floors and steps around Tring
Latex has clear limits, and finding them before the bags are opened saves a failed floor later.
It will not cure damp. An older ground floor laid without an effective membrane can push moisture up into a thin compound, and vinyl laid over it can blister or lift. Homes built between the wars make up 6% of the town, and floors of that age and older deserve a moisture test before any thin finish goes down.
It will not stiffen timber. A floor that flexes underfoot has a problem in its joists or fixings, and a rigid layer of latex on top will crack as the boards move. That is carpentry first and overboarding second.
It will not take out a big slope. A few millimetres is what latex is for. Where a room falls away towards one wall, or an extension meets the older floor with a real step, the answer is a deeper compound or a new screed; see Tring floor levelling and repairs to damaged screed.
We cover the whole town for this work, including Bucklandwharf and Startop's End, and next door we also cover latex screed in Berkhamsted.
How we price latex screed in Tring
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 Tring
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 Tring
Tring is about 18.1 miles north of our Slough base as the crow flies, with postcodes including HP23 and HP22. The nearest towns to it are Berkhamsted (4.3 miles), Chesham (6.5 miles), Aylesbury (6.6 miles) and Amersham (8.4 miles).
More on latex screed, part of our screeding services.
