Levelling refitted floors in Waltham Abbey homes
Refits expose the floor. When an old kitchen comes out of a house on an estate such as Ninefields or Roundhills, the base underneath can be a patchwork of old screed, filled chases and the traces of past floor coverings. Where part of it has been relaid, the new section rarely finishes exactly level with the old.
Modern finishes are unforgiving about that. Rigid LVT flexes over a dip, large tiles lip at a hump and sheet vinyl shows every ridge. BS 8204 checks flatness by laying a 2m straightedge on the floor: SR2 accepts gaps of 5mm or less, SR1 no more than 3mm, and plenty of thin sheet coverings insist on SR1. On a sound floor, a primed base and a pour of compound between 2mm and 10mm deep will bring it within those limits.
Priming depends on the base. Bare concrete, calcium sulphate and sand and cement screeds take different primers, and a mismatch can leave the compound loose.
Compound has limits. A floor that is cracked, hollow or loose, or that dips further than compound can safely fill, needs a new screed, because deep pours used to fix such floors can crack and debond. In that case, the sand and cement screed page for Waltham Abbey explains the relay. We would rather say so at the start than level a floor that will fail.
Commercial refits at Meridian Business Park and Brooker Road
The town's main commercial areas are the Brooker Road estate off Cartersfield Road and Meridian Business Park, reached along Fleming Road off the A121.
When a unit in areas like these changes tenant, the old carpet tiles or vinyl come up and leave adhesive, patches and uneven joints behind. Levelling compound gives the new tenant a flat base quickly, and fast drying products keep a fit-out programme on track. Work can be phased area by area where parts of a building stay in use, and the right primer is chosen once the old adhesive is off and the base is identified.
A levelled office floor is also a chance to check for hollow or cracked patches in the screed below, which are cut out and repaired before the compound goes down.
Warehouse floors, such as the grade A units at Abbey Trade Park on Cartersfield Road, are a different job. A slab under racking or forklift traffic needs preparation and industrial floor screeds rather than a thin compound. For those, see floor preparation and shot blasting and commercial screeding. For a job in nearby Loughton, see our Loughton floor levelling page.
How we price floor levelling in Waltham Abbey
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 Waltham Abbey
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 Waltham Abbey
Waltham Abbey is about 30.4 miles east-north-east of our Slough base as the crow flies, with postcodes including EN9. The nearest towns to it are Waltham Cross (2.1 miles), Cheshunt (2.8 miles), Loughton (3 miles) and Epping (4.1 miles).
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.
