Levelling worn floors on Wellingborough's overspill estates
On the Hemmingwell, Kingsway and Queensway estates, built as London overspill in the 1960s and 1970s, owners regularly replace worn floors with a fresh levelling layer. A floor that has had decades of coverings laid and lifted can carry dips, old adhesive and patched areas, and rigid LVT and large format tiles show every one of those faults.
A thin poured compound is how we take those faults out. Most of it goes down between about 2mm and around 10mm (a few products take more) and it runs out into a smooth finish. We aim for a regularity class checked with a 2m straightedge, where SR1 means 3mm at most and SR2 means 5mm, and thin sheet floors often call for SR1.
Before any compound, the floor is primed, and which primer depends on what is underneath. Power floated concrete, an old cement screed and an anhydrite floor each take a different product, and the wrong one is often why a compound lets go.
Where a new extension joins the original rooms, the two floors seldom end up at quite the same height, and a feathered compound can blend them so one continuous floor runs across.
Sometimes compound is not the answer, and we say so. A floor that dips well beyond 10mm, or a screed that is crumbling, can crack and debond under a deep pour. It then needs a new screed, such as sand and cement laid by hand, or a thin latex screed where only a few millimetres are needed.
Refitting units on Park Farm and Finedon Road
Units on Park Farm, Denington, Finedon Road and the Leyland Trading Estate are mostly factory and warehouse space. When one of them changes hands or is fitted out as an office, showroom or trade counter, the floor usually needs attention before the new finish.
A typical refit starts with removing old carpet tiles and adhesive, then grinding or scabbling any high spots and contamination. That is work for our concrete grinding team. The floor is then primed and a fast drying compound is pumped or poured to bring it to SR1 or SR2, ready for carpet tiles, vinyl or LVT on a short programme.
Factory and warehouse floors are different. Where a floor takes forklifts or racking, compound alone is not the answer, and damaged areas usually need screed repairs or a higher strength screed first. Resin and polished concrete finishes are not part of our work.
Tell us the finish, the programme and whether the unit will be open during the work, and we can phase the levelling so each area is handed back as it is ready.
How we price floor levelling in Wellingborough
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 Wellingborough
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 Wellingborough
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 53.3 miles from Wellingborough, which lies to the north. Postcodes here include NN8, and Rushden (4.1 miles), Burton Latimer (4.2 miles), Kettering (6.9 miles) and Raunds (7.3 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.
