Levelling Westbury floors before LVT and tiles
Thin coverings are unforgiving. LVT and sheet vinyl mirror every bump in the floor, and large format tiles need a flat base or they lip and crack. Flatness is graded in BS 8204 by laying a 2m straightedge on the floor and measuring the gap beneath: 3mm for SR1, 5mm for SR2 and 10mm for SR3. Sheet vinyl and similar thin finishes generally call for SR1.
In a Westbury home, the common problems are a floor that dips where an old wall was removed, a patched area where pipes were run, or a step where an extension joins the original house. A levelling compound, poured and spread to the right depth, brings all of that into one flat plane. It is quicker than relaying, and the room can usually take new flooring far sooner than a fresh screed would allow.
Preparation decides the result. Loose material and dust come off first. Next comes the primer, matched to what is underneath, since cement screed, bare concrete and calcium sulphate each take a different product, and a mismatch can leave the compound with no grip.
Compound has limits, and we say so. Pouring it thick to rescue a floor that has failed can end in cracking and lifting. A hollow, crumbling or badly sloping floor lasts longer if it is relaid as a hand-laid screed.
Unit refits on Brook Lane Industrial Estate and Northacre
Westbury's three industrial estates, Brook Lane, Northacre Industrial Park off Storridge Road and the large West Wilts Trading Estate, hold a mix of dairy, distribution and manufacturing units. When a unit changes tenant and any office or staff areas inside it are refitted, those floors need to be flat before new coverings go down.
Old adhesive, paint and residue usually have to be removed first. Grinding opens the surface so the primer can grip, and our concrete floor grinding service does that stage. A fast drying compound then brings the floor to the right flatness, keeping the fitters on programme.
Compound is a finishing layer, not a working floor for warehouse traffic. Areas carrying forklifts or heavy racking need a sound slab or a higher strength screed underneath. A damaged slab needs repairs to the concrete before anything is levelled on it. Before a refit starts, tell us the covering, the adhesive and the date the fitters arrive, so the primer and compound can be chosen to match. Just up the road, we level floors for refits too: our page on Trowbridge floor levelling has the details.
How we price floor levelling in Westbury
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 Westbury
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 Westbury
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 69.1 miles from Westbury, which lies to the west-south-west. Postcodes here include BA13, and Warminster (3.9 miles), Trowbridge (4.2 miles), Frome (6.3 miles) and Melksham (8 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.
