Awkward bases in older Woking kitchens and bathrooms
The name causes confusion, so start there. A latex screed is not a screed in the usual sense. It is a levelling compound sold in two parts: a cement based powder and a container of latex liquid, which is stirred in where a standard compound would take water. The latex makes the cured layer slightly flexible and helps it grip surfaces that a water mixed product would struggle to hold.
Those surfaces turn up in Woking's older housing. A kitchen or bathroom in a house built before the war may sit on timber boards, on quarry tiles that were never lifted, or on concrete that has been patched several times. Sheerwater's 1950s houses, now being repaired alongside the regeneration there, raise the same question whenever a kitchen is refitted. Flats carved out of older buildings in the town centre bring their own uneven floors to smooth before a new finish.
Timber needs the most care. Latex never goes straight onto bare floorboards, because the boards move and the thin layer cracks. They are first fixed down and covered with flooring grade plywood, screwed at close centres, and the latex then smooths the ply joints and screw heads into one surface.
Old tiles can stay if every one is firmly bonded. We tap them, remove any that sound hollow, clean and prime the glaze, then lay the latex over. Thin traces of old adhesive can be treated the same way, provided they are sound. For how a general levelling compound compares with a new screed, see our Woking floor levelling page.
Where latex falls short in Woking homes
A thin layer of latex only works on a base that is sound, dry and close to flat already. It cannot stop a floor bouncing, it does nothing to hold back damp, and it will not pull a badly sloping room back into level. Ask it to do any of those jobs and it cracks, loses its grip or lets the fault through to the new vinyl within months.
So the first visit is a check, not a pour. Springy boards point to loose fixings or tired joists, which a carpenter needs to sort before plywood goes down. Damp in a ground floor slab calls for a membrane and often a new floor, work described on our sand and cement screed page for Woking. A room that falls away by more than a thin coat can correct needs a screed instead.
Primer matters as much as the latex. Glazed tiles, plywood and porous concrete each take a different one, and a calcium sulphate screed is always sanded free of laitance and primed before anything goes on it.
The finishes that need this smooth bed are the thin ones: sheet vinyl, LVT, safety flooring in a cloakroom or utility, lino, rubber and carpet. We cover the whole area, from Fisher's Hill and the Hockering Estate to Littlewick and Smart's Heath, and similar work is available in nearby Guildford.
How we price latex screed in Woking
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 Woking
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 Woking
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 15.2 miles from Woking, which lies to the south-south-east. Postcodes here include GU21, GU23 and GU22, and Addlestone (4.6 miles), Guildford (5.5 miles), Chertsey (5.6 miles) and Weybridge (5.7 miles) are close by.
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