Levelling older floors near Wokingham town centre
An older floor can look fine under carpet and still be far from flat. Take the carpet up to lay LVT or large tiles and the dips, humps and patches show. To check flatness, put a 2m straightedge on the floor and measure the largest gap: SR1 allows up to 3mm, SR2 up to 5mm, and plenty of thin sheet floorings need SR1.
That is the job compound does on a floor that is already down. It is normally laid 2mm to 10mm deep, though some products allow more. We clean the surface, clear anything loose and apply a primer matched to what lies beneath, be it concrete, calcium sulphate, sand and cement or a sound older floor. Then we pour the compound, help it across the floor and let it settle level.
Semi-detached homes make up 22% of Wokingham's housing, and a semi with a later extension often has a small step or slope where the two floors meet. A feathered strip of compound across the threshold makes one flat surface.
Compound has limits. Where a floor is cracked, hollow or further out than the product can handle, pouring it thick invites cracking and debonding. In that case we will tell you it needs repairing or rescreeding. For damaged areas in an otherwise sound floor, see screed repairs, and if the old floor has to come out, see sand and cement screed in Wokingham.
Refit floors at Molly Millars Lane and Fishponds Close
Molly Millars Lane is Wokingham's main industrial district, with estates including Wokingham Commercial Centre and Millars Business Park on Fishponds Close, completed in 2023. New units there need floors finished to specification, and older ones often need repair or grinding between tenants.
A typical refit puts carpet tiles or vinyl into offices and LVT into a showroom or trade counter. Old adhesive, patched areas and small level changes have to be dealt with before compound can go down. The surface is cleaned or mechanically prepared, primed and then levelled. Fast drying compounds let the flooring contractor follow quickly, depending on the product sheet, which helps when a tenant has a fixed move-in date.
For very thin smoothing work over a sound base, a latex screed is sometimes the right product, typically a few millimetres deep.
Sanding timber floors, resin and polished concrete are all outside what we do. Our work is preparing a flat, sound base so the chosen finish can go down properly. Yateley, about 4.9 miles away, has its own page on floor levelling in Yateley.
How we price floor levelling in Wokingham
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 Wokingham
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 Wokingham
Wokingham is about 11.7 miles south-west of our Slough base as the crow flies, with postcodes including RG40 and RG41. The nearest towns to it are Crowthorne (3.3 miles), Bracknell (3.5 miles), Woodley (4.4 miles) and Sandhurst (4.6 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.
