Lifting old finishes and levelling Yate's concrete floors
The typical Yate refit starts with lifting. Under old carpet, tiles or sheet vinyl, the concrete floor of a house from the development area years is often patched, stained with old adhesive and out of level where rooms were knocked together.
New finishes are less forgiving than old ones. Sheet vinyl and thin LVT both ask for SR1: under a 2m straightedge, no dip deeper than 3mm. Large format tiles and engineered boards are just as fussy about a flat, stable base. Levelling compound brings the floor within that limit. Most compounds are laid from about 2mm up to around 10mm, with a few products rated for more.
Whether the compound holds depends on the primer, so this step is never rushed. Concrete, traditional screed and calcium sulphate each take their own primer, and old tiles left in place from an earlier refit need a different approach again. We identify the base first, remove loose material and residue, and prime to suit. Skipping this step can leave the compound lifting or cracking once the flooring is down.
Sometimes the honest answer is that compound is not enough. If the floor is hollow, loose or needs far more than 10mm to be brought level, a deep pour of compound can crack and debond. In that case our price will be for repairing the screed or replacing it, and we will explain why.
Refit floors on Stover Trading Estate and Yate business parks
Stover Trading Estate, between Badminton Road and North Road, holds trade counters, and with Great Western Business Park, Beeches Industrial Estate and Westerleigh Business Park it forms a large industrial cluster. Once a Stover or Westerleigh unit or office gets a new occupier, its floor usually needs attention before the new finish can go down.
A commercial refit usually means removing old carpet tiles and adhesive, checking the slab for soundness, grinding off coatings where they remain, and then pouring a fast drying compound so the flooring contractor can follow quickly. Where the slab is contaminated or rough, concrete floor grinding comes before levelling.
We do not lay resin, polished concrete or structural slabs, and we do not do wood floor sanding.
At home, levelling is also the usual fix where an extension meets the original house at a slightly different height. Compound can feather out a few millimetres so the new floor runs straight through. If the extension has heating, check the underfloor heating screed page first. For a job in Trowbridge, see floor levelling in Trowbridge.
How we price floor levelling in Yate
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 Yate
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 Yate
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 76.5 miles from Yate, which lies to the west. Postcodes here include BS37 and BS36, and Bath (11.2 miles), Corsham (12.5 miles), Chippenham (14.3 miles) and Stroud (16.6 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.
