What lies under old finishes in Yate homes
Lift the old vinyl or carpet in a Yate refit and the base beneath is seldom ready for a new thin finish. Depending on the house, it might be concrete carrying old adhesive, pits and patches, tiles left from an earlier kitchen, or timber boards upstairs.
Latex screed is made for that kind of base. It comes in two parts: a cement based powder and a latex liquid, which takes the place of water. Once mixed, the compound spreads very thin, usually just a few millimetres, and it is made for exactly these mixed, awkward bases.
Each base is treated differently. Old adhesive that is hard, thin and firmly stuck can often stay and be primed, while soft, thick or patchy glue is scraped or ground off. Ceramic or quarry tiles are tapped one by one. Hollow ones come up and the gaps are filled, and the firmly bonded ones are cleaned and primed so the latex can grip the glaze.
Concrete is cleared of dust and loose material and given a primer suited to it. Timber needs the most work. The boards are fixed down and covered with flooring grade plywood, and only then is latex spread; it is never laid straight onto bare boards.
Semi-detached houses make up 29% of Yate's homes, and the same order of work suits them as much as the terraces. The aim each time is a smooth, primed, dry base that the new finish will not show through.
Finishes and limits for latex floors in Yate
The finishes that need latex are the thin, flexible ones. Sheet vinyl and LVT follow every ridge beneath them, lino and rubber show a board joint as a line, and safety flooring in a kitchen or utility needs a smooth, continuous base to lie flat. Some carpet fitters also ask for a latex coat over tiles or plywood.
Latex has clear limits, and it is worth knowing them before you buy the flooring. It does not cure damp, so a slab that tests wet needs a membrane or a new screed. It does not stop springy boards, which have to be fixed or overboarded first. And it does not rescue a floor that is badly out of level, where deeper levelling or a new screed in Yate is the better route.
Where the concrete is cracked, hollow or breaking up, our screed repairs service puts it right before any latex goes on.
Newer homes in North Yate have liquid screed floors laid plot by plot. Where one of those floors is calcium sulphate, its weak top skin must be sanded away and the right primer put on before latex goes over it. For work in Chippenham, see latex screed in Chippenham.
How we price latex screed in Yate
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 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.
Latex Screed 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.
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