Latex over mixed bases in Yateley refits
Latex screed is a levelling compound in two parts. One is a cement based powder; the other is a latex liquid that is used in place of water when the two are mixed. The latex gives the hardened layer a small amount of flexibility and a stronger grip on surfaces like plywood and glazed tiles, where a standard compound may not hold so well. It is laid thin, typically a few millimetres, to smooth a floor, not to raise it.
A remodel can leave a mixed floor. Take out a wall between kitchen and dining room and you may find concrete in one half, old ceramic tiles in the other, and a strip of patching where the wall stood. Each of those surfaces takes a different primer, and once they are primed the latex runs over all of them so the new vinyl or LVT lies on a single, even skin.
Timber needs particular care. Where a room has a timber floor, latex never goes straight onto the boards: they move with the seasons and the coat would crack along each joint. The boards are fixed firmly, overboarded with flooring grade plywood at close centres and primed before any compound is mixed.
Old tiles can usually stay if they are firmly stuck. Quarry or ceramic tiles are cleaned, the glaze is keyed where needed and a primer for non-porous surfaces goes on before the latex. Hollow tiles are lifted, because the coat is only as sound as what lies under it.
The same applies whether the house is in Frogmore, Darby Green or Moulsham Green.
Damp, bounce and dips in Yateley floors
A thin coat of latex smooths a floor. It cannot repair one, and three things send a Yateley job down a different path.
First, moisture. An old solid floor with a failed or missing membrane will push damp up into anything laid over it, and sheet vinyl or rubber may blister or come loose. We test before quoting. If readings are high, a surface membrane or a new build-up is needed first.
Second, movement. A timber floor that springs underfoot cracks compound, however flexible. Loose boards and weak joists are dealt with and the floor overboarded with plywood before latex comes into it.
Third, the floor may be too far out. A room that dips by more than a thin coat can take up needs our floor levelling service or a new screed. Original screeds found hollow or crumbling during a remodel are broken out and relaid by hand in sand and cement, not skimmed over.
Calcium sulphate screeds have a rule of their own: they are sanded to remove laitance and primed every time before latex goes on.
Flats are 8% of Yateley's homes, and a flat bathroom refit with safety flooring or sheet vinyl is a typical small area where latex suits, once the floor below passes those checks.
How we price latex screed in Yateley
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 Yateley
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 Yateley
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 15.2 miles from Yateley, which lies to the south-south-west. Postcodes here include GU46 and GU17, and Sandhurst (0.8 miles), Crowthorne (2.3 miles), Camberley (3.2 miles) and Frimley (3.8 miles) are close by.
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