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Rough cost and ease of screeding a floor

Anonymous user 03/03/2024 - 3.31 PM

Hi, we bought a 1930s house a couple of years ago and have saved up a little money to get some renovation done. When we moved in, we arranged to have some laminate floor fitted in our dining room and small downstairs hall. When the fitter arrived they said they couldn't do it as the floor isn't flat enough. We were in a rush to get moved in so we settled on carpet. As far as I'm aware, most of the floor is actually flat, there's just an area around the door that extends in to the small downstairs hall that almost has a ridge to it - it was obvious that the laminate wasn't going to sit flat when we someone round to fit it. The dimensions of the areas are as follows: Dining room 4.2m x 3.8m and landing 2.7m x 1.4m (this is the widest part, the rest is narrower). Screeding is an area I know very little about, so I was wanting to know a rough idea of the following... How much would it roughly cost to have a professional level the floor in both areas? (just a rough idea would be great, not yet wanting to have someone out to look at the house) How long roughly would it take to do? I appreciate these questions are probably seen as vague but I'd just like a rough idea before we decide on what work to get done! Cheers

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4 Answers

Hackman construction

Rating: 5 out of 5

Cardiff

Hi I would use a two part self-leveling adhesive and charged £10 a metre Kind Regards Mark

Answered13 July 2020

A.c.brown Cambridge carpets and flooring

Rating: 5 out of 5

Cambridge

Without seeing it, it is very vague, and I personally wouldn't quote based on the info provided. Self levelling latex is a smoothing compound and it alone won't make your floor flat. From your description it sounds like you need to get rid of the hump and then feather out that area to get it flat enough for laminate, you don't necessarily to screed the whole area unless you're laying vinyl or LVT

Answered13 July 2020

Skyber Flooring

Rating: 5 out of 5

Leeds

Before any costs can be quoted we need to establish how high the ridge is. Also establish the low points if any. Sometime it better to remove the ridge. We need to get more information before We quote.

Answered6 August 2020

South shore carpentry

Rating: 4.9 out of 5

Havant

All depends on how high the ridge is, as self leveling compound is used for smoothing out imperfections in the floor. Without looking at it its very hard to advice on what's best. You may be able to take the ridge out and patch in the floor but with out more info it's hard to say or give any guidance on times or cost.

Answered6 August 2020