UK Screeds are based in Bampton in Oxfordshire, and we supply the finest liquid screeds to any site within a radius of at least 150 miles and often further. So, if you need our liquid floor compound in Manchester, for example, we can help you.
Not only do we provide and install liquid screed compounds as and when required, but we also supply and install underfloor heating. As you may be aware, there are two types of underfloor heating, either electric or water based. We provide water-based underfloor heating because of the many advantages over electric.
Apart from any other consideration, electricity is expensive and is only going to get more expensive, despite what you might hear from those talking about green energy. It is true that our water-based heating systems do cost a little more to install than an electric system, but the point is that the ongoing costs of running over the longer term are going to make that insignificant. In the ultimate scheme of things, it is not important.
More and more buildings today are being constructed using underfloor heating because it is so much more efficient than a radiator system. When you have radiators, apart from anything else, they take up some space in the room, and they also dictate where you can and cannot put items of furniture, since you won’t want your bookcase next to one, for example.
Radiators also heat by convection. Without going into too much detail, that means that some parts of the room are colder than others. By comparison, our underfloor heating systems take up absolutely no space in the room and heat it evenly.
If we install your underfloor heating, it is covered by our liquid floor compound in Manchester, and this means that the heating pipes are completely covered, leaving no air gaps. This is very different from a typical sand and cement screed laid by hand which will always leave air gaps, meaning that heat transfer into the room above is not even.
Our liquid floor compound has several other benefits, not the least of which is that it enables the room to heat up much faster when the system is turned on. Not only that, but it does not take up as much space, as it can be laid more thinly than sand and cement. This is particularly important if you are installing underfloor heating in an existing building, as the actual final floor level does not need to be raised as much.
