Calcium sulphate flowing screeds have been gaining rapidly in popularity over the last few years as their many benefits over and above the traditional sand and cement mix have become apparent. They are very easy to lay because instead of being trowelled on to the substrate by hand, they are pumped on to it using a long hose attached to the delivery truck. In fact, it is calculated that a flowing liquid screed can be laid as much as 20 times as fast as sand and cement. 

One of the fastest growing home improvement projects in the UK is that of installing underfloor heating because of the considerable benefits over and above a radiator system. Certainly, there is a cost involved, but the savings on energy usage and efficiency pay for themselves in a surprisingly short time, and from there onwards it is savings all the way. Underfloor heating also adds to the value of a property.

When you are laying a floor in a new building, one of the major considerations is surface regularity. Sub floors are usually constructed of concrete, and this will have variations in depth, and therefore produce a surface which is not level. This is certainly not ideal for laying the finished flooring on, whatever type it is going to be.

When you are in the process of constructing a building, one of the things that you need to take into consideration is the floor screed.

Now, it has to be said that when you are constructing a building there is no law which says that you have to use a screed, but in the vast majority of instances, common sense dictates that you should. You obviously want the floor to be as flat and level as possible, so you don’t want to lay the floor finish on a bumpy concrete substrate.

More and more homeowners are becoming aware of the many benefits of underfloor heating compared with a radiator system, and in fact, installing underfloor heating is becoming one of the fastest growing home improvement projects in the UK.

At UK Screeds, we are often asked about the many benefits of our liquid screeds – and there are a lot of them – but we also get questions about whether there are any disadvantages.

So, let’s get that one out of the way before we go any further. Yes, there are a couple of downsides, one of which is that, for rather obvious reasons, you cannot use them on sloping floors in wet rooms!

If you are installing underfloor heating in a new building it needs to be covered with a floor screed. For many years now a floor screed has been made up using just sand and cement, often mixed on site in a cement mixer, and then laid by hand by a worker using a hand trowel to level it out.

When you are constructing a new home, one of the most important things is to see to it that the floor is as level and flat as possible. This is particularly important with modern precast concrete beam and block floors, which have a distinct camber that can cause problems when it comes to laying floor finishes.

More and more new homes today are being built with underfloor heating because of the many advantages that it has over and above a radiator system. For a long time, it was considered that underfloor heating was an expensive item and only suitable for high-end homes, but in fact when you install it in conjunction with a liquid screed it can be economically viable for all types of homes, not just those at the top end of the market.

There is no rule that says that when constructing a building you have to install a floor screed in Beaconsfield, or anywhere else for that matter. However, if you want your final flooring to be as flat and level as possible, which most people do, then you will need to lay a floor screed. This provides as flat and level a surface as possible on which to fix the final flooring, whatever it may be.