Tag: Floor Sanding Services

At UK Screeds, we have been providing screeds and underfloor heating for building projects since 2002, so we are coming up to our 20^th anniversary next year. Founded in Oxford, we have now expanded to 11 branches throughout England and Wales, and we are planning to open more new branches so that we cover the whole of the UK.

That is a fair enough question when you are constructing a new building, or even renovating an old one.

Let’s take a look at laying a new lawn. If you had just moved into a property, or had one built, and you wanted a beautiful green lawn with those lovely stripes, where you could sit all afternoon on a sunny day relaxing on a recliner, you would want that lawn flat.

When constructing any type of building, one of the most important factors is the floor. Certainly, the walls and roof are of vital importance, but equally important is the floor because that is going to take all the traffic, whether it is foot traffic, which it will be in most buildings, but can also be heavier, such as forklift trucks in a warehouse.

Liquid floor screeds have greatly increased in popularity over the last few years as they have so many advantages over the traditional sand and cement screeds. To begin with, they are very easy and quick to lay, as they are delivered to site ready mixed and simply pumped into position with a pump and long hose. Because they are in liquid form they flow into position and fill up any gaps or voids, which makes them particularly suitable when underfloor heating is being installed, since they will totally envelop the heating pipes. This makes for excellent thermal conductivity.

UK Screeds is the foremost provider of anhydrite screeds throughout England and Wales. Liquid anhydrite screed has so many advantages over traditional sand and cement screed, not the least of which is that it is so fast to lay. Our teams can lay up to 2,000 square feet in a day, and this is estimated to be up to 20 times faster than you could lay a sand and cement screed which has to be trowelled on by hand.