Where pumped screed pays off in Aldershot
Liquid screed earns its keep on open floors with few interruptions. Because it flows and levels itself, a large room is covered quickly and ends up flat, dense and free of the voids that hand compaction can leave behind.
In Aldershot that makes it a natural fit in three places. The first is new build housing such as the streets at Wellesley. Across the town, 14% of homes date from 2015 onwards, and a new ground floor laid over insulation is a natural candidate for a floating liquid screed. The second is the rear extension on a mid-century semi, where a kitchen and family room are opened into one space and the new floor has to finish level with the old. The third is a flat, where a pumped screed avoids carrying sand and cement up the stairs a bucket at a time.
Depth matters. Expect around 35mm as the starting depth for a floating liquid floor in a house; add heating pipes, which want 25mm or more over them, and you are typically at 45 to 50mm. The finished surface can readily reach SR1 or SR2, flat enough for tiles or LVT.
The mix itself can be calcium sulphate or cement based; the room, the floor covering and any risk of water decide which. For the calcium sulphate grades, read our Aldershot anhydrite screed page; the pros and cons against a traditional floor are in our guide comparing liquid with sand and cement.
Getting the pump to the room in Aldershot
On pour day the mix turns up ready to go and travels by hose to the room, which makes parking the truck and pump the first thing to settle. Give us a driveway and it is easy. On a terraced street or a town centre address, parking restrictions and narrow access need planning, and it helps to mention them when you ask for a price. A hose can reach through a house to a rear extension or up a stairwell to an upper floor flat, but the route has to be clear and protected.
We need the room sealed against the weather first, with membrane and edge strip down and any heating circuit already pressure tested. The screed is then left to dry. Reckon on one day per millimetre of depth until 40mm, after which it slows; our guide to how long screed takes to dry covers what speeds it up or slows it down. Opening windows after the first two days helps it along, and with a calcium sulphate mix you can normally start force drying with the heating at around 7 days.
Pump hire alone is quoted nationally at £300 to £600 per day, which is one reason we price supply, pumping and finishing as a single job. Pumps are not something we hire out on their own; how our screed pumping works is explained separately.
Liquid Screed prices in Aldershot
Liquid screed: £24 to £31 per m² supplied and laid (MyJobQuote, August 2026), so £960 to £1,240 for 40 m². MyJobQuote does not say whether these figures include VAT. See our floor screeding cost guide or screed calculator.
Who lays your liquid screed in Aldershot
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Liquid Screed from Slough to Aldershot
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 20.1 miles from Aldershot, which lies to the south-south-west. Postcodes here include GU11 and GU12, and Farnborough (2.8 miles), Farnham (2.9 miles), Fleet (4.1 miles) and Frimley (4.6 miles) are close by.
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