Large kitchen extensions across Amersham suit a pumped floor
The 1945 to 1972 period accounts for 33% of Amersham's housing, and the detached houses of those years are regularly extended. The typical result is a long kitchen, dining and living space across the back of the house. A floor that size, open from end to end, is the natural home for a pumped screed.
Poured in, the screed spreads to every wall and settles flat on its own. It reaches SR1 or SR2 surface regularity readily, which suits large tiles and LVT, and because shrinkage is low it needs far fewer joints than a hand-laid screed. Over heating pipes it wraps round them fully with no voids, and the thinner layer means the floor responds faster when the heating comes on.
Where the extension joins the old house, thickness becomes the issue. Liquid can float on insulation at about 35mm in a home, while sand and cement needs about 65mm. With heating pipes, give it 25mm or more above them, which normally brings the full depth to 45 to 50mm.
There are two broad kinds of liquid screed, calcium sulphate and cement based. Both flow and self-level; the choice depends on the rooms, the flooring and whether any area may get wet. For how a pumped floor compares with a hand-laid one, read liquid versus sand and cement. The heated screed page for Amersham covers commissioning.
Pumping into Amersham flats and houses
All flats together make up 19% of Amersham's homes. On an upper floor, a pump is the practical way to get screed into the room, because nothing is carried up the stairs. From the mixer at street level, our hose climbs through the communal entrance to the flat's front door, so the building manager needs to agree that route and it has to be protected before the day.
For houses, the mixer stands on the drive or the road near the property, and the hose goes through the nearest door. If the house is on a slope or set well back, tell us, because hose length and the route affect how the pour is planned. Our own pump comes with our own operators, as described under screed pumping; we never hire machines out.
When we arrive we walk the room: perimeter strip on the walls, taped membrane joints over the insulation, and a dam across each doorway. After pouring, shut out draughts for a day or two and only then open the windows. For nearby homes to the north, see liquid screed in Chesham.
Liquid Screed prices in Amersham
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 Amersham
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Liquid Screed from Slough to Amersham
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 10.1 miles from Amersham, which lies to the north. Postcodes here include HP6 and HP7, and Chesham (1.9 miles), Chorleywood (4 miles), Beaconsfield (4.9 miles) and Berkhamsted (6.2 miles) are close by.
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