Pumping to upper floors at Barking Riverside
Purpose-built flats account for 28% of the borough's homes, and new building is now concentrated along the riverside. Barking Riverside first gained consent for 10,800 homes and is served by the Overground extension that opened in 2022. The flats going up there are designed with underfloor heating under a liquid screed and acoustic layers separating each home from the next.
On a block, the mixer and pump stand at ground level and the hose is run up to the working floor. That route has to be agreed with the site team in advance: where the lorry stands, how the hose rises and where it enters the flat. A pump can deliver a whole flat floor in one visit, which suits a programme working plot by plot. Several flats on the same level can often be poured in sequence on the same day, keeping the trades behind moving.
The screed floats on the acoustic layer or insulation, so the edge strip and membrane must be in place and sealed first, or the screed can leak through and bridge the sound layer. Our team checks the build-up before each pour.
Liquid screed is made either from calcium sulphate or from cement. Specifications on apartment schemes often name a calcium sulphate grade, which is covered on the anhydrite flow screed for Barking Riverside page. Where the pump is the main question rather than the screed, our screed pumping service explains the equipment.
Liquid screed for Becontree extensions
On a Becontree cottage-style terrace, the typical project is a rear extension joined to a knocked-through kitchen. That creates a wide, open floor running from the old house into the new room, which is where liquid screed makes sense. It self-levels to SR1 or SR2 surface regularity and has far fewer joints than a hand-laid floor.
Over insulation in a terraced house, the screed itself can be as thin as roughly 35mm. Where heating pipes run underneath, they need 25mm or more on top, taking the floor to roughly 45 to 50mm. Because the extension floor normally finishes flush with the old kitchen, settle the depth with your builder early on.
With a Becontree terrace, the route from street to back room is worked out before the day. Our lorry stays at the kerb, and the hose goes through the hall or down the passage at the side. Tell us about permits or restrictions when you ask for a price.
A pumped floor in an extension like this sits between £24 and £31 a square metre on published UK rates for 2026. Heated extensions are covered on the underfloor heating screed page, and for a project in Newham, see liquid screed in Newham.
Liquid Screed prices in Barking and Dagenham
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 Barking and Dagenham
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Liquid Screed from Slough to Barking and Dagenham
Barking and Dagenham is about 33.1 miles east of our Slough base as the crow flies, with postcodes including IG11, RM9, RM8 and RM6. The nearest towns to it are Redbridge (3.5 miles), Newham (4 miles), Havering (4.2 miles) and Chigwell (5.3 miles).
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