Where liquid screed suits Bromley's homes and flats
Liquid screed pays off on big, open floors. It is pumped rather than barrowed, so a whole ground floor or a run of apartments can be covered in a single visit, and it settles flat without the hand compaction that sand and cement needs. That self-levelled top will normally reach SR1 or SR2, which is the flatness LVT and big tiles want.
In Bromley that points to three kinds of job. The first is the rear or side extension on a post war house around Orpington and the Crays, where the new floor often opens into the old kitchen. The second is the apartment floor in a purpose-built block, where one pour can cover a large area over insulation. The third is the larger detached or semi detached house in Petts Wood, Hayes or Park Langley when the whole ground floor is rebuilt, because liquid screed flows fully around heating pipes and leaves no voids.
It also takes up less height than a hand-laid floor. In a house it floats on insulation at about 35mm, against 65mm for a hand-laid equivalent, and those 30mm matter when an Orpington extension must finish level with the old threshold. Where heating pipes run through it, allow a minimum 25mm above them, which takes the whole build to around 45 to 50mm.
Two kinds exist: one built on calcium sulphate, the other on cement. Which one goes into your Bromley house comes down to the flooring going on top, how soon your fitter needs the room and whether it will ever see water. We will tell you which suits. Not sure pumped is right for your house at all? Our guide to pumped versus hand-laid screed puts the two side by side.
Getting the pump hose into Bromley houses and flats
On pour day, everything begins out on the street. The mixer and pump park as close to the building as they can, and the hose is run into the room, which on a terrace in Penge or Anerley means through the front door and along the hall. We protect the route, but the hall needs to be clear and the neighbours' access kept open. Tell us about parking permits, controlled zones or a shared drive when you ask for a price, because the pump position shapes the whole day.
Upper floors are rarely a problem. The hose can be lifted up a stairwell or through a window to a flat, which is one reason the material suits blocks and conversions. Where a floor is a long way from the road, we plan the hose route on a site visit.
Once it is down, shut the doors and windows and keep draughts off it for a day or two. You can usually walk on it after a day or two. Laying a floor finish is a much longer wait, set by how deep it is, how well the room is aired and which product went in. Expected waits by depth are in our screed drying times guide.
Recent homes are a small part of the borough, with 11% built since 2000, so in Bromley liquid screed is more likely to go into an older house being extended than onto a new estate. If the room will be heated, see the Bromley underfloor heating screed page.
Liquid Screed prices in Bromley
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 Bromley
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Liquid Screed from Slough to Bromley
On the map, Bromley sits east-south-east of Slough, about 31.8 miles from our base in a straight line (postcodes including SE20, BR3, TN16 and BR1), next to Swanley (5.5 miles), Lewisham (5.7 miles), Croydon (5.8 miles) and Bexley (6.9 miles).
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