Where liquid screed fits around King's Cross Central
Liquid screed is at its most useful in Camden where a floor is open and the build-up is new. Around King's Cross Central, new flats are built with liquid screed over underfloor heating, and 7% of the borough's homes date from 2015 or later. Floors in blocks like these are designed for a flowing screed from the outset, with insulation laid, edge strip fixed and a membrane in place.
It also suits whole-floor refurbishments in older buildings across the borough, where a failed base is replaced with a new solid build-up and the finish has to be flat across a large area. Flowing into place gets it to SR1 or SR2 without a fight, and since it hardly shrinks, a whole stripped-out Camden level can go down with only a few joints where hand-laid screed would want many more.
Depth is the other advantage in a borough short of floor height. Floated over insulation in a flat or house it can be as shallow as about 35mm, against the 65mm or so that hand-laid sand and cement calls for; office and shop floors start nearer 40mm. Where every millimetre counts against an existing threshold or stair nosing, that saving can decide the method.
Two kinds exist, one bound with calcium sulphate and one with cement, and the rooms in question decide between them. Drawings that quote a CA code point to calcium sulphate, which has its own finishing steps set out under anhydrite screed for Camden flats.
Getting the hose up to Camden flats and basements
In Camden the mixer and pump usually stand on the street, so the first thing we need to know is where they can park. If the road has controlled parking, a bay suspension may need arranging, and a loading restriction can decide what time the pour starts. From the truck, the hose runs through the front door and along a protected route to the room, whether that is up to a top floor or down to a basement.
In a converted house the route crosses shared hallways, so the other residents or the freeholder will need notice. We lay protection along the way and keep the hose run tidy.
Once the hose is in, the room has to be watertight at floor level. Edge strip goes round every wall, the membrane over the insulation is taped at each joint, and doorways and service openings are dammed so screed cannot escape into a neighbouring flat or the void below. That matters more in a building full of other people's homes than in a detached house. You can read about the kit on our screed pumping page, and if you are still choosing a method, weigh liquid against sand and cement first. For when flooring can follow, see the drying times guide.
Liquid Screed prices in Camden
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 Camden
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Liquid Screed from Slough to Camden
On the map, Camden sits east of Slough, about 21.3 miles from our base in a straight line (postcodes including WC1B, NW1, N6 and W1T), next to Islington (1.7 miles), Westminster (2.1 miles), Kensington and Chelsea (3.4 miles) and Haringey (3.5 miles).
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