Where pumped screed fits Chatteris homes and extensions
Pumped screed pays off where a floor is big and open. In Chatteris that usually means one of three situations.
The first is extending the late twentieth century detached houses and bungalows that make up so much of the town. A single-storey rear extension that opens into the existing kitchen gives a wide floor with few interruptions, which a self-levelling screed fills quickly and evenly. It reaches SR1 or SR2 without fuss, so engineered wood, LVT or tiles get a flat bed.
The second is new building. Around 26% of homes in the town date from 2000 or later, and the planned East Chatteris phases and a large mixed scheme to the south east will add more. New plots tend to have open ground floors and often heating in the screed, which pumped screed suits well.
The third is flats, though they are a small share here: 7% of Chatteris homes are flats of any kind. Upper-floor pours are still possible because the hose carries the screed up the stairs or through a window.
Depth depends on what is below. On insulation, a liquid floor in a Chatteris house starts near 35mm, and heating pipes buried in it need a 25mm minimum above. The spec decides whether yours is calcium sulphate or cement based, as both versions are made. If the floor will be heated, our underfloor heating screed page for Chatteris explains pipe cover and warm-up. Our guide weighing pumped against hand-laid screed compares the two directly.
Getting the pump to a Chatteris doorstep
The screed comes to site ready mixed, and a hose carries it from the lorry or mixer into the room. The practical question for any Chatteris job is where that equipment will stand. A house with its own driveway makes it easy. A terrace or a plot with a narrow side passage needs more thought, so when you ask for a price, tell us about parking, shared access, gates and how far the room is from the road.
On the day, the edge strip and membrane are checked first. The screed is then poured, dappled to release trapped air and left to settle. Large areas are finished in one visit, and joints are only needed at doorways or where the layout calls for them, because liquid screed shrinks far less than a hand-laid mix.
You can step on it after a day or two; dry, it is not. Drying runs near a day for every millimetre until 40mm, then slower, which leaves a 50mm fen extension floor waiting weeks for most coverings. Our guide to screed drying times sets that out in full. If you are comparing options across the Fens, see liquid screed in March.
Liquid Screed prices in Chatteris
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 Chatteris
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Liquid Screed from Slough to Chatteris
Chatteris is about 70.5 miles north-north-east of our Slough base as the crow flies, with postcodes including PE16. The nearest towns to it are March (6.5 miles), Ely (9.9 miles), Whittlesey (10.1 miles) and St Ives (10.6 miles).
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