Where pumped screed suits Islington floors
Liquid screed pays off on open, level floors with few obstructions. In Islington that tends to mean three kinds of job. The first is a new build plot or apartment floor on one of the large brownfield sites, such as Holloway Park or the Triangle Site on the Islington side of York Way, which forms part of King's Cross Central. The second is a converted period house where the ground floor has been dug out and a membrane and insulation laid, leaving a clear area to fill. The third is an opened-up kitchen and living room where the owner wants underfloor heating.
Because the screed flows, it settles around pipes without leaving voids and reaches a flatness of SR1 or SR2 without heavy hand work. Over insulation it can be laid floating from about 35mm in a home, or 40mm on commercial floors, well under the 65mm a hand-laid sand and cement alternative needs. That saving in depth matters in a basement, or in a flat where door thresholds and stair nosings cannot move.
Liquid screeds come in calcium sulphate and cement based types, and the right one depends on the room and the finish. Calcium sulphate products bring their own testing and sanding rules, set out on our calcium sulphate flow screed page. For a wet room, or an area that may stay damp, a cement based product is the safer route.
Getting the pump hose into an Islington flat
The pump and mixer lorry park at the kerb, and the hose runs from there to the room. On a terraced street it may go through the front door and along the hall; in a block of flats it can climb the stairwell or pass through an upper window. Hoses reach a long way, but every bend, stair and landing needs planning and protection.
Before a date is booked we ask four things: where the lorry can stand, whether a parking suspension is needed, how many floors the hose must climb, and what the route passes through. Carpets and paintwork in common parts are covered, and the managing agent is told the day in advance.
Once poured, the floor can usually be walked on within 24 to 48 hours. Drying before flooring takes longer, at roughly one day per mm for the first 40mm and slower after that, and ventilation makes a real difference in a closed-up flat. Our guide to screed drying times explains how to plan the flooring fitter around it.
Liquid Screed prices in Islington
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 Islington
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Liquid Screed from Slough to Islington
On the map, Islington sits east of Slough, about 23 miles from our base in a straight line (postcodes including N1, EC1R, WC1X and N4), next to Camden (1.7 miles), Hackney (2.1 miles), Westminster (3 miles) and Haringey (3.1 miles).
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