Where pumped screed works in Kensington and Chelsea
Liquid screed is at its most useful on a clear, open floor. Here that usually means one of three situations: a flat being stripped back and relaid as one open living space, a lower ground floor that has been dug out and insulated, or a new build plot on a larger scheme. The Earls Court redevelopment, where the former exhibition centre site straddling the boundary with Hammersmith and Fulham is planned for around 4,000 homes, will be a long running construction site of exactly that kind.
The screed flows out and levels itself, so it reaches SR1 or SR2 flatness without heavy hand finishing. It also runs fully around underfloor heating pipes, leaving no voids to slow the heat. Over insulation it can be laid floating from about 35mm in homes and 40mm in commercial spaces, which is much thinner than a hand-laid floor. In a flat where the front door, the lift threshold or a listed joinery detail fixes the finished height, that difference can decide the whole build-up.
Both calcium sulphate and cement based liquid screeds exist, and the room and the finish decide between them; our anhydrite and flow screed page covers the calcium sulphate specification. For a wet room with falls to a drain, a hand-laid traditional screed is still the better tool.
Routing the pump hose into Kensington and Chelsea homes
On a residential street in the borough, the lorry position is usually settled with a parking suspension before the date is fixed. From the kerb the hose runs through the front door, down the area steps to a lower ground floor, up a stairwell or through an upper window.
Before a date is booked, four details shape the plan: where the lorry can stand, the length of the hose route, the number of floors it climbs, and what it passes on the way. Common parts in a block of flats are sheeted and taped, and the managing agent is given notice of the date, the lorry position and the hours we expect to be on site.
The pour itself moves quickly, and people can usually walk on the floor within 24 to 48 hours. Drying before flooring is slower, at roughly one day per mm for the first 40mm. In a lower ground floor with little airflow, a dehumidifier and open windows shorten that wait noticeably. Our comparison of liquid and sand and cement screeds sets out the trade-offs.
Liquid Screed prices in Kensington and Chelsea
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 Kensington and Chelsea
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Liquid Screed from Slough to Kensington and Chelsea
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 19.6 miles from Kensington and Chelsea, which lies to the east. Postcodes here include SW7, SW3, SW5 and W10, and Hammersmith and Fulham (1.2 miles), Westminster (1.6 miles), Camden (3.4 miles) and Wandsworth (3.8 miles) are close by.
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