Where liquid screed suits Kingston upon Thames floors
Liquid screed earns its place on open floors with few obstructions. In a suburban borough that usually means a rear extension joined to the original kitchen, a garden room, or a whole ground floor that has been stripped back and insulated. It also means the new build plots on the Cambridge Road Estate in Norbiton and the former government site in Tolworth, where open apartment floors will be laid over underfloor heating. Because a whole extension or apartment floor can be covered in a day, it goes down in one pour with far fewer joints than a hand-laid screed.
Because it flows and levels itself, liquid screed reaches SR1 or SR2 without heavy hand work, and it fills around heating pipes with no voids. Over insulation it can be laid floating from about 35mm in a home or 40mm in commercial spaces. A hand-laid floating screed needs 65mm, so on an extension where the new floor has to meet the old one at the same height, the thinner section can make the detailing much easier. It also leaves more depth for insulation under the screed.
You can have a liquid screed in a calcium sulphate mix or a cement based one. If the drawings for your plot name calcium sulphate, our Kingston anhydrite screed page shows how that type is graded. For a utility room or wet room with falls, a hand-laid traditional screed is the better fit.
Pumping into extensions across Kingston upon Thames
For an extension at the back of a house, the hose usually runs from the lorry at the kerb, along a side passage or through the house, to the new room. Where a house has a driveway the lorry can often stand close to the door; where parking is tight, a bay may need arranging. Tell us how the hose would reach the back of the house when you ask for a price. A photo of the side passage or the route through the hall saves a site visit, and doors, carpets and paintwork along the way are covered before the hose goes in.
On the day, the room needs to be ready: edge strip fitted, insulation and membrane down, heating pipes tested, doors and windows in. The pour itself is quick, and people can usually walk on the floor within 24 to 48 hours.
Drying is slower. Allow roughly one day per mm for the first 40mm, and more beyond that, before tiles, LVT or wood go down. Our guide comparing liquid and traditional screeds sets out the differences in time and cost.
Liquid Screed prices in Kingston upon Thames
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 Kingston upon Thames
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Liquid Screed from Slough to Kingston upon Thames
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 18.4 miles from Kingston upon Thames, which lies to the east-south-east. Postcodes here include KT5, KT9, KT3 and KT2, and Ewell (3.2 miles), Merton (3.4 miles), Richmond upon Thames (4 miles) and Epsom (4.1 miles) are close by.
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