Pipe cover for Lutterworth new builds and extensions
A heated floor relies on the screed to spread warmth and protect the pipes. The cover over the pipes has to be right: with a liquid screed at least 25mm, giving about 45 to 50mm in total, and with sand and cement about 45mm, which makes a deeper floor.
On new homes north of the town and in the East of Lutterworth Strategic Development Area, wet underfloor heating set in a liquid screed laid over the pipes is a common choice. There the insulation, edge strip and membrane are usually planned with the house.
Extensions are more awkward. On an established estate such as Greenacres, a rear extension with a heated floor still has to finish level with the existing kitchen, and the heated build-up must fit inside the depth available. Choosing liquid screed for its thinner cover often makes the difference.
An older house can have heating retrofitted when its ground floor is coming up and being relaid anyway. Floor height is usually the limit there, so the dig and the build-up are worked out together before anything is broken out.
Fitting and pressure testing the pipes is down to your heating engineer, since pipe installation is not part of our work, and we check the build-up before screeding. If insulation or membranes are missing, our membranes and insulation work can supply them.
Bringing a Lutterworth heated floor up to temperature
The first heat-up needs care, and the timing depends on the screed. On calcium sulphate, heat can usually be introduced at about 7 days. Sand and cement must be left for 21 days or more before the system is turned on.
Then go slowly. The water temperature starts low and is raised in small steps over several days, held while the screed dries, and then reduced before the floor is moisture tested. That gradual commissioning lets the floor dry evenly. A sudden blast at full heat risks a cracked screed and a spoiled finish.
The heat-up schedule is written down and left with you after the pour, and the heating engineer and builder should follow it too.
The floor covering must wait for a moisture test even when the heating has been running. Each covering, whether tiles, LVT or engineered wood, has its own moisture limit; for how long that takes, see screed drying timescales.
For heated floors in towns nearby, see our pages on underfloor heating screed in Rugby and the surrounding area.
Underfloor Heating Screed prices in Lutterworth
Liquid screed over underfloor heating: £20 to £35 per m² supplied and laid (trade2base, June 2026), so £700 to £1,230 for 35 m². trade2base gives these figures excluding VAT. See our floor screeding cost guide or screed calculator.
Who lays your underfloor heating screed in Lutterworth
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
See what customers say in our Google reviews and on our testimonials page.
Underfloor Heating Screed from Slough to Lutterworth
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 68 miles from Lutterworth, which lies to the north-north-west. Postcodes here include LE17, and Rugby (6.3 miles), Hinckley (9.5 miles), Earl Shilton (9.7 miles) and Bedworth (11.6 miles) are close by.
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