Where liquid screed suits Headington, Marston and Cowley
Extending an inter-war or post-war semi in Headington, Marston or Cowley is a natural fit for liquid screed. Building out at the back to create one open kitchen and family room leaves a wide floor that a flowing screed covers in a single pour. Left to flow, it settles flat, gets to SR1 or SR2 regularity without much effort, and moves so little as it cures that the floor needs far fewer joints than one laid by hand.
It is slimmer as well. Floating in a house, liquid can be laid from about 35mm where sand and cement needs about 65mm, so the Headington or Cowley extension gets more insulation underneath while still finishing level with the original rooms.
Newer homes are the other obvious fit. 19% of the city's homes were built from 2000 onwards, and houses and apartments of that age are generally built with insulated floors. On a new block, the pump can serve each level in turn.
You can choose a cement based pour or a calcium sulphate one for an Oxford floor. Calcium sulphate grades and how to look after them are explained separately under anhydrite flow screed in Oxford. It is not the right material for every room: a wet room with falls to a drain, or a small hallway in an Osney terrace, often suits sand and cement screed for Oxford period homes better. The choice is worth making room by room rather than for the whole house at once.
Getting a screed pump to Oxford flats and terraces
Our mixer and pump stay on the street and the hose comes in by the closest door. For a flat it goes up the stairwell to the room; for a terraced house, through the hall or down a side passage. On streets with residents' parking or permit bays, the lorry needs somewhere legal to stand for the day, so mention any restrictions when you ask for a price. The managing agent of a block may also want the hose route and floor protection agreed in advance.
Have the room prepared before pour day. Insulation goes down, a membrane is laid over it with the joints taped, edge strip is fixed around every wall and doorways are dammed. We can supply the build-up if it is not already in place.
Stepping onto it is one thing; dry is another. No flooring goes down in an Oxford flat or extension until a moisture reading is inside the manufacturer's figure, and you can think of each of the first 40 millimetres as a day, with anything deeper slower still. Our drying time guide explains the detail, and published screeding costs set out what liquid and traditional screeds typically cost per square metre.
Liquid Screed prices in Oxford
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 Oxford
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Liquid Screed from Slough to Oxford
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 30.4 miles from Oxford, which lies to the west-north-west. Postcodes here include OX1, OX3, OX4 and OX44, and Kidlington (5 miles), Abingdon-on-Thames (5.7 miles), Witney (10 miles) and Didcot (10.1 miles) are close by.
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