Where pumped screed suits Redditch floors
The bigger and more open the floor, or the more of it that carries heating pipes, the more sense a pumped screed makes. A kitchen extension that runs across the back of a new town terrace is a good example: one continuous floor, often with underfloor heating, and a fitter waiting to start. Pumping means a floor of that size is done in one day, and because the mix settles flat on its own there are far fewer joints than with hand laying.
It is not only the older estates. About 15% of Redditch homes date from 2000 onwards, and plots built in that era often have a flowing screed written into the specification from day one. Flats are another fit, with 13% of homes in purpose-built blocks, because a pumped screed can reach an upper floor through a hose rather than a barrow.
Depth is usually from about 35mm on a floating domestic floor and 40mm on a commercial one, with at least 25mm of cover over any heating pipes. Because it self-levels, a surface regularity of SR1 or SR2 is readily achievable, which makes life easier for whoever lays the tiles or LVT.
There are two families of liquid screed, one based on calcium sulphate and one on cement. Where your plans call for a CA grade, what CA grades mean for anhydrite flow screed explains the specification. If you are still deciding, compare the two approaches in liquid screed vs sand and cement.
Getting the hose into a Redditch extension
Nothing heavy comes indoors: the pump and mixer sit on the road or drive, and only the hose travels through to the room. On a semi or detached house with a side gate, that is usually a short, clear route. On a terrace, the hose often has to come through the house, so we protect floors and door frames along the way and agree the route before the pour. If your street has parking limits, or the house sits well back from where we could pull up, mention it when you ask for a quote.
An upstairs flat works on the same principle, as the hose goes up the stairwell or in through a window opening. We bring our own equipment for this as part of the job, through our screed pumping service, and we do not hire pumps out.
On the day we need the glazing and doors fitted so the room is sealed from the weather, plus the insulation, edge strip and membrane already down. Afterwards, keep the room closed while the screed sets and then ventilate it. As a rule of thumb it dries at roughly a day per millimetre up to 40mm deep, then more slowly, and how long screed takes to dry goes into the detail.
Liquid Screed prices in Redditch
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 Redditch
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Liquid Screed from Slough to Redditch
Redditch is about 77.1 miles north-west of our Slough base as the crow flies, with postcodes including B97 and B98. The nearest towns to it are Solihull (10.1 miles), Stratford-upon-Avon (12.7 miles), Evesham (14.8 miles) and Warwick (15 miles).
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