Where pumped liquid screed fits Selsey homes
Liquid screed pays off on broad, open floors. A single-storey extension across the back of a post-war detached house, a garden room, or a kitchen and dining room knocked into one space are all the right shape for it. The screed is pumped straight from the mixer, finds its own level, and settles into a dense, flat surface with few joints.
People pick it mostly because it comes out so flat. Lay a 2m straightedge on a finished pour and the gap beneath should be 3mm or 5mm at most, the SR1 and SR2 classes, which it reaches without fuss. That suits large tiles, LVT and engineered boards without much extra preparation.
Floated over insulation in a house, it normally starts at around 35mm thick. Add heating pipes and there must be 25mm or more above them, which takes the floor to 45 to 50mm in most cases. Because it flows around the pipes with no air pockets, the heat reaches the room faster, which is why heated floors in Selsey extensions so often use it.
Liquid screed comes in two kinds. Calcium sulphate products shrink very little, while cement based versions are chosen where a floor may get wet. Tell us what the room is for and what is going on top, and we will say which one fits.
On published 2026 UK figures, budget £24 to £31 per m². Still torn between this and a hand-laid floor? Our comparison of liquid and sand and cement screed puts the two side by side.
From the mixer to the room in Selsey
A liquid screed pour is a short, busy day. The mixer arrives with the screed ready, the pump stands next to it, and a hose runs from the pump to the room. Before that day we need to know three things: where the lorry can park, how long the hose run will be, and whether it passes through a side gate, a garage or the house itself.
Selsey has an advantage here. With a housing stock dominated by houses and bungalows, the room being screeded is usually at ground level and close to the road or drive. A long hose run is still fine, but tell us about narrow paths, shared drives or steps so the plan works on the day. Our screed pumping service covers longer or more awkward runs.
After the pour, the floor stays closed for a day or two, then light foot traffic is fine. Drying to the point where flooring can go down takes much longer. Allow roughly a day for each millimetre of the first 40mm, and longer for every millimetre beyond that. Keep the room ventilated, keep it weathertight, and test before laying anything. For the same service about seven miles north, see liquid screed in Chichester.
Liquid Screed prices in Selsey
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 Selsey
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.
Liquid Screed from Slough to Selsey
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 55.6 miles from Selsey, which lies to the south. Postcodes here include PO20, and Bognor Regis (6.4 miles), Chichester (7.2 miles), Emsworth (10.2 miles) and Havant (12.1 miles) are close by.
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