Where pumped screed suits Soham homes
Liquid screed is at home on a big, simple floor. A new ground floor, an open-plan kitchen extension or a garden room all suit it, because the screed flows across the whole area and settles to a level without hand ruling.
The newer estates off Fordham Road and Sand Street are the clearest example in Soham. They suit wet underfloor heating laid in a liquid screed, which flows around the pipes and across an insulated ground floor in one pour.
Plots like these are where a pump is most efficient: one crew, one visit, and a whole floor poured before the next trade arrives.
Depth is a practical advantage in extensions. Over insulation boards in a home, liquid goes in from roughly 35mm, while the traditional mix wants nearer 65mm. Saving that depth is useful when a Soham extension has to sit level with the floor it joins.
It also needs few joints, which suits open-plan layouts. Liquid screed shrinks very little, so a large room can be poured as one area, and the surface is dense and smooth for tiles or LVT.
Two binders exist: cement and calcium sulphate. For the calcium sulphate material, its grades and how it is finished, see our Soham anhydrite page. Torn between this and a traditional floor? Our liquid or traditional screed comparison lays the two side by side.
Pump access in Soham streets
Everything begins outside. Lorry and pump pull in as near as Soham's streets allow, and the hose is fed indoors as far as the room being screeded.
On a new plot with a drive this is easy. For a house around the High Street or Churchgate Street with no drive, the pump may need a space on the road, and it helps to know about parking restrictions in advance. Terraced houses with no side access may need the hose to go through the front of the house to reach a rear extension.
The route is protected, and the room is prepared first. Walls are lined with edge strip, each seam of polythene gets tape, and a dam across every doorway keeps the screed where it belongs.
Keep doors and windows shut for the first 48 hours or so, then open up and let air move through to dry it. Coverings wait for a moisture test. Keep other trades off the surface for the first day, and hold back heavy loads, stacked materials and barrows for longer, even though light foot traffic is fine. Typical waits are covered in our screed drying guide.
Liquid Screed prices in Soham
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 Soham
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 Soham
Soham is about 69.4 miles north-east of our Slough base as the crow flies, with postcodes including CB7. The nearest towns to it are Ely (5.7 miles), Newmarket (6.7 miles), Cambridge (12.8 miles) and Chatteris (15.1 miles).
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