Where pumped liquid screed fits Thatcham houses
Semis make up 38% of Thatcham's homes, and the typical project on one is a single-storey rear extension opening into the kitchen. Laid by hand, a floor like that means screed rails, heavy compaction and probably a joint or two. Poured as a liquid, the screed arrives through a hose, spreads under its own weight and is worked level with a dappling bar, so a large room is finished in a day.
The result is flat as well as quick. A pour like this can comfortably reach the SR1 or SR2 flatness classes. SR2 allows no more than 5mm of deviation under a 2m straightedge and SR1 tightens that to 3mm, which is what large format tiles and click LVT want.
The floor can be thinner too. Over the insulation of a Thatcham house, liquid screed can be as shallow as about 35mm; sand and cement floating on that same insulation needs 65mm. Where the extension has to meet the old kitchen at the same level, that saved depth can go into extra insulation or mean less digging out.
There are two kinds of liquid screed to choose between: one made with calcium sulphate and one based on cement. Both pump and flow in much the same way, and the choice depends on where the floor is and what goes on top; a floor that may get wet points to the cement based kind. For the full comparison with a traditional floor, read liquid screed versus sand and cement. The grades and testing of calcium sulphate are covered separately under anhydrite flow screed in Thatcham.
Getting the hose to a Thatcham back room
The mixer and pump normally stand at the front of the property, with the hose laid through the house or down a side passage to the room being poured. Before the day we need to know the distance, whether there is a side gate, and whether anything restricts parking outside. Upper floors and flats can be poured too, with the hose run up the stairwell, provided the structure has been designed for a screed.
Thatcham has its share of more recent houses too. 19% of Thatcham's homes were built since 2000, and when a house of that age is extended, the new floor has to line up with a ground floor that was built flat in the first place, so the tolerance at the threshold is tight. A self-levelling pour handles that well.
Plan the drying as carefully as the pour. Being able to stroll across it is a long way from it being ready for the final floor covering. Allow something like one day of drying per millimetre up to a depth of 40mm, and longer per millimetre beyond, and read our drying time advice before your fitter gets a date. If the job is over in Newbury, about 2.8 miles west, see pumped screed for Newbury homes.
Liquid Screed prices in Thatcham
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 Thatcham
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Liquid Screed from Slough to Thatcham
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 27.9 miles from Thatcham, which lies to the west-south-west. Postcodes here include RG19, and Newbury (2.8 miles), Tadley (5.7 miles), Basingstoke (11.9 miles) and Reading (12.8 miles) are close by.
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