Liquid screed on Paxcroft Mead and Studley Green extensions
On a Paxcroft Mead or Studley Green estate home, a new kitchen extension or garden room brings a floor that must line up exactly with the rooms already there. Liquid screed handles that well. It is pumped from a mixer outside, flows through the room and levels itself, so the new floor finishes at the height set before the pour. On a single-storey extension of this kind, the whole floor goes down in one visit.
The finish is very flat. It can readily reach SR1 or SR2, where the gap under a 2m straightedge is held to 3mm or 5mm. That suits porcelain tiles, LVT and engineered boards. Low shrinkage means fewer joints than a hand-laid floor, which helps in long open rooms.
Over insulation in a house, the screed is normally poured at about 35mm or more. If the estate home's floor is being lifted to add insulation, the screed depth is planned with the boards so the finished floor lines up with doors and thresholds.
Which liquid screed goes in, calcium sulphate or cement based, is decided room by room. Cement based products suit any area that might get wet.
Detached houses make up 28% of Trowbridge's homes, and on larger ground floors the speed of a pumped pour makes the biggest difference. If you are deciding between the two main types, our guide to liquid versus sand and cement compares cost, drying and finish.
Pumping into Trowbridge homes and flats
Our pump and mixer set up outside the house, and the screed reaches the room along a hose. A drive close to the door keeps the setup simple, because the hose run is short and the pump can stay off the road. Where the pump has to stand on the road, or the hose has to travel through a garage or side gate, mention it when you ask for a price.
Flats and upper floors can be reached too. The hose can run up a stairwell or through a window, provided there is a clear route and somewhere safe for the pump. For how the pump is set up for that, see pumping screed into upper floors.
Walking on the new floor is normally fine after 24 to 48 hours. Fitting flooring has to wait longer, since the screed dries at roughly one day per millimetre up to 40mm and more slowly past that point. Warmth and ventilation speed things up. If the extension has heating pipes, see screed over underfloor heating for the cover and heat-up rules. For homes in Melksham, see liquid screed in Melksham.
Liquid Screed prices in Trowbridge
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 Trowbridge
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Liquid Screed from Slough to Trowbridge
On the map, Trowbridge sits west-south-west of Slough, about 69.1 miles from our base in a straight line (postcodes including BA14 and BA15), next to Westbury (4.2 miles), Melksham (4.7 miles), Bath (7.9 miles) and Frome (7.9 miles).
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