Liquid screed for Wickford's extended family houses
Liquid screed pays off on big, open floors. When a Wickford semi gains a rear extension and the old kitchen wall comes out, the result is one long room that has to be flat from the patio doors to the hallway. Pumped in, the screed spreads from one end to the other and settles level, which gets you to SR1 or SR2 without a team on their knees trowelling all day.
Depth is the next advantage. Over insulation in a Wickford semi, a pumped floor needs only about 35mm, while hand-laid sand and cement wants about 65mm. When your extension floor has to line up with the old house, the 30mm saved can go into the insulation. Shrinkage is low too, so even a long kitchen and family room gets by with far fewer joints.
Wickford's flats suit it as well. Purpose-built blocks hold 12% of Wickford's homes, and the new apartment schemes proposed in the town add to that. Carrying sand and cement up a stairwell is slow work, while a hose can simply run up to the floor being laid.
You can have a calcium sulphate mix or a cement based one, and which is right turns on the rooms involved and what goes on top. Where the drawings for a Runwell Road style scheme name a calcium sulphate grade, see anhydrite flow screed in Wickford for the material. If you have not yet settled on the hose or the trowel for your extension, our look at the two screed types next to each other may help you decide.
Getting the pump hose into Wickford rooms
On pour day the pump and mixer remain on your drive or the road, with the hose fed through whichever door is closest. From a driveway this is easy. On a busy road or where parking is restricted, the lorry may need a bay or a permit, so tell us about it when you ask for a price. In a block, the hose climbs the stairwell to your floor, so landings must be kept clear and covered.
Before any screed arrives, the extension itself needs getting ready. Foam strip goes round the foot of the walls, the insulation is covered by a membrane taped at every seam, and each doorway is dammed so the mix cannot escape into the hall. We go round and check all of it before the first load. The kit itself is described under pumped screed work; please note that pumps are never hired out on their own.
Once it is poured, drying sets the pace. You can cross it within a day or two, yet your LVT or tiles must wait until it has dried out. Count on about one day for each millimetre up to 40mm, slower after that, and have a moisture test done before booking the fitter. Our page on how long a screed takes to dry gives the detail.
Liquid Screed prices in Wickford
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 Wickford
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Liquid Screed from Slough to Wickford
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 50.5 miles from Wickford, which lies to the east. Postcodes here include SS12 and SS11, and Rayleigh (4.1 miles), Basildon (4.2 miles), Billericay (4.5 miles) and South Woodham Ferrers (4.9 miles) are close by.
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