Liquid Floor Screed Vs Sand And Cement

Liquid floor screed is being specified more and more both for new builds and renovations. Traditionally, a sand and cement screed in Shropshire has been used to level a floor surface so that the final flooring can be laid. It has to be said that sand and cement screed is still used quite extensively, but it is rapidly being overtaken by liquid screed. It is estimated that today between 20% and 25% of all screeds laid are now liquid screeds.

Liquid screed has several advantages over sand and cement screed, not the least of which is the speed of laying. Sand and cement screed has to be laid and levelled by a labourer by hand and this is painstaking work. It is also often mixed on site in a cement mixer and this can lead to variations in the consistency of the screed, although on larger sites the screed is now being delivered ready mixed, more often than not.

A liquid screed on the other hand is delivered to site ready mixed and is simply pumped into position by a pump. This is far faster than laying sand and cement screed, and contractors such as ourselves can lay as much as 2,000 square metres in a single day. In fact, it is reckoned that we can lay screed at around 20 times faster than sand and cement.

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