Floor Screeding Enfield

Floor Screeding Enfield Greater London (EN1): A professional floor screeding company can assist with renovations, help install under floor heating or level an uneven or damaged floor on your Enfield property, when needed. A screed is used to produce a smooth floor on top of a rough concrete sub-base and provide a firm base for your choice of top flooring material. The screed is a crucial process to ensure a durable and quality finish to the whole floor structure.

FLOOR SCREEDING EXPERTS ENFIELD

It matters not how large or small the area is that you need to be levelled, a competent floor screeding company in Enfield will have the necessary skills, knowledge and equipment to give you an outstanding level of service. After evaluating your project they'll advise you about the optimal choice of screeding and which strategy for laying it is most appropriate for your circumstances.

It might be a requirement, based on the intended use of the space, for a structural engineering survey to conform to building regulations on flex strength, point loadings and load requirements of the screed floor.

A qualified and skilled work force is essential to a successful result and will extend your floor's lifespan by using the right kind of screed for your room's intended purpose. The correct blend of screed and the way it is laid is also vital to guarantee the ultimate durability of your floor surface.

There are numerous screeding companies in and around Enfield so make sure you get multiple quotations for your floor screeding project before choosing a company and know to what standard of finish it's for. For residential homes an estimate will normally be given for a Surface Regularity (SR) level of SR1 or SR2. Each of the 3 SR levels offer different qualities of finish, with SR1 offering the highest quality, with the smallest amount of deviation over the area of the floor. An SR2 or SR3 level could mean there are flat spots or ridges that may cause issues when putting down your final floor surface.

British Standards BS8204 lays out the regulations and guidelines that all Enfield screeding installers is obliged to follow, and if working with specialist screeding solutions, (Cemfloor, Gypsol, Flowcrete etc), they should be accredited by the manufacturers as being skilled and trained in their use. A company holding such accreditations demonstrates they've been trained and assessed in using these screeding products and can provide a top notch service in all aspects of their installation.

TYPES OF SCREED

Standard Screeds - A mix of sand and cement which is ideal for basic domestic use. The ratios involved are five parts sand to one part cement. After being laid a standard flooring screed mixture dries out at a rate of just 1mm/day.

Fibre Reinforced Screed - The preferred choice by professional installers for use in combination with underfloor heating systems. This is due to the increased durability and protection against thermal cracking and shrinkage provided by the fibres within the screed. At approximately one millimetre per day, it has the same setting rate to standard screed.

Liquid or Self-Levelling Screeds - Used to produce the highest quality of finish, especially in SR1 levels of screeding, by a latex and cement mixture. It's primarily needed to provide a clean, smooth floor over a poor quality or damaged substrate and enables all types of flooring materials to be used. Even with a depth of only 1mm, the latex polymers within the screed provide a high strength surface for a wide range of uses.

Polymer Screeds - When a lower thickness of floor is needed due to construction requirements, a polymer screed provides an extremely high strength resolution to this situation. Manufacturer's guidelines for setting times differ across the various product ranges.

Industrial and Heavy Duty Screed - A screed that is designed for heavy traffic and high load areas where maximum durability and strength is essential.

Fast Drying and Advanced Drying Screeds - As the name would suggest, this screed dries rapidly and allows you to use the screeded area much sooner. Most of the fast or advanced drying screeds are fibre reinforced and are appropriate for a whole host of projects where the speedier curing rate of three to seven millimetres is a big advantage.

SCREEDING PREPARATION AND INSTALLATION

Screeding companies will need to carefully prepare the area before proceeding with any other work in order to guarantee a hard wearing and quality screed flooring. The original floor surface should be thoroughly cleaned to eradicate any oil, debris, paint and grease which might affect the adhesion of the screed.

If cleansing products were used it's essential to remove any traces of soap, detergent etc, and allow the surface to dry naturally. It is necessary to fix any crevices or cracks in the floor surface to stop them being reflected and "travelling" upwards into the newly screeded floor. During an on-site survey the screeding contractor will notice what preparations are required before starting to work on the actual screeding.

To shield the screeding layer and flooring materials from dampness rising up from the ground, a DPM (damp proof membrane) will have to be laid. The DPM is made from thick polythene sheet and different layers might be used to serve as a moisture barrier and air insulating layer for the screed.

If your house is located in an area where radon gas is found an additional barrier layer is required to stop radon gas from getting through. This can be just a simple air-tight membrane, or in more serious cases a ventilation and extraction system will be installed beneath the screeding to extract any influx of air and gas from the ground.

Once the floor base has been properly prepared and any DPMs installed, a primer or sealant is then applied. Primers and sealers help the bonding process and are specialist applications according to the sort of screed that's being used. Owing to their specialist nature, only experienced screeding specialists in Enfield should be entrusted with using them correctly, safely and through the use of equipment that's made for this task.

Underfloor heating can now be laid out, installed and checked before the screed is poured. The heating pipes and wires are firmly attached to insulation panels to stop any movement and ensure that they're held in the correct position. Under floor heating is one of the most effective ways to heat a room and a professionally installed system should deliver even warmth all over the floor.

Naturally, if you are not installing under floor heating, you can bypass this stage and get on with applying the screeding. Your intended use of the room will help your screeding company on which sort of floor screed is right for your needs. Be aware that even quick drying screeds have a minimum of 24 hours before you can walk over any laid surfaces and at least 72 hours before any flooring materials can be applied. This time period is longer for standard and heavy duty screeds and the manufacture's product guidelines should be followed to the letter to create the optimum finish and durability of the floor.

As soon as the screeding has hardened it can be quality checked to ascertain its SR standard. The basic SR test uses a 2 metre straight edge to check for any fluctuations in the screed surface.

• SR1 - SR1 is the best standard and allows just 3mm of disparity from the straight-edge.

• SR2 - The normal standard flooring in commercial and industrial builds is classed as SR2 and has a maximum possible deviation of 5mm across the whole screeded floor.

• SR3 - SR3 is basic utility standard where a perfect finish is not required. This specification can have a maximum permissible deviation depth of 10 millimetres.

If you need to check the screed floor for load bearing, a qualified structural engineer is needed to perform the tests. This test will determine the strength of the screeding and the suitability for its intended use. This can include what is known as a "drop hammer test" which assesses various aspects of the strength and flexibility of the screed. The precise testing and measurement tools mean this can only be conducted by a certified structural engineer observing the BS8204 guidelines. (Tags: Screeding Enfield, Floor Screeding Enfield, Floor Screed Enfield, Floor Screeding Services Enfield).

Floor screeding services are available in Enfield and also in nearby places like: Bullsmoor, Gordon Hill, Cockfosters, World's End, Enfield Wash, New Southgate, Chase Side, High Beech, East Barnet, Bush Hill Park, Osidge, and in these postcodes EN1 1PT, EN1 1RD, EN1 1JA, E4 7SD, EN1 1LS, EN1 1QB, EN1 1AG, EN1 1FZ, EN1 1PU, and E4 7UW. Locally based Enfield floor screeders will most likely have the postcode EN1 and the phone code 020. Verifying this should guarantee you're accessing locally based screeding. Enfield home and business owners are able to utilise these and many other similar services. Home and property owners who are in need of floor screeding quotations can simply click on the "Quote" banner provided.

Tools Needed by a Floor Screeder

• Float
• Heavy Duty Spirit Level
• Buckets
• Tape Measure
• Knee Protectors
• Floor Profiler
• Straight Edge
• Gloves
• Shovel
• Trowel
• Spiked Roller

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Floor Screeding Near Enfield

Also find: Bullsmoor floor screeding, Enfield Wash floor screeding, Osidge floor screeding, Bush Hill Park floor screeding, Chase Side floor screeding, Gordon Hill floor screeding, New Southgate floor screeding, East Barnet floor screeding, High Beech floor screeding, World's End floor screeding, Cockfosters floor screeding and more. Companies who do screeding can be found in pretty much all of these areas. These specialists, with their necessary know-how and expertise, excel in providing high-quality screeding solutions. Their proficiency in screeding for commercial and domestic properties ensures that the work complies with the highest possible standards. By simply clicking here, local homeowners can obtain screeding quotes. Today is the ideal time to kick-start your screeding project.

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