Floor Screeding Oadby

Floor Screeding Oadby Leicestershire (LE2): If you have a damaged or uneven floor, are renovating a property or cellar or are planning to install under floor heating in your Oadby home, then it's a good time to think about bringing in a floor screeding professional. A screed is used to create a smooth floor surface over a rough concrete sub-base and give a level base for you final flooring material. If you would like your floors to last a long time then floor screeding is the most important factor in any building or renovation task.

FLOOR SCREEDING EXPERTS OADBY

A professional screeding contractor in Oadby will have all the experience and knowledge to help you achieve a perfectly finished floor in whichever size or shape of room you're working on. After assessing your project they will give you advice on the perfect choice of screed and which strategy for applying it is most appropriate for your circumstances.

It may be a requirement, according to the proposed use of the area, for a survey by a structural engineer to conform with building regulations on flex strength, point loadings and load requirements of the screed floor.

Skilled and qualified tradesmen are imperative for a successful result and will extend the lifespan of your floor by using the correct form of screed for the intended purpose of your room. A correct mixture of screed and the way it is laid is also vital to guarantee the ultimate intergrity of your floor surface.

There are numerous screeding companies in the Oadby area so see if you can get multiple quotes for your floor screeding project before selecting a contractor and know to what standard of finish is it for. The Surface Regularity (SR) finish is the figure to watch out for when receiving a quotation from your Oadby screeding contractor. Each of the 3 SR levels offer different levels of finish, with SR1 offering the best, with the lowest amount of deviation over the area. Any imperfections in the final screeding can cause issues with laying flooring owing to indentations, ridges, flat spots in the surface.

Every Oadby screeding company has to observe British Standards (BS8204) and ought to have some kind of accreditation from screeding material and equipment manufacturers, e.g. Flowcrete, Cemfloor, Gypsol. A company holding such accreditations proves they have been trained and assessed in the use of these screeding products and can provide a top notch service in all areas of their installation.

TYPES OF SCREED

Standard Screeds - A blend of cement and sand which is ideal for standard residential use. The ratios involved are five parts sand to one part cement. The standard flooring screed dries at a rate of one millimetre thickness per day.

Fibre Reinforced Screed - The professional's choice for residential use over the top of under floor heating. The increased strength and flexibility provided by the fibres within the screed help protect the flooring from cracking and shrinkage due to heat. It dries at an identical rate to a standard screed, at about 1mm per day.

Polymer Screeds - When a reduced thickness of floor is required due to construction factors, a polymer screed provides an extremely high strength solution to this problem. Maker's guidelines for curing times differ across the various product ranges.

Self-Levelling or Liquid Screeds - Used to produce a high quality finish, especially where SR1 levels are essential, by a cement and latex solution. It is mainly needed to provide a clean, smooth floor over a damaged or poor quality substrate and results in a surface onto which all types of flooring materials can be laid. Even with a depth of just 1mm, the latex polymers within the mixture provide a high strength screed for a wide variety of uses.

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

Advanced Drying and Fast Drying Screeds - As the name would suggest, this screed dries rapidly and allows you to use the screeded area much faster. They're typically a fibre reinforced screed that dries out at a rate of between 3-7mm/day per day and are used in time-sensitive flooring projects.

SCREEDING PREPARATION AND INSTALLATION

Screeding installers will have to fully prepare the area before proceeding with any other work so as to ensure a high quality and hard wearing screed flooring. Any debris, paint, grease and oil on the original floor level can affect the bonding of the screed, and must be eliminated.

Any cleansing products that are used during this phase shouldn't leave any residues, and the floor base must be permitted to dry out naturally. If screeding over a cement or stone floor any cracks should be mended to stop them from "travelling" up through your screed layer and resulting in imperfections on the finished surface. A site survey will enable the screeding installer to take note of these preparation areas and complete them before starting to pour the screeding layer.

A damp proof membrane (DPM) will be applied after the preparation work has been completed to prevent ground moisture getting into the screed and floor materials. There could be two or three layers of different thickness polythene to act as barriers between the screed and the insulation layer.

If your home is located in an area where radon gas is found an additional barrier layer is essential to stop radon gas from seeping through. A simple airtight membrane might be sufficient in places with relatively low levels of radon, however in more extreme cases there might have to be a more complicated ventilation and extraction system to block any harmful radon gases.

As soon as the base has been prepared and any DPMs installed, a sealer or primer is then put on. Sealers and primers help the bonding process and are specialist applications specifically designed for the type of screed that is being used. Custom-made equipment such as airless sprays can be used to apply a sealant or primer, which should be done by experienced screeding installers in Oadby following the manufacturer's guidelines and safety advice.

Underfloor heating can now be laid out, installed and tested before screeding is applied. The under floor heating system will be carefully positioned and secured firmly to insulation panels to avoid potential movement in the course of the screed application. When properly installed an underfloor heating system is an excellent way to warm a room and good quality screeding will retain its heat, generating an even heat right across the floor surface.

The screeding can now be prepared in situ and applied to the base. Your proposed use of the room will help the screeding specialist on what type of floor screed is best for your needs. Bear in mind that even quick drying and advanced screeds have a minimum of 24 hours before you are able to walk over any screeded surfaces and at least 72 hours before any flooring can be fitted. Manufacturer's drying guidelines for heavy duty and standard screeds should be followed so as to achieve a quality finish and end up with a stable and even floor surface.

You can test the SR level of the completed screed once it is hardened enough to walk on. Through the use of a two metre straight-edge the surface is examined for any ridges, dips and deviations in the surface of the screed.

• SR1 - Over the whole area, if there aren't any disparities of more than 3mm from the straight-edge, then you've got a top quality SR1 level surface.

• SR2 - If the screeded surface has a deviation from the straight-edge of 5mm or less it is considered SR2 quality and is the standard for commercial and industrial floors.

• SR3 - If the deviation around the whole space is 10 millimetres or less the screed quality is classified as SR3 and is fine for garage and utility areas.

If you need to check the screed floor for load bearing, a qualified structural engineer is required to conduct the tests. The testing will ensure your new screeded surface is suitable for the load point requirements specified in the original site survey. This can include what is known as a "drop hammer test" which assesses various aspects of the flexibility and strength of the screed. Only certified structural engineers respecting the BS8204 regulations are permitted to carry out such tests and sign off on the structural integrity of the screeding. (Tags: Screeding Oadby, Floor Screed Oadby, Floor Screeding Services Oadby, Floor Screeding Oadby).

Floor screeding services are available in Oadby and also nearby in: West Knighton, Thurnby, Wigston, Clarendon Park, Stoneygate, Blaby, Evington, Aylestone Park, Great Glen, Knighton, Leicester, Stoughton, Stretton Hall, Houghton on the Hill, Glen Parva, and in these postcodes LE2 3RP, LE2 4JQ, LE2 4GA, LE2 2FH, LE2 2PD, LE2 2RE, LE2 4GP, LE2 4DJ, LE2 4JE, LE2 2FL. Local Oadby floor screeders will probably have the telephone dialling code 0116 and the postcode LE2. Checking this out can make sure that you access locally based screeding. Oadby homeowners are able to utilise these and many other similar services.

Latex Screeds Oadby

When a level of flexibility is needed in the surface of a floor you may find that the use of a latex self-levelling screeding will be best. Latex floor screed comes in two parts, a bag and a bottle, with the bag containing a cement powder, and a bottle that contains a liquid latex. The latex liquid part replaces the water which would typically be used for mixing screed, and is quicker drying and far more flexible than standard screeds.

Used in the levelling-out of subfloors, this latex compound provides a suitable surface for the laying of your chosen floor finish. Suitable for sub-floors of asphalt, quarry tiles, sand/cement, wood and concrete, this gives a perfect surface for the application of adhesives which is smooth and resilient. This type of floor screed will give you a crack-free, flexible finish, even if there's a bit of movement in your subfloor.

With a "floating" screed, for example when an unbonded screed is being laid on the top of a layer of thermal or acoustic insulation, latex floor screeds won't be a suitable choice. Floating screeds with a thickness of 50 to 75 millimetres are frequently used over underfloor heating.

Related Tasks

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Searching On the Internet

It is a lot easier to look for services right now than it was once, since we now have the benefit of technology and can just search on the internet. As you're seeing this webpage right now, you more than likely stumbled on it by using DuckDuckGo, Google, Bing or Yahoo. What you will realise is that those top search engines crank out results that can be relatively obscure.

Entering "floor screeding Oadby", "floor screeding near me", "floor screeding in Oadby" or "Oadby screeding" will generally be the course of action to follow when looking around for screeding contractors in Oadby.

It is best if you bear in mind that the top four listings are all too often PPC advertisements and lots of the other listings on the 1st page are going to be web directories like Yell, Yelp, Scoot or ThreeBestRated, or entries for large lead generating sites such as Quotatis, Bark, TrustaTrader, My Builder, Checkatrade or Rated People.

If you look on the 2nd or 3rd pages of the search engine results you may perhaps stand a better chance of finding websites belonging to actual screeding companies nearby. Therefore you must dig deeper to discover them.

Screeding Enquiries Leicestershire

The latest Leicestershire floor screeding posts: Elliott Emerson recently enquired about getting a price for screeding the whole ground floor of a cottage in Kibworth, Leicestershire. Isla-Rose Vickers recently enquired about getting a price for installing underfloor heating and screeding a floor in Newtown Linford, Leicestershire. Kingsley Hargreaves from Ibstock, Leicestershire asked "is there someone who does floor screeding near me?". Mr and Mrs Woodhouse recently enquired about screeding a living room floor in a bungalow in Scraptoft, Leicestershire. Austin Mcclymont and Lisa Mcclymont recently asked for a quote for screeding a kitchen floor in a semi-detached house in Great Bowden, Leicestershire. Mr and Mrs Easton recently enquired about the possibility of screeding the floor of an extension in Thurcaston. Mr and Mrs Gregory recently enquired about screeding a lounge and kitchen floor in Leicestershire. Vincent Owens from Coleorton, Leicestershire was looking for a floor screed company to lay a flow screed in 3 rooms of his property. Most of these Leicestershire home owners did a search for "floor screeding Leicestershire" and came across this page on Google, Bing or Yahoo.

Skip Hire Oadby

One of the main downsides of undertaking property makeovers or home improvements in Oadby is the quantity of waste that is generated. For your screeding work, varying quantities of waste will be generated, depending on your specific circumstances, and the size of your project. If the tradespeople you use don't take care of the waste removal, and it has not been included on your quotation, this is something that you're going to have to deal with.

One of the easiest and most hassle-free ways to dispose of this waste is to hire a skip. Coming in a multitude of sizes, skips can be booked to match the volume of waste that you're likely to generate. Skips can be hired in the following styles: skip bags (1-1.5 yards), mini-skips (2-3 yards), midi-skips (4-5 yards), builders skips (6-8 yards), roll-on roll-off skips (20-25 yards).

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The Tools That You Will Need For Floor Screeding

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

Floor Screeding Near Oadby

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