45m² liquid screed in a knocked-through kitchen extension, Nailsea

The job

In Nailsea, a new extension was knocked through into the existing kitchen with a steel beam, creating one large room. Underfloor heating ran across both the extension and the old kitchen, so the whole 45m² needed screeding to one level.

How we did it

Edge strip and membrane were taken up around every wall, door lining and the opened-up piers. Level tripods were set across the room, then the screed was pumped over the heating pipes and run through from the extension into the existing kitchen. Because the old and new floors weren't at the same height underneath, the screed ranged from 45mm to 90mm deep, and setting the tripods carefully to one finished level took care of that. We dappled the floor to release air and settle a flat finish.

The result

One continuous, level floor through the old kitchen and the new extension, with the heating fully encapsulated.