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Welcome to HomeScreed, the brand new service

designed specially for house owners who want their

floor screeded without having to go through third party

contractors. You see, at HomeScreed you deal directly

with us from start to finish.

Our team of expert screed technicians are standing by

to screed your floor to the highest standards – and at

an affordable price. That’s because when you deal

with HomeScreed, you cut out all the middlemen

who pile their charges on to your bill.

We’re no amateurs, either. HomeScreed is part of

CSC Screeding Limited, the UK’s leading floor

screeding company with over 30 years of specialist

industry knowledge in all types of floor screeding

applications.

Led by founder and CEO Spencer Warner, who is

acclaimed as the floor screeding industry’s expert,

responsible for screeding the floors in some of the UK’s

biggest and most prestigious buildings, including Dublin

Airport, Wimbledon Centre Court VIPTerrace,

The Lancasters and Bulgari Hotel Residences to name

but a few.

Now CSC can bring all this expertise to your home which

means that when you need a floor screeding service,

or you need underfloor heating supplied and

installed, there’s no better company to provide you

with a no- hassle, direct service than HomeScreed.

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HomeScreed only works with the best screeding

materials, and our screed technicians use the latest

pump technology, which means that HomeScreed’s

service is clean, fast and – as you’d expect – fully

guaranteed, at an affordable price.

Our service couldn’t be simpler – just provide us details

of your postcode, a brief description of your floor area

and leave the rest to us.

Upon acceptance, we’ll arrange a date and time to be

at your home and carry out the work to your

requirements with no hassle and no stress for you.

So whether you’re fitting a new kitchen or bathroom, or

adding a new extension to your home, a level floor that

will dry as quick as three days to take on your beautiful

flooring, is an absolute must. And with HomeScreed to

help, you can be sure that whatever you choose to put

on your floor, it will be on top of a firm foundation.

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How quickly do you want to lay your floor finishes

such as tiles, carpets, wood flooring or vinyl? Most

standard

screeds (based on a typical 75mm depth) can take as

long as 110 days to dry – far too long for most

homeowners looking to complete their home

improvement projects without too much delay.

But you don’t have to wait ages with HomeScreed. You

see, we use fast-drying screeds, which dramatically

reduce the time it takes for your floor screed to be dry

enough for the installation of floor finishes such as

tiles, carpets or wooden flooring.

There’s a whole range of HomeScreed options which

best suits your needs in terms of drying times, and all

of HomeScreed’s fast-drying packages bring you these

benefits:

•Every floor screeding option allows you to have light

foot traffic after 24 hours, and general household

traffic after 48 hours*

•Our fast-drying floor screeds are ideal for your

underfloor heating, as they are a good conductor of

heat

•Unlike standard sand and cement screeds,

HomeScreed’s floor screeds have low shrinkage and

cracking, giving you a much better final foundation for

your floor

Please note that a latex levelling compound will be

required if you plan to install thin sheet flooring.

HomeScreed will give you full information on this and

other important issues when you call us to arrange your

floor screeding.

* Some protection to stop direct wear and impact damage on

the floor screed will be required during this time. HomeScreed

provides comprehensive floor screed maintenance

instructions with every floor screed installation carried out.

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At HomeScreed, our underfloor heating service is

second to none. We can supply and install your

underfloor heating, and lay down the right kind of floor

screed

to ensure that pipes, cables and elements are fully

encapsulated, so that your underfloor heating system

gives you the maximum amount of heat for your

room.

What’s more, having your underfloor heating installed

by HomeScreed means that you are not only getting the

best service, but the best products too.

All our underfloor heating systems, both electric and

water-based, are supplied by only the most

reputable manufacturers, providing a high level of

technical and design support.

If you are planning to utilise underfloor heating in your

room, our service covers all your requirements including

floor preparation, insulation, sound deadening where

appropriate, plus the installation of the underfloor

heating and of course, the floor screed.

Once installed, HomeScreed will guide you through the

commissioning process to ensure that we’re

supporting

you at every step. An easy-to-use, step-by-step

commisioning guide will be provided for

reference.

If you’ve already had your floor screeded but have now

decided that you’d like underfloor heating, then don’t

worry. HomeScreed can supply and install an electric

surface mat system to your screeded floor to give you

electric underfloor heating that’s ideal for both

renovated and new rooms in your home.

Simply put, we install an underfloor

, complete with elements – and then screed

over it to provide the final level finish on which you can

place your floor coverings. We can adjust the mat to fit

any shape of room and where tiles are going to be

fitted, an can be installed

directly into the tile adhesive, so you don’t need a floor

levelling compound to be applied.

Electric

surface-

heating mat

Underfloor

heating, electric or

water

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The majority of installations for floor areas of up to 100

square meters can be completed in one day. Larger

installations requiring more than this will need an extra

day for approximately every additional 100 square

meters of floor area.

HomeScreed offers a range of screeding options to suit your timeframe. You can select from the followingdry times which are subject to conditions:

30 days

14 days

7 days

1 day

All the HomeScreed floor screeding options,

regardless of drying times, allow you to have light

foot traffic after 24 hours, and general household

traffic after 48 hours.

Note that some protection to stop direct wear and

impact damage on the floor screed will be required

during this time. HomeScreed can carry out full

protection for your screeded floor. Just call us on

and one of our operatives will be pleased to

help.

It depends on what you plan to put on your floor.

Thin floor finishes such as linoleum will require a latex

levelling compound or similar to be applied to the floor in

order to avoid the risk of any aggregate being caught up

in the vinyl adhesive and showing through the final finish.

Thicker finishes such as slate tiles and other stones will

probably not need any floor levelling compound.

HomeScreed floor screeding materials are exceptionally

free from curling and shrinkage. But random cracks in

floor screeds can occur, usually caused by tensile

stresses.

HomeScreed therefore recommends that stress relief

is introduced at doorways and irregular shaped

rooms

that exceed a 3:1 ratio. Talk to our team of expert

screed technicians for further information.

Prior to installing your carpet, tiles, laminate or wood

floor, HomeScreed recommends that you have the

screed tested for residual moisture by way of a calcium

carbide test. This is a very accurate test which gives an

instant result. As a guide to determine the moisture,

there should be a reading of 2% for sensitive floor

coverings and 3% for natural stone type finishes. For

best results, always check with the final floor finish

manufacturer.

You can see an example of a moisture test on our

website at

Not at all. Thanks to our FlexiDry screeds, unlike typical

sand and cement screed, ours can be laid much

thinner, and therefore sloping floors present no

problem.

The underfloor heating system will be commisioned

by the plumbing and heating company and CSC’s

HomeScreed department will return to your home

and balance the flow rates for optimal performance.

1. After the screed has dried and cured depending

on which dry time you have instructed, this can

be after 3, 7, 14 or 21 days.

2. After your plumber or heating engineer has

connected the heating source to the manifold.

3. And finally after your electrician has

connected the controls.

229 Berwick Avenue

Slough

Berkshire

SL1 4QT

Tel: +44 (0)330 223 2364

Email: info@cscscreeding.co.uk

Web:

We are very conscious of our effect on the environment and strive to

provide innovative and sustainable screeding solutions at all times in an

effort to offset our carbon footprint and achieve high environmental

standards.