Only thinkg I will add is that there seems to be no such thing as the simple screed floor anymore. Floor screeding used to be pretty low tech. Juat a layer of material placed to flatten an otherwise uneven concrete slab.
Nowadays there are dozens of options and dozens of functions from underfloor heating media, sound proofing, thermal mass systems, underfloor cooling, anhydrite, hemi hydrate, sand cement, modified sand cement, self smoothing screeds, screed which need further smoothing, low shrink screeds, thin screeds, thick screeds, lightweiagh screeds, heavyweight screeds, floating screeds, bonded screeds, partially bonded screeds, unbonded screeds, eco screeds,.........the list goes on.
Whgat was a humble floor screed is these days an integral part of a construciton design and encompasses all sorts of technologies. People (like myself) have to become "experts" in all sorts of fields including flooring, adhesive technology, moisture testing, material technology, chemistry etc etc etc etc.........this is so we can try to help other trades, contractors architects etc avoid the many issues and ptfalls they can encounter when a screed is designed or used incorrectly. Poor flor screed design costs the UK construction industry millions pounds a year. Most of these are indirectly experienced by the floor layers, tilers, underfloor heating contractors, mechanical and electrical contractors, main contractors, builders, adhesive manufacturers, primer manufacturers......
Perhaps there should be a forum dedicated to floor screeding. It is anything but simple.....:incazzato:
End of rant :yikes:
Sorry - other than that it was a great thread. :hurray:
