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Most full time screeders regularly lay 100-150m2 a day, most i've done on my own is 210m2 with one labourer, mixed with a screed pump, i've been laying screeds for 31 years now, on the liquid for 4 years which is now 95% of my work now, i've put on 2 stone since mainly doing flow and have...

UK screeders based in bristol i think, work national, i tried them once when i was quiet, wanted me to work in london for £2.50 m2 ? no thanks. Give me houses?small builds to screed anytime.

No problem with K screed Malc, theres about 25mtrs that had k screed on the spec, loads of small areas in a hospital that need patching, i didn't want to lose the job to a isocrete licencee, there's about 150mtrs to do in total, i'm looking for an alternative that's all, i can get hold of k...

Had a call today from someone asking if i knew any alternative to K Screed, i have used K screed a lot in the past, subbing to firms but don't know of any substitute.........anyone know of any available product?

basically every thing to get started

I've got quite a bit of kit going, 2 sets of wall mats, cost me a grand for the 2 sets, some floor mats, colours etc etc, any sensible offers excepted. i live in west wales and cant be arsed to post (to much kit anyway) so will have to pick up, will add a pick of the stuff laters. ( i think...

2 loads that is

i had to loads of liquid go AWoL from earley febuary when they sold plants to Hope, thought i had a capture, bloody invoices came this week :RpS_angry:

thats the way it is nowadays chaps, it will get worse, i took over a job in Aberystwth, 4 polish men were doing half a flat a day 35m2, i put a level between the lining, out an inch FFs, i went it and did 2 flats a day 140m2's by 3.30, they couldnt believe it !

What is floor Screedering?

very near me then, where a bouts?

Someone did a 1600m2 75mm thick floor on a school near me recently for £12m2 supply and lay....site mix,fibres with a pump...getting ridiculous..............thats why i love the liquid now, got 5 this week, i did 176m2 yesterday didnt get there till 12, after setting up....done in 1hr...

I got offered a floor in Cardiff a while back, had to lay membrane, insulation and another membrane and tape it all, then put 75mm of screed down £3.50m2, would have cost me 50p a m2 to get there, not for me, but then i have heard of screeders working away for £2.25-2.50 m2.

I dont do it anymore, i just stick to the screeds, it was just something to fill days off with really, i found it hard to tie in with the floors, and the welsh weather........and the cost of materials put me and customers off, every time i ordered gear the price seamed to go up and as i said i...

BTW this is who i did the course with over 5 years ago and bought the materials off, dont think he trades anymore. Artcrete Wales Decorative Concrete, Manufacture, Supply, Training

I've done loads of this but have had trouble with the sealer, the one i used faded after a while, this brickwork didn't seem to be sealed, is the sealer mixed in with the mortar now?

I had 22 ton of fibre screed off Hope Constuction Materials Briton Ferry yesterday, by 1 o'clock 7 ton had gone off, not mixed enough, full of clumps of fibres, absolute crap TBH, today i had 15 ton off them which was ok, tomorrow 17ton, heres praying.......... ive found the liquid stodgy off...

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I did a liquid screed in Ammanford,west Wales and saw this brickwork, i've been doing wallcrete for nearly 5 years and have never seen it done as tidy and realistic as this....

Ive just been asked to price a liquid screed in Chippenham, Wilts, and at the moment i'm getting nowhere with finding a supplier, no one seems to want to ringback with any per metre prices, any info on that area or numbers would be appreciated thanks, Geoff

I use duck oil on mine, I've got a big wicker basket in the van and spray them all at once as soon as they are put away, seems to do the trick.

Ive had 2 labourers in the past who actually managed to fail the test, one of them twice ! ffs

I had my test kit given to me by Lafarge, the cone and the board, god knows where they get the price you stated above. I also test every load, as it differs all the time, some times especially in the summer months the liquid can get stodgy if its travelled a long way,we add 6 litres of water for...

Screeding is nothing like rendering, with rendering you need a bit of suction otherwise you'll be hanging around all day, and its not really bonded to the scratch coat, with a floor screed you need to kill the suction and bond to the concrete with grout, sbr etc the last thing you want is it...

Looks like its going to be a slow run in to christmas, i've only got one liquid screed at the end of next week, the phones gone a bit quiet, and its getting colder ffs, oh well the misses will be happy, decorating it is then.......:RpS_unsure:

I always cement slurry concrete floors, never had a problem, always best to add SBR to it but killing the suction in the key, i always get the floor soaked the night before if possible. Geoff

Sadly for me the stuff dont work with the welsh weather, BTW Dan i'm pompey born and bred, now living in the land of the reversing sheep.

Thanks for that, but i,m not welsh, i just live here...........infact the place is full of english :)

Had it in by five, potsy load didnt turn up till 9.30, and it was wet, back on the liquid tomorrow :)

19 ton of readymix sand and cement screed, 138m2 dont do alot now (not big ones anyway) dreading it TBH, at least its local, just hope it stays light long enough !

Have you done a course Dan?

Why on earth do i need to sell my molds? i do 3-4 liquid screeds a week, got to much money as it is without selling stuff and making more dosh, anyway i would have to buy something else to fill the corner of my garage..! BTW i will upload a few pics of my artcrete work at a later date, you can...

Hi all, Has anyone actually made money doing this? I did a course with Artcrete wales about 3-4 years ago, clever stuff yes, but so fiddly and time consuming and me being fussy with it i suppose, could'nt seem to earn anything. I have about 2 grand+ worth of moulds,tools,colours etc in the...

As the locals say here "we shag them, you eat them"

Thanks for the welcome chaps, for the record the cashandben bit is the names of my two dogs,sadly both are gone now, i've been using that name since the late 90's when i started using the interweb, all i could think of at the time.... and i'm to thick to remember anything else... I am based in...

Thought i'd better say hello after grazing over this site for a couple of years. Geoff's the name screedings my game, been at since 1979, laying tons and tons a week (in the good old days anyway) could wack out 100 mtrs in 4 hours easily, laying upto 230 mtrs a day (1+1 gang), knees are ok...