Calculate floating screed prices correctly

What you need:

• Material costs
• working time

Interesting facts about self-leveling screed

Screed is between the actual Flooring and applied to the floor slab to compensate for unevenness and possibly to accommodate floor heating or impact sound insulation. You need the prices to calculate the costs. Please note the following.

• Dry screeds are prefabricated panels that are glued on butt and are only laid. They do not bring moisture into the building and therefore do not have to dry out. So you can continue building straight away. However, there is a risk that not all height differences will be compensated.
• Flow screed is self-leveling because liquids always spread evenly and horizontally, but it brings a lot of water into the building. The required drying time for anhydrite floor screed is around 10 days, for floor screed made of cement up to a month.
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• Dry screed can be laid by the do-it-yourselfer without any problems, while self-leveling screed is better laid by a specialist.

Prices for the floor substructure

• Before the self-leveling screed can be poured, the space in which it is applied must be sealed. An insulation strip must be attached around the room. So you have to calculate 2 times the length and 2 times the width of the room to determine the required amount. The prices per meter and any container sizes (roll length) must be obtained from specialist retailers. Most 50 m rolls are available in stores at a price of € 20 to € 30.


Flow screed as bagged goods - calculate the yield

If you want to apply self-leveling screed to larger areas, you will probably be in ...

• The flowing screed is applied in a thickness of 4 cm to 6 cm. The information on material consumption relates to a 1 cm thickness of the screed. So you have to multiply this price by the thickness of the planned leveling screed with the unit price. If the floor screed is 6 cm thick, you should expect € 15 to € 20 per m².
• After drying, the floor often needs to be sanded before it can be started with the actual floor Floor covering can be provided, so you may need to sand and Expect filling work.
• Bear in mind that in a room of 16 m² you have to spread almost a ton of material with a flowing screed thickness of 6 cm. It's hard to do if you want to touch it yourself. With a mixing ratio of powder to water of 1 to 1, you would have to mix and apply 20 bags of 25 kg each within a short time, because the flowing line has to be applied in one pour. So calculate with the delivery of the prices of finished material from a concrete plant.
• You have to spend approx. Calculate 5 hours and estimate the pouring time to 1 hour, necessary sanding work requires another 5 to 10 hours depending on the effort. To save costs, you can do the preparatory work yourself and also during the ribbons lay hands on.

Get cost estimates from various craft firms or advertise the work in craft portals so that you can compare prices.