A very important part of construction is screeding. No matter what is being constructed, screeding plays a very important role in achieving the proper look and the desired design. Imagine your beautiful house you stay in without screeding or proper leveling. It wouldn't be the way it is appearing to you at the moment. It would be a lot different. Before we start describing more about screeding, it gets very vital to first properly know of what is the basic meaning of screeding.



Screeding, by definition means the proper leveling of the materials that are placed on the floors or even on the walls in any type of construction work which may include plastering or even concrete work. It gets difficult to even imagine a simple wall being in three different levels unless it is designed in that way. Thus, screeding is a very important part in any building or construction work. Every material used in creating the wall or the floors require a proper leveling to reflect the beauty of the design and the material. You may be utilizing very high quality materials to decorate your house, but if the screeding work is not done properly, using the supreme quality material is of no use.

Authentically seeing, floor screeding has various types of which the most commonly known types have been described here below:

1. Sand and Or concrete screed: This is one of the most common type of floor screed and is also the most ideal type. Concrete floor screed is basically retarded in nature so that it can remain in the workable condition for as long as 8-12 hours. The proper dispersion of the cement gives a more refined and uniform compressive strength to the entire floor area on which it is used. The outcome of using the concrete screed is supreme in quality and guaranteed. It is jus t perfect for the floating foundations as well as the lightweight screeds that are based on perlite.

2. Epoxy Floor screed: The epoxy floor screed is mainly a polyamine based on epoxy having excellent resistance to numerous chemicals. The epoxy based provides immense resistance to even the mechanical wears and provides a non slippery finish to the floors thus giving them a fine grip to the pedestrians as well as the vehicles. The epoxy floor screeding is thus more commonly applied to the factories, power plants, refineries etc.

3. Anhydrite screed: One of the most common types of floor screeding, this is used more frequently in the commercial and the domestic buildings such as the hotels, theaters, airports etc. mainly as they are specially designed for their easy placements and the assured results. They provide insulation, underfloor heating etc. But are not preferred in tehareas that are always covered by water. They are protein and bacteria free in nature and thus have a special attraction for the constructors.

4. Polymer screed: This is a modified version of the concrete floor screeding. The polymer screed was specially created so as to meet the requirement of the factory owners who required tougher floorings with better bond properties. This was created by including a synthetic polymer known as resin into the factory mixed cement and sand screeds which thus increases the toughness and the bond properties. They are thus more frequently used on bases such as refurbishment work where achieving the normal minimum required thickness can't be obtained.

So, the next time you are thinking of getting your house renovated, you better know which type of florr screed is best for you.