Our 5 Most Popular Pages This Month
The Screed Scientist website is great for expanding your screeding knowledge. And this month nearly 6000 visitors used it to help them with their projects. Some of our most popular articles have been related to Underfloor heating with many of our readers looking for detailed information on how to make sure that their underfloor heating […]
It’s not Rocket Science Part 3
Our collaboration with Tomorrows Flooring to raise awareness in the floor screeding industry continues with the next instalment of the Screed Scientist content appearing in the September 2013 edition. See page 22 of this link: http://content.yudu.com/A2dukg/TFSept13/resources/index.htm?referrerUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tomorrowsflooring.com%2F The article covers: Right from verifying the suitability of the screed specification before commencing screeding to the post-installation measures […]
It’s not Rocket Science Part 3
Our collaboration with Tomorrows Flooring to raise awareness in the floor screeding industry continues with the next instalment of the Screed Scientist content appearing in the September 2013 edition. See page 22 of this link: http://content.yudu.com/A2dukg/TFSept13/resources/index.htm?referrerUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tomorrowsflooring.com%2F The article covers: Right from verifying the suitability of the screed specification before commencing screeding to the post-installation measures […]
Industry Recognition
We are very pleased and honored to announce that the Screed Scientist initiative has gained some incredible attention. What started out as just a little bit of a frustration around the lack of awareness about best practices in our industry culminated in a reaction to put out some good stuff to help ourselves, our staff, […]
Do you know your Datums from your Surface Regularity?
Is seems there is much confusion in the industry around the concepts of the “flatness of screed” and the “levels” of screed. In an attempt to demystify these two very different concepts we have created some diagrams to explain the passing and the failing conditions. See below. To see the full set of […]
Great feedback for The Screed Scientist
We are chuffed to bits to get some great feedback. If you have been following us for long enough you will know that The Screed Scientist initiative was designed to raise awareness in our industry to address a whole range of issues. Screed failure need not be an acceptable statistic. We strongly believe that through […]
How can a floor screed project go so wrong?
A perfect example of how a project can fail with a lack of consideration for the sequence of works. Why would you choose a fast drying screed and yet the building envelope has no roof? The chemistry of FlexiDry is a reaction between the cement, additive and water which controls the drying process. Once you […]
How even the best floor finish can fail?
Always make sure that the moisture tests are conducted You had the most expensive carpets imported, and got the best screed contractors to work on your floors. But, after all the work is done you notice the final finish is not quite up to the mark and the flooring lacks the ‘perfect finish’ you hoped […]
Floor Screed Dry Joint Inspires The Screed Scientist®
Time to banish floor screed failures! If you look at this image, you will see a dry joint. Note how the screed is crumbling away. We have seen this so so many times. The problem is obvious and the solution is not rocket science. With the launch of the blog, screed scientist, floor screeding and […]
