Regulated care buildings
Liquid Screed for Care Homes & Assisted Living
Care buildings need dead-flat floors for wheelchair use, wet-room-ready substrates, and heating that keeps every room at the same temperature. All three point at one build-up.
Care Quality Commission audits look closely at floor condition. Uneven floors are a trip risk; cold rooms are a welfare risk; wet-room floors that fail cause weekly incidents.
A properly specified liquid screed with UFH takes all three off the risk register.
Care building spec choices
| Area | Recommended screed |
|---|---|
| Bedrooms | Cemfloor 50mm over UFH, SR1 |
| Corridors | Cemfloor 50mm, SR1 for wheelchair use |
| En-suite wet rooms | Cemfloor with falls, tanking on top |
| Communal lounges | Cemfloor with UFH, LVT or carpet tile finish |
| Kitchens | Cemfloor with anti-slip tile system on top |
Why not anhydrite in care buildings
- Wet-room risk — anhydrite breaks down when wet
- Laitance-sanding delay in a live building
- Not ideal for repeated cleaning regimes
- Cement-based screed is safer across mixed-use rooms
Frequently asked
Refurbishing a care building?
Send the room schedule and we'll phase the pours around resident occupancy.