Handover Documentation for a Completed Liquid Screed Floor

At minimum, a handover pack should identify the screed product used, the depth installed, and the strength class specified and achieved. Where moisture testing was carried out, the dates, method, locations and results should be included with a note of the acceptance criteria they were measured against.

Where underfloor heating was installed, commissioning records showing the heat-up sequence and dates provide valuable evidence that the correct process was followed before floor finishes were applied, which can be important if a later flooring issue is queried.

Floors are frequently altered, re-covered or repaired years after original installation, often by parties with no direct knowledge of how the floor was built. As-built information — pour boundaries, joint locations, pipe layouts where heating is present — helps future works avoid damaging embedded services or misunderstanding the floor's construction.

Retaining manufacturer data sheets alongside test records also means that, if a query arises about compatibility with a future floor finish or repair material, the original specification can be checked accurately rather than relied upon from memory.

Strength certificates, moisture readings and any underfloor heating commissioning log should sit together in date order, from the day of the pour through to the final moisture pass before coverings went down.

Where a surveyor or testing engineer signed off a result, including their name against the entry lets a future query be directed to the person who actually took the reading.

A note of when boarding went down, when it came off, and which trades had access in between gives a future contractor a clear picture of how the floor reached practical completion undamaged.

Any snagging carried out on thresholds or around penetrations before sign-off is worth recording too, so a later repair is not mistaken for an original defect.