ᐅ Which type of screed is suitable for my new build?

Hello everyone,

I had originally planned to use cement screed, but my tiler told me: with liquid screed, you don’t need movement joints for the tiles, and for the parquet flooring, you don’t need leveling compound.

Ground floor: tiles
Upper floor: parquet, main bathroom with tiles

My screed installer offers both options.

Should I still stick with cement screed?

I would like to hear your opinions on this.

I would use cement screed for wet areas (possibly also for the entrance hall and pantry). For living areas, anhydrite screed is preferable. However, it depends on the type of flooring you want to install. Will the parquet flooring be floating or glued?

Flowing screed is not a type of screed, but refers to the way it is applied. Flowing screed levels itself.
It can be either calcium sulfate screed or cement screed.
Cement screed is not affected by moisture, whereas calcium sulfate screed is.
For the floor covering, it does not really matter. It only requires a smooth substrate, regardless of the material. I would always recommend gluing down parquet as well.

How are the costs here, actually? Are they all the same?

tumaa schrieb:

Hello everyone,

I had originally planned cement screed, but my tiler told me: with flowable screed you don’t need expansion joints in the tiles, and with parquet you don’t need a leveling compound.

Ground floor: tiles
Upper floor: parquet, the main bathroom with tiles

My screed installer offers both options.

Should I still stick with cement screed?

I’d like to hear your opinions.

Why shouldn’t there be expansion joints in tiles with flowable screed? We have flowable screed and there is an expansion joint at every room transition. But I can imagine that you don’t need a leveling compound since we only have tiles on the ground floor. If the work is done well, it also works with cement screed.

Tolentino schrieb:

How about the costs here? Are they all the same?

Good question. In the past, when construction costs and wages were lower, cement was cheaper. Now, I would say they are almost equal.