Screeding price per m²
Screeding is priced per m² from your drawings: the area, the depth, the screed, access, the programme and what's included. Send the job and you get a written rate.
So a screeding price is built from your job, not read off a list. Below: what goes into the rate, what the materials cost, and the job sheet that gives a contractor everything needed to price.
Free, no obligation. One local screeding contractor prices it, not five.
Build the job sheet
Area and five taps. It works out the minimum depth, volume, bays and drying, ready to send.
- Job
- One-off or self-build house, 120 m²
- Screed
- Liquid, calcium sulphate
- Construction
- Floating, on insulation, underfloor heating
- Minimum depth
- 41 mmCalcium sulphate minimum, 16 mm pipe + 25 mm cover
- Volume
- 4.9 m³Area × depth, our arithmetic; add for levels
- Bays
- 1 bay (300 m² each at most)Calcium sulphate
- Drying, good conditions
- about 42 days, or heating from day 7
- Ready for screed
- In 1 to 3 months
Minimum depths for the screed and construction you picked. Not a quote: the contractor prices from your drawings.
How a screeding contractor works out a rate
- AreaMeasured from the drawings, floor by floor. Rates are per m², so small floors carry the set-up cost over fewer m².
- Depth and volumeThe minimum for the construction (65 mm floating sand and cement in a house, 35 mm calcium sulphate) plus whatever the levels add. Volume = area × depth: 200 m² at 65 mm is 13 m³; at 41 mm it's 8.2 m³.
- Screed typeSite-mixed or bagged sand and cement, a fast-drying additive, or plant-made liquid screed delivered and pumped. Each has different materials, labour and plant.
- Labour and output Sand and cement goes down at up to about 150 m² a day, against 1,500 to 2,000 m² for a liquid screed. Fewer days on site is the saving liquid screed offers.
What the materials cost
| Item | Price | What it tells you |
|---|---|---|
| Bagged sand and cement screed, 25 kg | €11.90 ex VAT (€14.64 incl.) | Bagged pre-mix, for small areas |
| Fast-drying screed cement, 22.5 kg | €19.51 ex VAT (€24.00 incl.), 1 to 19 bags; €17.07 ex VAT (€21.00 incl.) from 48 | 12 bags with 2 tonnes of sand make 1 m³ |
| PVC expansion joint strip / screed rail, 5 m | €17.07 ex VAT (€21.00 incl.) | 60 mm wide, 80 mm high |
| Bagged levelling compound, 20 kg | €12.19 ex VAT (€14.99 incl.) | 4 m² at 3 mm; up to 6 mm |
One sum: the fast-drying cement for 1 m³ of screed is about €205 to €234 without VAT (12 bags), before the 2 tonnes of sand, labour and plant. Our arithmetic. Liquid screed is priced per job, from the area, the depth and the access.
What makes a rate go up
- Small areas, split visits and upper floors without a lift or a pump.
- Extra depth: levels that are out by 20 mm add 20 mm of screed over the whole floor.
- Underfloor heating zones, which add joints and, on liquid screed, smaller bays.
- Winter: closing and heating the building so the screed can be laid and dries.
- Laitance sanding and priming if they're in the screeder's scope rather than the flooring contractor's.
What a priced quote should state
- The product by name and its strength class, e.g. CT-C20-F4.
- The construction and the depth, with the tolerance on levels.
- The surface regularity class (SR1, SR2 or SR3).
- Area measured, and how variations are priced.
- Bays and joints, and who forms them.
- Exclusions: insulation, DPM, heating, sanding, drying.
- VAT: included or not.
For a single house or extension, floorscreeding.ie's cost guide is written for homeowners; for liquid screed only, see liquidscreed.ie.
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Screeding price per m² questions
How much is screeding per m² in Ireland?
Screeding is priced per m² from your drawings: the area, the depth, the screed, access, the programme and what's included. Send the job and you get a written rate.
How is a screeding quote worked out?
From the area, the depth (and so the volume), the screed type, labour and output, joints and preparation, access, the programme and what's done after the pour.
How much screed is in a m³?
1 m³ covers 15.4 m² at 65 mm or 24.4 m² at 41 mm. Our arithmetic: 1,000 ÷ depth in mm.
What does a bag of floor screed cost?
A 25 kg bag of sand and cement screed is about €11.90 without VAT, €14.64 with it.
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