New homes and self-builds
Ground and upper floors on new houses, poured once the roof, windows and doors are on and the insulation is down.
Pumped liquid floor screed for Birkenhead and the Wirral
Liquid Screed in Birkenhead, Pumped Straight to Your Floor
Whether it is a Victorian terrace getting a new ground floor or a fresh build plot in Prenton, we bring the liquid floor screed and pump it in by hose. Ring or message us first and we will work out together what your floor needs.
- Family business travelling from Cheshire
- We pump and level the screed ourselves
- Homeowners, builders and developers
Free liquid floor screed quote
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One crew for supply, pumping and levelling
Roberts Concrete Pumping is a family firm from Cheshire. Book liquid screed in Birkenhead with us and the same crew brings the material, runs the hose to your room and levels the pour, so the job is never passed between a supplier and a separate installer. Beyond the Wirral we also work across Merseyside, Cheshire, Greater Manchester and over the Welsh border.
If you have not come across it before, liquid floor screed arrives as a runny, self-levelling mix rather than a stiff mortar. Once it is pumped into a room it spreads out and settles flat by itself, which is why it pairs so well with underfloor heating, new extensions and ground floors being rebuilt in a renovation. The material travels through a hose, so the vehicle can stay on the street while the screed goes along a hallway or down a back entry.
Most enquiries reach us through a builder, a heating installer or a merchant. The questions are nearly always practical: is the base ready, can the pour slot in without holding up the plasterer or kitchen fitter, and will the house be left tidy afterwards. We answer all of that before a date goes in the diary.
Underfloor heating pipework, ready for liquid screed.
Where it's used
Jobs that suit a liquid floor screed
Kitchen and rear extensions
Open-plan kitchens and garden rooms where the new floor has to meet the old one at the same height.
Liquid screed for underfloor heating
The mix runs under and around every pipe, so there are no air gaps and warmth spreads across the whole room.
Older houses getting new floors
Period homes where a worn ground floor is taken out, insulated and rebuilt as part of a bigger refurbishment.
Builders and developers
Contractors who need the pour timed around other trades, whether it is one house or a run of plots.
Got a floor coming up?
Tell us the postcode, rough size and timing, and we'll come back to you with a quote.
Get a quoteLocal to Birkenhead
Liquid screed in Birkenhead, from Victorian streets to the docks
A lot of Birkenhead dates from the nineteenth century. Hamilton Square and the grid of streets around it were started in the 1820s, Oxton grew into a Victorian commuter village of terraces, stone cottages and stuccoed villas, and Rock Ferry expanded to house workers at the Cammell Laird shipyard. When houses of that age are renovated, the ground floor is often lifted and rebuilt with insulation, and that is a sensible moment to add underfloor heating and finish with liquid screed.
The town is also where most of the Wirral's new building is heading. The Wirral Local Plan, adopted in March 2025, is a brownfield-only plan, and the Birkenhead 2040 Framework sets out regeneration across the town centre, Woodside, Hind Street and Wirral Waters, where Peel's long-term plans run to around 13,500 homes on the old docks. At Hind Street, ION Developments is planning about 1,600 homes, with a first phase of 633 lined up to begin in 2027.
Terraced streets in Tranmere, Rock Ferry and around Birkenhead Park rarely leave room for a mixer anywhere near the back of the house. Pumping gets round that, as the hose can follow a back entry or come through the front door to reach the room. We have no office in Birkenhead: we drive over from Cheshire via the M53 and plan each pour around your street and your build.
How it works
From first call to finished floor
Tell us about the floor
Ring or WhatsApp with your postcode, roughly how many m2, what the room will be used for, whether UFH is going in and your target date.
We check it is ready
Before booking we go through the base with you: insulation, edge strip, membrane and, if fitted, the heating pipes.
The pour
We pump the liquid screed into the room and level it, working to a time agreed with you and the other trades.
Drying and handover
The floor is left to set, and we explain how to look after it while it dries and when it can be tested for flooring.
Before pour day
Before a date is booked, we check
- How big the floor is and how we get the hose to it
- That the build-up underneath is ready to take liquid screed
- Whether underfloor heating has been laid
- When the delivery can arrive and who else will be on site
Liquid screed suits
- Rooms that need a flat, level base for tiles, wood or vinyl
- Floors with underfloor heating pipes laid
- Extensions and new builds working to a deadline
- Terraces and homes where a mixer cannot reach the room
Probably not the answer if
- The base, insulation or membrane is not finished yet
- The pour cannot be fitted around the other trades
- You want to hire a pump without an operator
If a different approach would work better for your floor, we will say so at the start.
Why Roberts
Why Birkenhead builders and homeowners use Roberts
A family firm
The people you speak to on the phone are the people who run the business and turn up on the day.
Pumping specialists
We run concrete line and boom pumps too, so getting material into tight or distant spots is routine for us.
Nothing left to chance
Size, access, preparation, heating and timing are all agreed before pour day, not discovered on it.
Domestic and trade
We work for homeowners, builders and site teams, and adapt the job to whoever is running it.
Questions
Liquid screed in Birkenhead: common questions
Do you cover Birkenhead and the rest of the Wirral?
Yes. We take liquid screed jobs across CH41, CH42 and CH43, which takes in central Birkenhead, Claughton, Oxton, Prenton, Tranmere, Rock Ferry, Bidston and Noctorum, and we work elsewhere on the Wirral too. If your postcode starts with CH, get in touch.
How long does liquid screed take to dry?
You can usually walk on it after a day or two, but it is only ready for flooring once a moisture test says so. For anhydrite products a common guide is roughly a day per millimetre for the first 40mm, slowing after that. Depth, temperature, airflow and the product all change the figure.
What does liquid screed cost per m2 in Birkenhead?
There is no single rate: the price depends mostly on the floor area, the depth, the type of screed and how far the hose has to run. We do not publish a price list, so send us the rough size, depth and access and we will quote for your floor.
Can liquid screed replace an old timber ground floor?
Not directly onto joists. Liquid screed needs a solid, prepared base, so when an old timber ground floor comes out, your builder or designer specifies the new build-up underneath. Once that, the insulation and the membrane are in, we pump the liquid screed on top.
Can you get liquid screed into a terrace with no rear access?
Usually, yes. The screed travels through a hose, so it can go along a back entry or through the house to a room at the rear. We ask about the route from the road before we book so the day runs smoothly.
Do you lay the screed or only deliver it?
We do both: we supply the liquid screed and install it. We do not hire out pumps without an operator, because how the floor is poured and levelled matters as much as the material.
Can liquid screed go on an upper floor in a conversion?
Sometimes. It can be laid on suitable upper floors where the structure is designed to take the weight and the floor is properly prepared. A builder or structural engineer needs to confirm that before we book.
Planning a new floor in Birkenhead?
Ring 03335 671 153 or WhatsApp 07402 749351 with the rough floor size and when you need it. We will tell you honestly what the job involves.