Traditional Screed flooring is a mixture of wet sand and cement that is pressed with a steel or aluminium screed. This mix is still popularly used as it can be applied quickly and provides a durable floor. Traditional Screeds have another benefit and that is they are more affordable than liquid screed. That said they require multiple steps to create the finished product but this isn’t an issue when hiring contractors that specialise in delivering this service.

Traditional sand & cement generally consists of either a 1:3 or 1:4 cement to the sand ratio which complies with BS 8204-1. It can be mixed with polypropylene fibres (PPF) for reinforcement or in some cases a D49 metal mesh is used instead of the PPF for improved reinforcement. It may be applied onto a solid concrete ground floor slab or onto a precast concrete floor unit. This is a method of flooring that has been in use for many years and gives good sound deadening qualities, being an impervious material. However, it can be more expensive to install than Liquid Screed as the screed must have time to set before other materials are applied on top of it.