internal inner leaf batons and finished floor screed

d o'c

I'm on my last stage of blockwork to a major renovation to an 1980s bungalow.

I'm intending to use traditional convector rads throughout, and my query is with dry lining batons and the finished floor screed

Would it be best to lay the final sand& cement screed after the lining and skimming is done.


Before I think I would need to take care with plaster snots etc, and have my rad locations spot on.

After would be risky for dampness from the poured screed creeping up the boards.
What is the preferred sequence here.

thanks for any guidance..

sydthebeat

if you are dry lining, have you considered carrying your heating pipes around at the base of the external walls, therefore your rads can appear to 'float' over the floor..... a nice design feature.

personally, i would leave the pouring of the screed as late as you can, especially in a heavily trafficed work area. however, its handy to use blockcourse levels as a marker to screed off, which you wouldnt have if you slab out at this stage. Its very easy to end up with different levels in rooms, something to avoid.

d o'c

yes i'd feel better doing the screed after plastering, it's just the damp creeping up the drylining boards that would worry me. maybe there is some trick way to protect them?

if im thinking right about the rads, the rad pipes come through the dry-lined wall near the bottom, instead of upward through the floor? i like this idea.