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SPEC · 03-3

Stage 03 / Floors & wet

Screeds and Self-Levelling Floors

Checking a floor for level, sand-cement and anhydrite screeds, self-levelling compounds, primers and edge strips, and drying times before any floor finish.

“The new floor has a dip in the middle of the room, and I only found it when the planks went down.”

A large indoor floor being covered with a poured self-levelling layer

SPEC · UNITS

How the course is built

5 units · 28 lessons · 5 h 36 min

  1. U-01 Surveying an existing floor L-5 · 1 h
  2. U-02 Screed types L-6 · 1 h 12 min
  3. U-03 Self-levelling compounds L-7 · 1 h 24 min
  4. U-04 Primers, edges and joints L-5 · 1 h
  5. U-05 Drying and moisture L-5 · 1 h

Each layer is drawn to the number of lessons in it.

On camera

  • A floor surveyed and levelled with a compound on camera
  • Screed thickness and drying time table
  • Edge strips, primers and joints
  • Moisture checks before floor finishes

You will be able to

  1. Measure a floor and decide between screed and compound
  2. Prepare, prime and pour a self-levelling floor
  3. Judge when a floor is dry enough for the finish

TOOLBOX

Have this ready

  • A long straight edge or laser level
  • Mixing paddle, bucket and spiked roller

Who it suits

Floor layers, renovators preparing old floors and finishers who inherit someone else's screed.

Questions about this course

Q-01 How long can I watch it, and on what?

Streamed video lessons, watched online, for 20 months from the day access starts. A computer, tablet or phone with an internet connection is enough. The videos stream; they are not downloaded. Access details arrive by email within one working day of payment.

Q-02 Is there a trainer, an assessment or a certificate?

No. These are recorded lessons with no live trainer, no marking of your work and no certificate or qualification. It explains the work and shows it done; it does not replace any training your employer or national rules require.

Q-03 How much is in it?

28 lessons in 5 units, 5 h 36 min of video in total. The breakdown is in the layer diagram above.

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