Areas · checked 29 October 2026
Floor screeding in Laois
A county of 2000s houses now due their extensions: Laois floors and the screeds that suit them.
- Free quote request
- One contractor rings you
- All of Laois
Figures checked against each source on 29 October 2026. How we check
Laois has the highest share of homes built between 2001 and 2010 in Leinster: over a third of its households, according to Census 2022. Those houses are now 16 to 25 years old, the age when many get extensions and new floors.
We pass requests from across County Laois to one screeding contractor who covers your county. They ring you, ask about the floor and price it. Nothing is booked until you say yes.
Screed planner
Plan a floor in Laois
Put in your floor and the day it's laid. You get the volume, the weight, when it should be dry enough for floor finishes, and when the heating can go on, from the makers' own figures.
Drying times are for good conditions, closed up and ventilated. The floor is tested before finishes go down, not guessed. None of the Irish screeding contractors' sites we checked publish a price per m², so the price comes from your floor.
Laois in numbers
Sources: CSO table NDQ06, new dwelling completions (updated 29 October 2026); CSO Census 2022, table F2067; EPA, Radon results by county (data to 31 December 2019). Checked 29 October 2026.
What's being built
Laois finished 611 new homes in the first nine months of 2026: 473 scheme houses, 111 one-off houses and 27 apartments.
Source: CSO table NDQ06, new dwelling completions (updated 29 October 2026). Checked 29 October 2026.
The housing stock
Census 2022 counted 10,956 Laois homes built between 2001 and 2010, 35% of households, and 17,186 detached houses. Adding underfloor heating to one of those in a refurbishment means insulating the floor to a U-value of 0.15 W/m²K under SEAI's standards, so check the floor zone before choosing the screed.
Sources: CSO Census 2022, table F2067; SEAI Domestic Technical Standards and Specifications (v4.0, July 2026). Checked 29 October 2026.
Radon under the floor
Laois had one of the lowest radon shares in Leinster in the EPA's results: 25 of 659 homes measured at or above the reference level, with no result above 800 Bq/m³.
Sources: EPA, Radon results by county (data to 31 December 2019); EPA, Radon advice for builders. Checked 29 October 2026.
Largest towns
Population at Census 2022:
- Portlaoise23,494
- Portarlington (incl. part in Co Offaly)9,288
- Mountmellick4,905
- Mountrath2,070
- Abbeyleix1,897
- Stradbally1,404
- Rathdowney1,368
Source: CSO Census 2022, table F1015. Checked 29 October 2026. Towns that straddle a county boundary are shown whole.
Screeds people in Laois ask about
Before the contractor rings
- The floor area, room by room, or the drawings
- Ground floor, upper floor or both, and the floor zone on the drawings
- Underfloor heating: pipes down and pressure tested, or not yet
- Insulation, polythene and edge strip: in, or to be supplied
- The floor finish and when it's booked
- The town or Eircode, so the contractor can plan access
Questions people ask
Do you cover all of Laois?
Yes: Portlaoise, Portarlington, Mountmellick, Mountrath, Abbeyleix, Stradbally, Rathdowney and the rest of the county.
How much does floor screeding cost in Laois?
None of the Irish screeding contractors' websites we checked on 29 October 2026 publishes a price per m². The price comes from your floor: the area, the depth, the type of screed, access for the pump and what's under it. See the cost guide for Irish merchant prices and what a quote should list.
Which screed suits a new house in Laois?
Over underfloor heating, a liquid screed needs 25 mm over the pipes (Roadstone, Gyvlon, Cemfloor); a floating sand and cement screed in a house is normally 65 mm (MPA). The contractor advises once they know the floor zone and your dates.
Who will ring me?
We pass your request to one screeding contractor who covers your county. Your number isn't sent to a list. They ring you, ask about the floor and your dates, and price it from the drawings or a look at the site. Nothing is booked until you say yes. Naming a manufacturer or merchant on this site doesn't mean they're involved in your job.
Get your floor priced
Four taps about the job and one screeding contractor who covers your county rings you. Or call 087 162 1846, lines open 8am to 8pm.