Brunswick Mill, Manchester
Brunswick Mill is a Grade II listed industrial building in Manchester being transformed into a £50 m mixed-use development delivering 435 new apartments across two phases, alongside ground-floor commercial units. XTR liquid screed was installed to level the uneven historic floors across six storeys, pumping efficiently to the highest levels.
Project Overview
Brunswick Mill is a Grade II listed industrial building redesigned into a mixed-use development located in the heart of Manchester. Located near the Etihad Stadium and overlooking the Co-Op Music Arena in the Ancoats/New Islington area of Manchester, this former grain mill served as a recording studio until recently.
It is now being transformed to house a total of 435 new apartments across two phases of development to deliver 153 apartments inside the historic Victorian mill, alongside 11 ground-floor commercial units during Phase 1. Phase 2 will add 282 new-build apartments in adjacent four- and seven-storey buildings organized around a central courtyard. The £50m regeneration project is being developed by the Arrowsmith Group.
The Challenge
The historic floors throughout the building came with uneven surfaces that needed levelling before they could be covered with a variety of finishes: from ceramic tiles to timber floors. An additional project characteristic was the building height, spanning 6 stories. Floor screeding on different levels is a challenge for traditional materials, but can be achieved with pumpable screeds.
The Solution
We worked with our partners from Tarmac, who mixed and delivered the screed to site, testing the final product with their sand. GM Floor Screeds prepared the floors for covering, installing liquid screed with our most robust binder — XTR Technology — for a versatile solution that seamlessly covered all depth variations in the original floors. The screed could easily be pumped to the highest floors without losing any of its properties.