Choosing a screed for Alton's semis, cottages and new homes
Census 2021 counted 7,921 households in the Alton built-up area. Their homes lean towards the second half of the twentieth century, with 28% built between 1945 and 1972 and many more in the decades that followed, and that shapes the work.
On houses of that period, the typical job is an extension, converting a garage, or knocking a wall through between kitchen and dining room. Because the extension floor has to meet the old one without a lip, we start from the existing floor level and work downwards to fix the depths of insulation, membrane and screed. On a wide rear extension, pumped liquid screed in Alton levels itself as it flows and is firm underfoot once 24 to 48 hours are up. Converting the garage, or doing one small room, is often better suited to traditional sand and cement laid by hand.
Older cottages and terraces are a different case. Their solid floors tend to be uneven, so before new finishes go down they usually need levelling with self levelling compound, or a new screed if the floor has failed.
Then there is the former Molson Coors brewery site, where Cala Homes has approval for 220 homes, a care home, extra care housing and the conversion of the Grade II listed Culverton House. New houses and apartments like these are where screed over underfloor heating is often specified.
Postcodes here include GU34, and we cover the whole town, from Anstey, Newtown and Mount Pleasant to Spitalhatch, The Butts and Cuckoo's Corner.
Homes in Alton at a glance
Semi-detached houses make up 30% of the 7,921 households in Alton, followed by flats at 25%. The largest share of its housing, 28%, was built between 1945 and 1972, and 27% between 1973 and 1999.
| Homes in Alton | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 22% |
| Semi-detached houses | 30% |
| Terraced houses | 22% |
| Flats | 25% |
| Built before 1919 | 12% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 7% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 28% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 27% |
| Built since 2000 | 26% |
House types from Census 2021 (table TS044); building age from the Valuation Office Agency council tax stock of properties, 31 March 2026 (table CTSOP 4.1). Figures cover the Alton (East Hampshire) built-up area (E63005832).
Screeding services in Alton
- Liquid ScreedKitchen knock-throughs and extensions on Alton's post-war semis suit pumped liquid screed, flat and walkable in 24 to 48 hours.
- Sand and Cement ScreedAlton cottages, terraces and garage conversions often need a hand-laid sand and cement screed mixed to the right depth.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedAlton semis, detached houses and new homes on the brewery site: underfloor heating screed laid to the right pipe cover for even warmth.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedAlton apartments, care homes and new plots in anhydrite flow screed, poured to the specified CA grade with laitance removed for finishes.
- Floor LevellingOlder Alton cottages with uneven solid floors and refitted units at Omega Park and Mill Lane, made flat by floor levelling for LVT and tiles.
- Latex ScreedRefitting a kitchen or bathroom in a late twentieth century Alton home? Latex screed over ply, old tiles or worn slab before vinyl.
- Concrete Floor GrindingGrinding high spots and old coatings off unit floors at Caker Stream and Newman Lane and Alton garage slabs, with extraction.
We also offer fibre reinforced screed, quick drying screed, high strength screed, bonded screed, floor preparation, screed repairs, concrete floor repair, screed pumping, insulation & membranes, commercial screeding and residential screeding in Alton.
Timing the screed on an Alton extension or conversion
Screed is poured partway through a build, so it has to be booked around the other trades. On our day the room needs to keep the weather out, the plastering should ideally be dry work behind you, and any underfloor heating pipes must already be down and pressure tested. After the pour comes drying time, which depends on the screed type and depth, and flooring cannot go down until the floor has been tested. Booking early, then fixing the date once the roof and windows are on, avoids squeezing that drying period.
Access matters on the day. For a pumped floor, the truck and pump usually stand on your drive or the road outside, near enough for the hose to reach the room. If the drive is narrow, parking is restricted or the hose has a long way to go through the house, say so at the quote stage and we will have it planned well before the truck comes.
Alton has working floors too. Industry is concentrated at Mill Lane, Newman Lane, Caker Stream and Omega Park, with firms ranging from light manufacturing to software, and the brewery scheme adds a community hub, a 70 bed care home and a 58 bed extra care building, all of which need durable, level floors. Unit floors and larger schemes come under our commercial screeding service.
Screeding prices for Alton floors
Sand and cement £18 to £25 per m², liquid £24 to £31 per m², supplied and laid (MyJobQuote, August 2026). MyJobQuote does not say whether these figures include VAT. See our floor screeding cost guide.
Who lays your floor screed in Alton
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Reaching Alton
Alton is about 30.1 miles south-south-west of our Slough base as the crow flies, with postcodes including GU34. The nearest towns to it are Farnham (8.9 miles), Basingstoke (9.6 miles), Petersfield (10.1 miles) and Fleet (10.8 miles). Neighbourhoods we cover in Alton include Anstey, Cuckoo's Corner, Mount Pleasant, Newtown and Spitalhatch.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.
