Matching the screed to Amesbury's newer homes
Census 2021 counted 12,676 people in the Amesbury built-up area. The town's modern growth began in 1939, when the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment came to Boscombe Down, and since then new estates have filled much of the land between the old centre and the airfield. Archers Gate, named after the Amesbury Archer burial, is one of them.
Because so much of the housing is recent, the floor work here is mostly of three kinds.
The first is new build plots. A modern house is usually designed with insulation and underfloor heating under a flowing screed. If the plot drawings call up a CA grade, anhydrite screed on Amesbury plots deals with that material, its laitance and how it is tested for moisture. Where it simply calls for a pumped floor, liquid screed for new plots and extensions explains depth, flatness and drying.
The second is heated rooms. Whether on a plot or an extension, screed over underfloor heating needs the right pipe cover and a slow first warm-up.
The third is repair. A new floor that has cracked, curled or failed a moisture test before flooring often needs remedial floor levelling, or sometimes a replacement screed, and it pays to find out why it failed first.
Older houses are a small share of the town, but they still turn up, and for a dug out solid floor or a wet room a hand-laid screed remains the practical option.
Homes in Amesbury at a glance
Semi-detached houses make up 39% of the 5,220 households in Amesbury, followed by detached houses at 26%. The largest share of its housing, 34%, was built between 1973 and 1999, and 21% since 2015.
| Homes in Amesbury | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 26% |
| Semi-detached houses | 39% |
| Terraced houses | 22% |
| Flats | 9% |
| Built before 1919 | 2% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 6% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 17% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 34% |
| Built since 2000 | 39% |
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 Amesbury built-up area (E63005834).
Screeding services in Amesbury
- Liquid ScreedOpen ground floors on new Amesbury plots and extended semis suit pumped liquid screed, walkable in a day or two.
- Sand and Cement ScreedFew Amesbury homes predate 1919, but older floors, garages and wet rooms still need hand-laid sand and cement screed.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedRecent Amesbury homes are often built with heated floors over new insulation. We lay screed over underfloor heating in Amesbury.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedAmesbury plots between the old centre and Boscombe Down often name a calcium sulphate grade.
- Floor LevellingNew Amesbury floors that have cracked or curled, and refits at Solstice Park, need careful levelling.
- Latex ScreedAnhydrite floors on new Amesbury plots need laitance off and a primer before latex.
- Concrete Floor GrindingCurled screeds on Amesbury's young estates and Solstice Park refits both start with diamond grinding.
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 Amesbury.
Planning a pour around an Amesbury build
We cover the whole town, including Hackthorn, and postcodes here include SP4. Amesbury sits in the Avon valley beside the A303, roughly seven miles north of Salisbury, and Stonehenge falls within its parish.
On a new estate, the pour date follows the build programme. Before we come, the shell has to be sealed with roof, windows and doors, the plasterers finished, and the heating engineer's loops in and pressure tested. Underneath, the boards, polythene and perimeter strip should already be down and inspected. Book the screed with enough time before the floor finish, because drying is the stage that cannot be squeezed.
Where a plot has a driveway, the mixer and pump can usually stand on it, which keeps the hose run short. On a shared site, agree where the lorry can park and how the hose reaches each plot.
Commercial floors follow their own pattern. Solstice Park, the mixed business development at the A303 junction, contains warehouse, trade and office units where industrial floors are screeded, levelled and repaired. Those bigger floors come under our commercial screeding.
Screeding prices for Amesbury 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 Amesbury
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Reaching Amesbury
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 55.1 miles from Amesbury, which lies to the west-south-west. Postcodes here include SP4, and Tidworth (7 miles), Salisbury (7 miles), Andover (13.3 miles) and Devizes (15.5 miles) are close by. Neighbourhoods we cover in Amesbury include Hackthorn.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.