Relaying cracked floors in Willesborough and South Ashford
An old sand and cement floor can crack, hollow or break up for several reasons: it was laid too thin, poorly compacted, dried too quickly or laid over a base that has since moved. Once it is loose or crumbling, patching tends to fail. The better answer is to break out the failed screed and lay a new one.
If the slab underneath is sound, the new screed can be bonded straight to it at 25 to 40mm, over a primed, keyed surface. If insulation is being added, the screed floats over it at 65mm, which gives it the mass it needs to bridge a soft layer without cracking. Where fine cracking is a worry, fibres can be added for about £1 to £3 per m²; our fibre reinforced screed page explains what they do.
In Ashford, 28% of homes are terraced. Where rooms are small or levels change from one room to the next, a hand-laid screed can be taken to a different level in each room and worked tightly into corners, which a pumped screed does not do as easily.
Because it copes with wet areas that rule out calcium sulphate, one sand and cement floor can run straight on into the kitchen and utility. For depths across different floor types, the screed thickness guide sets out the figures. The published 2026 UK price for it is £18 to £25 per m².
Ashford garages, wet rooms and heavier loads
Garage conversions usually involve lifting the floor. The old garage slab sits below the house level, so we build up insulation, membrane and screed in layers until the new floor meets the hall at the doorway. A traditional screed can be laid to whatever depth remains, which makes it a good fit; the garage floor screed guide shows the usual build-up.
A wet room floor must slope towards its drain. Sand and cement can be shaped by hand to that fall and suits wet areas, so it is the normal base under tanking and tiles.
It also suits floors that must take load early or carry more weight than a domestic room, such as a workshop or store. A high strength sand and cement screed gives a tougher surface for that use.
Drying is the drawback. Count on around a day per millimetre over the first 40mm, with the rate slowing below that. If underfloor heating is fitted, the heating cannot be turned on until the screed is at least 21 days old.
Sand and Cement Screed prices in Ashford
Sand and cement screed: £18 to £25 per m² supplied and laid (MyJobQuote, August 2026), so £450 to £630 for 25 m². MyJobQuote does not say whether these figures include VAT. See our floor screeding cost guide or screed calculator.
Who lays your sand and cement screed in Ashford
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Sand and Cement Screed from Slough to Ashford
On the map, Ashford sits east-south-east of Slough, about 70.8 miles from our base in a straight line (postcodes including TN23, TN24 and TN25), next to Faversham (11.6 miles), Canterbury (12.8 miles), Sittingbourne (14.5 miles) and Whitstable (16 miles).
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