Which screed fits which kind of Baldock home
Census 2021 counted 10,613 people in the Baldock built-up area. For a small market town, the floors they live on vary a good deal, and the right screed follows from the building rather than from a price list.
Start with the semis and terraces put up between the 1970s and the 1990s, including those on Clothall Common. These are the houses that gain a rear extension or lose an internal wall to make an open kitchen. Where the extension meets the original kitchen there can be no lip, so we take our depth from the floor already in the house rather than from an estimate. For a big knocked-through space, liquid screed from the pump can fill the whole area in one day, levelling itself as it spreads. If the extension is heated, the build-up changes, and our page on screed over underfloor heating in Baldock sets out pipe cover and warm-up times.
Along the High Street, older buildings have often been converted into flats or shops. Their floors tend to be uneven rather than broken, and a thin levelling compound over the existing floor or a bonded layer usually puts that right.
Small rooms, wet rooms, garages and any floor dug out and rebuilt are the territory of hand-laid sand and cement. If the drawings for a Baldock job already list a calcium sulphate grade, the town's anhydrite flow screed page covers what that grade means for your floor.
Homes in Baldock at a glance
Semi-detached houses make up 34% of the 4,681 households in Baldock, followed by terraced houses at 28%. The largest group of homes here was built between 1973 and 1999 (43%), and a further 20% between 1945 and 1972.
| Homes in Baldock | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 17% |
| Semi-detached houses | 34% |
| Terraced houses | 28% |
| Flats | 18% |
| Built before 1919 | 9% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 16% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 20% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 43% |
| Built since 2000 | 12% |
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 Baldock built-up area (E63003957).
Screeding services in Baldock
- Liquid ScreedBaldock kitchen extensions and upstairs flats suit pumped liquid screed: poured in a day, flat to SR1 or SR2, walkable in 48 hours.
- Sand and Cement ScreedHand-laid sand and cement screed for Baldock's older houses, wet rooms and garages, floating at 65mm or bonded thin.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedBaldock semis gaining heated kitchen extensions need underfloor heating screed with full pipe cover, no voids and a gradual warm-up.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedAnhydrite flow screed in Baldock to the grade on your drawings, CA-C20-F4 to CA-C30-F6, then sanded, tested and primed for flooring.
- Floor LevellingWavy High Street floors and extension joins in Baldock made flat for LVT, vinyl, large tiles and wood using levelling compound.
- Latex ScreedKitchen and bathroom refits in Baldock's High Street conversions and Clothall Common homes: latex screed over old tiles or ply.
- Concrete Floor GrindingDiamond grinding with dust extraction for units at Baldock's Bondor Business Centre and Horizon House: old glue, paint and ridges off.
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 Baldock.
Pump access, timing and London Road units in Baldock
Your screed day sits in the middle of the build, so it depends on what happens before and after it. Before we pour, the extension needs its windows and outside doors fitted so the rain stays out, the plasterer's wet work done, and the heating engineer's pressure test complete if there are pipes. Afterwards the floor has to dry before any tile, timber or vinyl goes on it, which is why the flooring fitter is booked once the screed date is settled.
With liquid screed, our mixer and pump stay at the front of the property and the hose is fed through to wherever the floor is going. A driveway makes that easy. If your home is in a terraced row or close to the High Street, mention any parking limits or a tight side passage in your enquiry, so the lorry's spot is sorted well in advance.
Business premises follow a different rhythm. The London Road Industrial Estate, close to the High Street and a large Tesco, includes light industrial units at the Bondor Business Centre and workshops, studios and storage in Horizon House. When a tenant moves out, floors like these often need preparation or screed repairs before the next occupier arrives. Whether it is one unit or several, that work comes under our screeding for business premises.
Screeding prices for Baldock 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 Baldock
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
See what customers say in our Google reviews and on our testimonials page.
Reaching Baldock
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 37.2 miles from Baldock, which lies to the north-north-east. Postcodes here include SG7, and Letchworth (2 miles), Stotfold (2.6 miles), Hitchin (4.8 miles) and Stevenage (6.1 miles) are close by. Neighbourhoods we cover in Baldock include Clothall Common.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.
