Choosing a screed across Basildon's new town neighbourhoods
Census 2021 counted 115,935 people in the Basildon built-up area. The Basildon Development Corporation absorbed the older plotland settlements and planned the town as a series of small neighbourhoods with open space, from Pitsea and Vange to Laindon and Langdon Hills, with Barstable, Fryerns, Kingswood, Ghyllgrove, Chalvedon and Lee Chapel North and South in between. The housing mix follows that plan. 44% of homes are terraced, far more than semis or detached houses, and the new town terraces date from the 1950s to the 1980s.
That age tells you a lot about the floor. A new town terrace usually sits on a concrete ground floor with little or no insulation under it. When the back of the house is extended, or a kitchen and dining room are knocked into one, the new floor has to meet that old slab at exactly the same level. A wide, open room like that suits pumped liquid screed for Basildon extensions. Where an old floor is being dug out because it is cold or damp, a hand-laid sand and cement screed copes better with small rooms and awkward thresholds.
Heating changes the build-up. Planning wet heating in that new kitchen diner? The page on heated floor screed in Basildon sets out how much screed has to sit over the pipes and when the system can first be run. Flats in blocks across the neighbourhoods are a different job again, and a refurbishment there may specify a calcium sulphate screed to a named grade, which our anhydrite flow screed page explains. And where an old new town slab is solid, just not flat, a coat of compound is often enough on its own.
Homes in Basildon at a glance
Of the 46,967 households in Basildon, 44% live in terraced houses and 23% in flats. The largest share of its housing, 44%, was built between 1945 and 1972, and 40% between 1973 and 1999.
| Homes in Basildon | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 13% |
| Semi-detached houses | 19% |
| Terraced houses | 44% |
| Flats | 23% |
| Built before 1919 | 0% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 2% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 44% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 40% |
| Built since 2000 | 13% |
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 Basildon built-up area (E63004799).
Screeding services in Basildon
- Liquid ScreedKnock-through kitchen diners on Basildon's later new town houses suit pumped liquid screed, walkable in 24 to 48 hours.
- Sand and Cement ScreedCold, uninsulated floors in Basildon's 1950s and 1960s houses are dug out and relaid in hand-laid sand and cement screed.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedHeated rear extensions on Basildon terraces need underfloor heating screed with the right cover over the pipes and a gentle heat-up.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedRefurbished flats and rebuilt sites in Basildon may specify anhydrite flow screed. We pour CA-C20-F4 to CA-C30-F6 grades and test it.
- Floor LevellingFrom settled new town slabs to refitted units on Southfields Business Park, floor levelling in Basildon to SR1 or SR2 for LVT and tiles.
- Latex ScreedStripping out a Basildon flat or refitting a new town kitchen? Latex screed takes old tiles, ply and worn concrete to a smooth base.
- Concrete Floor GrindingFactory floors at Burnt Mills and on Cranes Farm Road can need coatings and high spots ground off. Basildon grinding, dust extracted.
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 Basildon.
Pump access, parking and timing a pour in Basildon
For a pumped pour, the mixer and pump stay outside, and the hose has to reach your front door from wherever they stand. Basildon houses with their own driveway make this simple. On a terrace, the nearest place for a lorry may be further along the road, and the hose may have to cross a shared path. Tell us where the vehicle can stand and what the route to the room looks like when you ask for a price, so the plan works on the day.
Then there is the order of trades. We pour once the extension is weathertight, with the roof, windows and outside doors fitted and the plasterer's wet work done; the kitchen fitter and the floor layer follow us. If heating goes in, your installer lays and pressure tests the pipes before our visit. Drying then sets the pace, at roughly a day per millimetre for the first 40mm, so book the pour early instead of squeezing it in when the tiler is already waiting.
Basildon also has a large industrial base. Burnt Mills Industrial Estate, Cranes Farm Road, Festival Business Park by the A127 and Southfields Business Park all hold warehouses and factory floors that need heavy duty screeds, grinding or concrete repairs when a unit changes hands or its use changes. That work sits under our commercial screeding service, while a shop or office floor that is only uneven is usually a job for compound rather than a new screed.
Screeding prices for Basildon 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 Basildon
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Reaching Basildon
On the map, Basildon sits east of Slough, about 47.4 miles from our base in a straight line (postcodes including SS14, SS13, SS16 and SS15), next to Stanford-le-Hope (3.1 miles), Billericay (4 miles), Wickford (4.2 miles) and Rayleigh (6.7 miles). Neighbourhoods we cover in Basildon include Barstable, Burnt Mills, Chalvedon, Cranes and Eversley.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.