Replacing failed solid floors in Bath's terraces
Terraced houses make up 33% of Bath's homes, more than any other single type. Much of the city's older housing is Georgian or Victorian, and those ground floors were often laid directly on the ground or on a thin base with nothing to stop damp. After a century or more, those floors can crack, sink or turn powdery, and coverings laid on them fail.
When the building is not listed, or consent has been given, the old floor is broken out and removed, the ground made good, and a membrane and insulation laid before a new screed. A floating sand and cement screed in a home is laid at about 65mm, and the whole build-up must fit under thresholds and against old skirtings, which takes careful measuring. We put that layer in as well, under insulation and membranes.
Homes from 1919 to 1944, 10% of the stock, can also have older solid floors, and the same rebuild applies when one is beyond repair.
For these houses, a hand-mixed screed works because small batches can be carried through the hall and placed one room at a time. No pump has to park on a narrow street. Drying is slower than with liquid: allow about 40 days to get through 40mm, longer if it is thicker, and book the floor fitter with that in mind. If dates are tight, a fast drying screed mix cuts that wait down.
Wet rooms and bonded toppings in Bath homes
A wet room or level-access shower needs a floor that falls gently to the drain. Those falls are trowelled in sand and cement, a material that puts up with water where calcium sulphate cannot. That makes it the usual base under tanking and tiles in a Bath bathroom or shower room.
Garages and outbuildings are another use. A garage conversion normally means lifting the old, lower slab until it is level with the hallway, with insulation and a membrane under the new screed. Read garage screed depths explained for the numbers.
If the concrete is sound and simply needs a fresh surface, a bonded screed between 25 and 40mm thick is stuck straight to it once the slab is prepared. It is thinner than a floating screed, which can help where height is limited, but it depends completely on the bond, so preparation matters.
Cement screed also takes load sooner than some alternatives, which helps when a kitchen or workshop needs to be back in use quickly. Fibres can be added to the mix to reduce cracking in larger rooms or garages, at a small extra cost per square metre. A fibre reinforced screed is worth considering for a converted garage that will carry heavy furniture or gym equipment.
Sand and Cement Screed prices in Bath
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 Bath
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 Bath
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 74.7 miles from Bath, which lies to the west. Postcodes here include BA2 and BA1, and Trowbridge (7.9 miles), Corsham (8.3 miles), Melksham (9.6 miles) and Frome (10.6 miles) are close by.
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