Which screed fits which part of Bicester
Bicester has grown in stages, and the floor under a house usually tells you which stage it belongs to. Census 2021 counted 37,748 people in the built-up area, living in a fairly even mix of detached, semi-detached and terraced homes.
In Bure Park and Langford Village, the houses date largely from the 1970s to the 1990s. The usual job there is a kitchen extension or a ground floor refit where the original sand and cement screed has cracked or needs lifting. When an old floor comes out of a small room and a new one goes back in, a hand-laid sand and cement screed for older floors is often the sensible repair. When an extension opens the back of the house into one large space, pumped liquid screed covers the whole area in a single visit.
Graven Hill works differently. Self-builders on the former Ministry of Defence land are pouring complete ground floors, often over heating pipes, and the screed has to suit whatever floor covering will finish the room. How deep the screed must sit over those pipes, and how gently the first warm-up should go, is set out under screeding over Bicester heating pipes. If a self-build's plans call for a particular anhydrite grade, that grade is exactly what goes into the house.
Highfield, Woodfield, King's End, Glory Farm and Southwold are all part of the area we cover, along with Kingsmere and the Elmsbrook eco-town on the edges. Postcodes here include OX26.
Homes in Bicester at a glance
Of the 15,177 households in Bicester, 31% live in semi-detached houses and 30% in terraced houses. The largest share of its housing, 49%, was built between 1973 and 1999, and 22% between 1945 and 1972.
| Homes in Bicester | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 29% |
| Semi-detached houses | 31% |
| Terraced houses | 30% |
| Flats | 10% |
| Built before 1919 | 3% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 2% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 22% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 49% |
| Built since 2000 | 23% |
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 Bicester built-up area (E63004154).
Screeding services in Bicester
- Liquid ScreedKingsmere and Elmsbrook homes, open-plan kitchens and extensions in Bicester suit pumped liquid screed. Walkable in 24 to 48 hours.
- Sand and Cement ScreedCracked 1970s to 1990s floors in Bicester, plus garages, wet rooms and small rooms, suit hand-laid sand and cement screed.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedGraven Hill self-builds and Bicester extensions need underfloor heating screed with full pipe cover, no voids and a careful heat-up.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedFrom Kingsmere's new plots to Bicester's purpose-built flats, anhydrite flow screed poured to CA-C20-F4, C25-F5 or C30-F6.
- Floor LevellingBicester Heritage showrooms, Pioneer Square units and uneven home floors, brought flat by floor levelling for LVT, vinyl and tiles.
- Latex ScreedPlywood over old boards, firm quarry tiles or a rough kitchen slab in a Bicester refit? A thin latex screed readies it for vinyl.
- Concrete Floor GrindingLips between bays, old glue and floor paint on Bicester slabs come off with concrete floor grinding by our own crew, ready for compound.
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 Bicester.
Timing a pour and parking a pump in Bicester
A screed goes down partway through a build, not at the end, and getting its date right saves more time than any product choice. Before anything is poured, the house needs its glazing and outside doors in and the plasterers' wet work done, so weather stays out. Heating pipes should be down and pressure tested. How long the floor then takes to dry comes down to its thickness and the material chosen, so set the flooring fitter's date by the screed rather than pencilling in the following week.
Then there is the question of getting to your door. For a pumped floor, the mixer lorry and the pump have to stand close enough for the hose to reach the house. On a driveway that is simple; on a narrow street with permit parking or a shared path it takes planning, so mention it when you ask for a price.
Not every tired floor has to be replaced, either. A sound but uneven base can often be made flat with floor levelling compound in Bicester before vinyl, LVT or tiles go down.
Commercial floors are their own category. At Bicester Heritage and Bicester Motion, on the old RAF Bicester airfield, motorsport workshops and showrooms need floors that are flat and hard wearing. Retail and restaurant units, such as those around Pioneer Square, need a level base whenever they are refitted. For a unit of that kind, new wearing screeds and the preparation beneath them come under screeding for commercial premises.
Screeding prices for Bicester 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 Bicester
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Reaching Bicester
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 33.3 miles from Bicester, which lies to the north-west. Postcodes here include OX26, and Kidlington (7.8 miles), Brackley (9.4 miles), Buckingham (10.1 miles) and Oxford (11 miles) are close by. Neighbourhoods we cover in Bicester include Bicester Village, Bure Park, Greenwood, Highfield and King's End.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.