Which screed suits which part of Braintree
Census 2021 recorded 43,179 people living in the Braintree built-up area, which takes in Bocking, merged into the town in 1934, along with Bocking Churchstreet and Galley's Corner. We also cover Great Notley and Mark's Farm. Broadly, Braintree houses split three ways, and each group asks something different of its floor.
The older terraces near the centre and in Bocking come first. Some of these houses may have ground floors laid straight on earth. The cure is to excavate, put down a membrane and insulation, then lay fresh screed on top. For that sort of rebuild in a Bocking terrace, sand and cement laid by hand is the usual material.
Next are the post war semis. Kitchen extensions and the replacement of tired concrete floors are typical work on houses from those decades. Across a wide new kitchen, pumped liquid screed for Braintree does the job well, while an old floor that is solid but bumpy may get by with a coat of levelling compound.
Then there is the newer housing. 25% of homes in the town were built since 2000, and newer houses in Great Notley and Mark's Farm are good candidates for garden rooms and extensions, where the new floor usually has to match an existing underfloor heated screed. How the new heated floor meets the old one is set out on our page for screed over heating pipes; if a drawing calls for a calcium sulphate grade, our anhydrite page decodes it.
Homes in Braintree at a glance
Of the 18,065 households in Braintree, 35% live in semi-detached houses and 24% in terraced houses. The largest group of homes here was built between 1973 and 1999 (30%), and a further 24% between 1945 and 1972.
| Homes in Braintree | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 20% |
| Semi-detached houses | 35% |
| Terraced houses | 24% |
| Flats | 20% |
| Built before 1919 | 9% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 11% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 24% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 30% |
| Built since 2000 | 25% |
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 Braintree built-up area (E63004136).
Screeding services in Braintree
- Liquid ScreedGarden rooms and extensions on newer Great Notley and Mark's Farm houses suit liquid screed in Braintree, walkable in 24 to 48 hours.
- Sand and Cement ScreedOlder terraces in Bocking and central Braintree may sit on earth floors needing a membrane, insulation and hand-laid sand and cement screed.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedA garden room in Great Notley or Mark's Farm should match the house's underfloor heating screed. We lay the right pipe cover in Braintree.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedNewer Braintree homes and apartment blocks may specify anhydrite flow screed, CA-C20-F4 to CA-C30-F6, sanded and tested.
- Floor LevellingFloor levelling to SR1 or SR2 for uneven Braintree semis and refitted units at Braintree Village or Skyline 120.
- Latex ScreedOld quarry tiles, overboarded bathrooms and glue-marked concrete in Braintree terraces and semis, smoothed with latex screed for vinyl.
- Concrete Floor GrindingConcrete floor grinding for Springwood, Park Drive and Broomhills units in Braintree, back to sound slab with dust extraction.
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 Braintree.
Timing and access for a Braintree screed pour
Your builder's programme sets our date. By the time we come, the room needs to be sealed from the weather with its windows and doors fitted, the wet plaster done and any heating pipes pressure tested. People can cross the floor 24 to 48 hours after we pour, yet it keeps drying for far longer, at about one day per millimetre to 40mm. So get the screed in the diary well before the kitchen fitter or floor layer is due.
Access decides the method on the day. Pumping means parking the mixer and pump within reach of the room by hose. Where a Braintree house has its own drive, there is little to work out. Where parking is tight and the only route to a rear room is through the house, the hose run needs planning, so tell us about restrictions and access when you ask for a price. Hand-laid screed needs a route for barrows, which on a terrace without rear access also means the front door.
Braintree's industry sits on Springwood Industrial Estate, Park Drive and Broomhills Industrial Estates, with Skyline 120 business park at Great Notley and Horizon 120 being developed nearby. Unit and warehouse floors there need a different approach from homes, with heavier screeds and more preparation, which our commercial screeding service covers.
Screeding prices for Braintree 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 Braintree
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 Braintree
Braintree is about 56.7 miles east-north-east of our Slough base as the crow flies, with postcodes including CM7 and CM77. The nearest towns to it are Halstead (5.7 miles), Witham (6.6 miles), Great Dunmow (8.1 miles) and Chelmsford (10.3 miles). Neighbourhoods we cover in Braintree include Bocking, Bocking Churchstreet and Galley's Corner.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.
