Which screed suits which part of Bromley
Census 2021 counted 329,992 people in the borough, and their homes range from Victorian streets to modern flats. The right screed depends on what is being built and what is already underfoot.
In Penge and Anerley, the Victorian terraces can have tired solid floors, and replacing one means digging out, laying a new damp proof membrane and then screeding. That is room by room work, so hand-laid sand and cement screed for older Bromley homes is the usual answer.
Petts Wood, Hayes and Park Langley have larger detached and semi detached houses, and those often get whole ground floor rebuilds with insulation and wet heating. The screed is what spreads the heat there, so read about underfloor heating screed in Bromley before the pipes go down.
Around Orpington and the Crays, the post war houses suit extension slabs, and a new extension floor can be poured in a day with pumped liquid screed across Bromley. Where old screeds in those houses have cracked, the fix may be compound rather than a whole new floor, and our Bromley floor levelling page explains when that works.
Converted flats anywhere in the borough bring one more requirement: acoustic detailing under the screed. That has to be designed in before the pour, because it cannot be added once the floor is down.
Homes in Bromley at a glance
Of the 135,827 households in Bromley, 30% live in semi-detached houses and 30% in flats. By age, 30% of properties date from the wars, the biggest single group, with 27% built between 1945 and 1972.
| Homes in Bromley | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 18% |
| Semi-detached houses | 30% |
| Terraced houses | 21% |
| Flats | 30% |
| Built before 1919 | 17% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 30% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 27% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 16% |
| Built since 2000 | 11% |
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 London Borough of Bromley (E09000006).
Screeding services in Bromley
- Liquid ScreedOpen-plan extensions on post war houses around Orpington suit pumped liquid screed. Laid across Bromley, walkable in 24 to 48 hours.
- Sand and Cement ScreedVictorian terraces in Penge and Anerley can need a dug-out floor and a new membrane.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedWhole ground floor rebuilds in Petts Wood, Hayes and Park Langley often add underfloor heating. We screed over it across Bromley.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedAnhydrite flow screed for Bromley apartments and replacement floors, poured to CA-C20-F4, CA-C25-F5 or CA-C30-F6, with drying advice given in writing.
- Floor LevellingCracked screeds in post war Orpington houses and unit refits in the Cray Business Corridor both need flat floors.
- Latex ScreedBromley kitchen refits over ply-boarded timber or firm quarry tiles need a smooth skim before sheet vinyl.
- Concrete Floor GrindingConcrete floor grinding for St Mary Cray units and Bromley extensions, taking off old paint, adhesive and lipped bays, 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 Bromley.
Access, parking and timing a pour in Bromley
Our Bromley area also takes in West Wickham, Bickley, Farnborough, Green Street Green, Keston, Coney Hall, Eden Park and Elmers End, along with Downe, Cudham and Berry's Green. Postcodes here include BR1, BR3, BR6, SE20 and TN16.
Access decides how a floor gets poured. A pump for liquid screed stands at the kerb with a hose run into the building, so we need to know about parking bays, narrow drives and whether the hose can pass through the house or down a side passage. A hand-laid floor is batched at the house, so we need a patch of drive or front garden for the mixer and the sand heap. Flag permits or a shared drive at the start.
Then there is the build programme. On a Bromley extension, the pour comes once the building is weathertight with its glazing fitted, and once any heating pipes have passed their pressure test. Flooring then waits for it to dry, which for sand and cement is roughly a day per mm for the first 40mm and slower after that. Build that into the programme instead of booking the flooring fitter for the week after the pour.
Commercial floors follow their own pattern. Most of Bromley's industrial land is in the Cray Business Corridor, with St Mary Cray the largest area at just under 40 hectares, and there are further business areas at Kangley Bridge Road in Lower Sydenham, Elmers End and Biggin Hill. Warehouse floors and unit refits there call for level, hard wearing screeds, covered by our commercial screeding service.
Screeding prices for Bromley 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 Bromley
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 Bromley
On the map, Bromley sits east-south-east of Slough, about 31.8 miles from our base in a straight line (postcodes including SE20, BR3, TN16 and BR1), next to Swanley (5.5 miles), Lewisham (5.7 miles), Croydon (5.8 miles) and Bexley (6.9 miles). Neighbourhoods we cover in Bromley include Anerley, Beckenham, Berry's Green, Bickley and Biggin Hill.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.