Which screed for which Burgess Hill floor
Burgess Hill owes its existence to the London and Brighton Railway, which arrived in the 1840s, and it was known in the 1950s and 1960s as the fastest growing town in the South East. Census 2021 counted 33,352 people in the built-up area. That growth explains the housing: a large stock of post-war and late twentieth century houses, a smaller core of older homes, and new neighbourhoods still arriving.
A typical Burgess Hill project is a single storey rear extension on a 1970s or 1980s semi. The new slab, insulation and screed have to finish flush with the existing concrete floor, so depth is decided before anything else. A wide open extension usually suits pumped liquid screed for Burgess Hill extensions, which is flat, quick and walkable within 24 to 48 hours. Putting heating pipes into that extension? How deep to cover them and how to bring the system up are set out on our Burgess Hill heated floor screed page.
Older houses and small rooms are different. Where an original floor is dug out, or a bathroom needs falls to a drain, a traditional sand and cement screed is laid by hand to suit the room.
The homes on the Northern Arc will arrive with modern specifications, and later alterations there will usually involve liquid screed. If a set of drawings calls for a calcium sulphate grade, our anhydrite page deals with the sanding and moisture testing. A solid floor with dips and ridges may need nothing more than a skim of levelling compound.
Homes in Burgess Hill at a glance
Of the 13,835 households in Burgess Hill, 34% live in semi-detached houses and 29% in detached houses. The largest share of its housing, 33%, was built between 1973 and 1999, and 31% between 1945 and 1972.
| Homes in Burgess Hill | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 29% |
| Semi-detached houses | 34% |
| Terraced houses | 22% |
| Flats | 15% |
| Built before 1919 | 8% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 6% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 31% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 33% |
| Built since 2000 | 22% |
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 Burgess Hill built-up area (E63006275).
Screeding services in Burgess Hill
- Liquid ScreedNew Burgess Hill homes and the Northern Arc suit pumped liquid screed: self-levelling and walkable in 24 to 48 hours.
- Sand and Cement ScreedPre-1919 houses and terraces in Burgess Hill suit sand and cement screed laid by hand to fit doors, stairs and wet rooms.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedUnderfloor heating in a rear extension on a 1970s or 1980s Burgess Hill semi must finish flush with the old floor. We screed it level.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedWhere new Burgess Hill plots and flats specify anhydrite flow screed, we pour CA-C20-F4 to CA-C30-F6, sanded and tested.
- Floor LevellingFrom Victoria Business Park units to shops in the Martlets redevelopment, floor levelling to SR1 in Burgess Hill for LVT and vinyl.
- Latex ScreedRefitting a kitchen in a post-war Burgess Hill house? Latex screed over plywood, firm tiles or worn concrete readies it for vinyl.
- Concrete Floor GrindingConcrete floor grinding for Ditchling Common Industrial Estate and Victoria Business Park units in Burgess Hill, lifting glue, paint and lips.
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 Burgess Hill.
Access, timing and commercial floors around Burgess Hill
Wherever the house is, the screed date depends on the build. Before we arrive, the extension needs its roof and windows, the plastering has to be finished, and any heating pipes must be in and pressure tested. Fitting those pipes is your heating engineer's job, not ours. Once the screed is down, allow time for it to dry before the flooring goes in, and book the floor layer around that rather than the other way round.
Then think about how we get in. A pumped screed needs the mixer and pump near the property with a hose run to the room, while sand and cement needs space to mix. Let us know about parking, side access and the route through the house when you ask for a price, whether you are on Folders Lane, at Oakwood, Hammonds Ridge or West End Meadows, or in St John's Common, West Town or World's End. Postcodes here include RH15 and BN6.
The town also has commercial floors. Victoria Business Park in the south-west is the larger employment area, with Sheddingdean Business Park to the north and Ditchling Common Industrial Estate nearby, and the Martlets Shopping Centre is being redeveloped. Unit floors and fit-outs there come under commercial screeding.
Screeding prices for Burgess Hill 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 Burgess Hill
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 Burgess Hill
On the map, Burgess Hill sits south-south-east of Slough, about 45.5 miles from our base in a straight line (postcodes including RH15 and BN6), next to Haywards Heath (3.1 miles), Lewes (8.5 miles), Brighton and Hove (9.2 miles) and Southwick (9.6 miles). Neighbourhoods we cover in Burgess Hill include St John's Common, West Town and World's End.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.
