Calne homes by age, and the screed each needs
Census 2021 counted 19,725 people in the Calne built-up area, and their homes run from stone cottages to houses built in the last few years. Each age brings its own floor question.
Older stone cottages near the centre need the most thought. A building of that kind may need a breathable floor build-up rather than a straight concrete slab. Talk to us before assuming a modern screed is the answer; where a cement base does suit, hand-laid sand and cement screed is the usual choice in small, irregular rooms.
Houses built after the war, both semis and terraces, are the ones in Calne that most readily take a single storey addition at the back. Terraced houses alone make up 29% of the town's homes, and an extension on one often becomes a new kitchen with a long, open floor. Wide floors of that shape are where pumped liquid screed in a Calne extension earns its keep, and where pipes are going under it, screeding over underfloor heating explains the depths and the warm-up.
Then there are the newer estates. Lansdowne Park, finished in early 2007, extended Calne to the north-west with new schools and shops, and homes there and on other estates from the 2000s often have screeded ground floors that owners now want to tile or board. Those floors rarely need ripping out; a check for level and a thin coat of smoothing compound normally gets them ready. Where a new plot's specification names a calcium sulphate grade, its laitance and moisture testing need planning from the start.
Homes in Calne at a glance
Of the 8,420 households in Calne, 32% live in semi-detached houses and 29% in terraced houses. The largest group of homes here was built between 1973 and 1999 (25%), and a further 24% between 1945 and 1972.
| Homes in Calne | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 27% |
| Semi-detached houses | 32% |
| Terraced houses | 29% |
| Flats | 11% |
| Built before 1919 | 10% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 6% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 24% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 25% |
| Built since 2000 | 35% |
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 Calne built-up area (E63005096).
Screeding services in Calne
- Liquid ScreedSingle storey extensions on post-war Calne semis and terraces suit pumped liquid screed: flat and walkable in 24 to 48 hours.
- Sand and Cement ScreedOlder Calne stone cottages may need a breathable floor, and wet rooms need falls.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedSingle storey extensions on Calne's post-war semis and terraces are a natural place for a heated floor.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedCalne homes from the 2000s and new flats may specify anhydrite flow screed. We pour CA-C20-F4 to CA-C30-F6 with laitance advice.
- Floor LevellingLansdowne Park homes switching to tiles or engineered boards, and refits at Porte Marsh Industrial Estate: floor levelling in Calne.
- Latex ScreedQuarry tiles in older Calne kitchens and overboarded upstairs floors can take latex screed a few millimetres thick.
- Concrete Floor GrindingPorte Marsh unit refits and Calne extensions where new slab meets old both start with grinding.
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 Calne.
Getting the timing and access right in Calne
We cover every part of Calne, including Quemerford, Castlefields, Curzon Park, Lickhill and the Sands Farm Estate. Postcodes here include SN11.
A screed fits into a build at a set point. Before we arrive the building should be closed in with its roof, windows and outside doors, the plasterers gone, and the heating engineer's loops down and holding pressure. The insulation and membrane go down next, then the screed, and then the floor has to dry before the finish is laid. That drying time is the stage people underestimate, so book the screed well before the tiler or floor layer.
Access shapes the method. For a pumped floor, the hose has to stretch from the mixer lorry to your front door, so a house with its own drive is straightforward while a tight terraced street needs more thought. Mention any parking limits, steps or paths you share with neighbours when you get in touch, and we plan the day around them.
Calne's working floors are in a different setting. Porte Marsh Industrial Estate, on the north side of town, is home to around 100 companies in light industry and IT, including the manufacturer Deceuninck. Factory and warehouse units there need hard wearing screeds, levelling and repairs, which our commercial screeding service handles.
Screeding prices for Calne 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 Calne
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Reaching Calne
On the map, Calne sits west of Slough, about 59 miles from our base in a straight line (postcodes including SN11), next to Chippenham (4.9 miles), Devizes (6 miles), Melksham (7.3 miles) and Corsham (7.8 miles). Neighbourhoods we cover in Calne include Quemerford.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.
