Matching a screed to Cambridge homes by era
Census 2021 counted 152,742 people in the Cambridge built-up area. The quickest way to pick a screed here is to ask when the building went up, because the city has housing from every decade and each era brings its own floor.
In railway era Romsey Town, Victorian houses often need their old floors dug out and relaid with a membrane and insulation before a rear extension screed goes down. That work suits hand-laid sand and cement screed in Cambridge, which copes with small rooms, steps and wet areas.
Arbury, King's Hedges and East Chesterton were shaped by council estates built from the 1930s to the 1980s. Across the city, inter-war and post war semis are typical ground floor extension jobs, where a new insulated floor has to finish level with the original rooms. On a wide extension floor like that, a pumped self-levelling pour can be done in a day. Planning to warm it? Pipe cover and the first switch-on are covered under screeding over heating pipes.
Flats bring their own specification. Apartment floors are often poured in calcium sulphate, which has its own grades, sanding and moisture rules, all set out on our anhydrite flow screed page.
We cover the whole city, including Cherry Hinton, Chesterton, Newnham, Newtown, Trumpington and Eddington. Postcodes here include CB1, CB2, CB3 and CB4.
Homes in Cambridge at a glance
The most common home in Cambridge is a flat (34%), ahead of terraced houses at 27%. By age, 21% of properties date from 1945 and 1972, the biggest single group, with 20% built between 1973 and 1999.
| Homes in Cambridge | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 11% |
| Semi-detached houses | 26% |
| Terraced houses | 27% |
| Flats | 34% |
| Built before 1919 | 17% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 13% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 21% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 20% |
| Built since 2000 | 28% |
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 Cambridge (Cambridge) built-up area (E63003443).
Screeding services in Cambridge
- Liquid ScreedLiquid screed for a wide extension on a Cambridge inter-war semi, or a new floor from Trumpington to Chesterton, pumped flat in one visit.
- Sand and Cement ScreedRomsey Town floors dug out and relaid, plus shower rooms and garage conversions across Cambridge, suit sand and cement screed.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedHeating a Romsey Town extension or a newer Cambridge home? We screed over wet underfloor heating with the right pipe cover.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedPurpose-built flats are a big share of Cambridge homes. We pour anhydrite flow screed from CA-C20-F4 to CA-C30-F6 and sand it.
- Floor LevellingFloor levelling to SR1 or SR2 for lab and clinical floors at Cambridge Science Park and the Biomedical Campus, ready for new finishes.
- Latex ScreedRefits in Arbury and King's Hedges council-built homes, or Cambridge bathrooms over plywood, can take a thin latex screed before vinyl.
- Concrete Floor GrindingBefore new lab or clinic flooring in Cambridge the slab must be clean. Concrete floor grinding takes off adhesive, 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 Cambridge.
Access, timing and research floors in Cambridge
A screed has to fit into the build. Before we pour, the room should be shut off from the weather, with glazing and doors fitted, the wet plaster done, and any underfloor heating loops down and through their pressure test. Tiles, wood and LVT then have to wait while the screed dries, so pin down the screed date first and only then give the flooring fitter a start date.
A pumped pour means a lorry and pump at the kerbside, with a hose taken through to the room. On a terraced street with residents' parking, the position needs thinking about in advance. Tell us about parking, rear access and how far the room is from the road when you ask for a price, and send a photo of the frontage if you can.
The city's commercial floors are a separate category. Cambridge Science Park, owned by Trinity College, and the Cambridge Biomedical Campus around Addenbrooke's house research and clinical buildings where laboratory floors often need tight flatness tolerances, fast drying screeds and careful preparation. Floors like those are handled by our team for commercial floors.
Screeding prices for Cambridge 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 Cambridge
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 Cambridge
Cambridge is about 56.9 miles north-east of our Slough base as the crow flies, with postcodes including CB2, CB4, CB1 and CB3. The nearest towns to it are St Ives (11.6 miles), Royston (12.4 miles), Newmarket (12.4 miles) and Soham (12.8 miles). Neighbourhoods we cover in Cambridge include Arbury, Cherry Hinton, Chesterton, Eddington and High Cross.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.
