Choosing a screed for Camden's flats, houses and basements
Census 2021 counted 210,136 people in the London Borough of Camden, and 84% of its homes are flats. That single figure shapes floor work across the borough more than anything else.
In the period houses of Kentish Town, Primrose Hill and West Hampstead that have been divided into flats, a new floor has to meet acoustic requirements and still sit level with old joists and thresholds. There is rarely height to spare, so thin bonded and latex screeds do much of the work, often followed by floor levelling before the final finish.
Basement and lower ground floor conversions need a membrane and insulation beneath the screed. There, a hand-laid sand and cement screed is often the right choice, because the space is small, access is through the house and a basement shower or wet room needs a cement base.
Where there is an open floor and a route in for a hose, such as a new flat around King's Cross or a large refurbished apartment, pumped liquid screed covers the area in a single visit. If heating is going in, our page on underfloor heating screed in Camden explains the depths involved.
Drawings for a new King's Cross flat that quote a calcium sulphate code are decoded on our Camden anhydrite page. For office floors in Bloomsbury, Fitzrovia and Holborn, see commercial screeding.
Homes in Camden at a glance
Of the 92,759 households in Camden, 84% live in flats and 8% in terraced houses. By age, 48% of properties date from before 1919, the biggest single group, with 16% built between 1945 and 1972.
| Homes in Camden | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 2% |
| Semi-detached houses | 4% |
| Terraced houses | 8% |
| Flats | 84% |
| Built before 1919 | 48% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 9% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 16% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 12% |
| Built since 2000 | 14% |
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 Camden (E09000007).
Screeding services in Camden
- Liquid ScreedNew flats around King's Cross and large refurbished floors in Camden suit pumped liquid screed, walkable in 24 to 48 hours.
- Sand and Cement ScreedPeriod houses in Kentish Town, Primrose Hill and West Hampstead need careful floors.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedConverted period flats in West Hampstead and Kentish Town are tight for height.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedMost homes in Camden are flats, and many apartment floors suit calcium sulphate.
- Floor LevellingOffice refits in Bloomsbury, Fitzrovia and Holborn need SR1 flat floors before new finishes.
- Latex ScreedA few mm of latex over ply, firm old tiles or tired concrete keeps Camden flat floors level with the landing. Smooth for vinyl or LVT.
- Concrete Floor GrindingOffice strip-outs in Fitzrovia and Holborn and fit-outs at King's Cross Central start with a clean slab. Diamond grinding in Camden.
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 Camden.
Access, parking and timing a pour in Camden
Getting materials in is the first practical question on almost any Camden job. Many buildings have no off-street space, so the mixer and pump, or a sand and cement delivery, may need a parking bay suspended or a loading arrangement agreed in advance. Tell us about the street, the entrance and how many floors up the room is when you ask for a price. A pump hose can travel up stairwells and along hallways, but it needs a protected route through common parts, and in a converted house that usually means agreement from the other flats.
Timing matters as much in a flat as in a house. Before we pour, the windows want to be in, the plasterer finished and the heating engineer's pressure test on any pipes signed off. After the pour, the floor must dry before timber, LVT or tiles go down, and in a leasehold building the new floor may also need approval against the lease's terms on sound, so leave time for that.
In the south of the borough, King's Cross Central has turned 67 acres of railway land into offices, homes and shops, and the Euston area is lined up for station led regeneration. On sites of that scale, screeding is planned floor by floor around the main contractor's programme.
Screeding prices for Camden 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 Camden
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 Camden
On the map, Camden sits east of Slough, about 21.3 miles from our base in a straight line (postcodes including WC1B, NW1, N6 and W1T), next to Islington (1.7 miles), Westminster (2.1 miles), Kensington and Chelsea (3.4 miles) and Haringey (3.5 miles). Neighbourhoods we cover in Camden include Bloomsbury, Camden Town, Dartmouth Park, Fitzrovia and Gospel Oak.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.
