Caterham on the Hill and Caterham Valley
Census 2021 counted 22,757 people in the Caterham built-up area. The town comes in two halves, and the floors in each tend to raise different questions.
Caterham Valley grew up after the railway arrived in 1856, and its Victorian and Edwardian houses, along with the interwar homes that followed, often have ground floors with no damp proof membrane at all. Renovating one of those usually means breaking the old floor out, insulating, and laying a new screed. In narrow hallways and small rooms that is often hand-laid sand and cement screed in Caterham; in a bigger, open space a pumped liquid screed may suit better.
Caterham on the Hill is the older village, with listed buildings along Church Hill. It also holds the two big redevelopments. Caterham Barracks, a Foot Guards depot that closed in 1995, became a housing estate, and most of the former St Lawrence's Hospital is now housing too. Those schemes added newer homes and conversions of older institutional buildings, where uneven existing floors need floor levelling before new finishes go down.
Semi-detached houses make up 29% of Caterham's homes, and a rear extension is a common way to add space to one. If the new room is heated, the screed has to be planned around the pipes, which our page on underfloor heating screed explains. Where something is damaged rather than old, such as a cracked or hollow patch, screed repairs may be all that is needed.
Homes in Caterham at a glance
Of the 9,341 households in Caterham, 31% live in flats and 29% in semi-detached houses. By age, 24% of properties date from 1945 and 1972, the biggest single group, with 23% built between the wars.
| Homes in Caterham | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 25% |
| Semi-detached houses | 29% |
| Terraced houses | 13% |
| Flats | 31% |
| Built before 1919 | 14% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 23% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 24% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 16% |
| Built since 2000 | 23% |
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 Caterham built-up area (E63005450).
Screeding services in Caterham
- Liquid ScreedBarracks and hospital site homes, flats and open-plan extensions in Caterham suit pumped liquid screed, walkable in 24 to 48 hours.
- Sand and Cement ScreedVictorian, Edwardian and interwar homes in Caterham Valley often lack a damp proof membrane. We relay solid floors in sand and cement.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedUnderfloor heating screed for post-war Caterham extensions and older houses where floor height is tight, laid over your pipes.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedAnhydrite flow screed for Caterham flats and new homes, poured to CA-C20-F4, CA-C25-F5 or CA-C30-F6 and sanded before flooring.
- Floor LevellingFloor levelling for converted buildings on the old barracks and St Lawrence's sites, and shop refits in Caterham Valley.
- Latex ScreedVictorian and Edwardian houses in Caterham Valley: latex screed for patchy old bases, ready for vinyl, LVT and carpet.
- Concrete Floor GrindingShop units at Church Walk and hard wearing floors at The Arc and Skaterham: concrete floor grinding in Caterham with dust extraction.
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 Caterham.
Planning a Caterham pour around the build
We cover the whole of Caterham, including White Post, and the villages close by at Chaldon, Whyteleafe and Woldingham. Postcodes here include CR3 and RH1.
The commercial side of the town is concentrated in a few places. Church Walk Shopping Centre sits opposite the station in the Valley, independent shops line the High Street on the Hill, and the former barracks site now holds a supermarket, The Arc arts centre and the Skaterham indoor skate park. Buildings like these need hard wearing floors, and shop refits usually need a level base before the new finish.
On a house, the order of trades decides when we arrive. On a Valley terrace or a house up on the Hill alike, we come once the glazing and doors are in so rain stays out, and after the heating engineer has fixed the pipes down and pressure tested them. The old floor, if it is coming out, needs to be gone and the base ready for insulation and membrane. Tell us the planned date early, because drying then sets the pace for everything that follows: roughly a day per millimetre for the first 40mm, slowing after that.
Parking matters on pour day. A liquid screed needs the mixer truck and pump close to the house, with the hose run inside. A sand and cement job needs space for a mixer and a heap of sand. We ask about access when we price, so there are no surprises in the morning.
Screeding prices for Caterham 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 Caterham
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Reaching Caterham
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 30 miles from Caterham, which lies to the south-east. Postcodes here include CR3 and RH1, and Oxted (3.6 miles), Redhill (4.9 miles), Croydon (5.7 miles) and Reigate (6.3 miles) are close by. Neighbourhoods we cover in Caterham include White Post.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.