Chatham's three housing groups and their floors
Census 2021 recorded 76,956 people in the Chatham built-up area. Terraced houses make up 41% of its homes, and the Victorian terraces between the High Street and Luton are among them.
Those Victorian terraces are classic renovation stock. Their ground floors are often suspended timber or solid floors with no damp protection, and the usual moment to deal with them is when a kitchen or rear extension goes in. Out comes the old floor, in goes an insulated slab topped with a sand and cement screed laid by hand, which is easier than pumping in those small rooms and tight hallways.
The Walderslade estates, including the Davis Estate, Wayfield and Weedswood, grew mostly after the Second World War. Houses there lend themselves to extensions and garage conversions, and a wide new floor over insulation is the natural home for pumped liquid screed in Chatham. If that new room is heated, screed for underfloor heating explains the pipe cover and the heat-up.
At Chatham Maritime, on former dockyard land at St Mary's Island, the housing is newer. Floors there are more likely to need a repair or a skim of compound before new flooring than a full new screed, which is the job of floor levelling. Where a new block or plot names a calcium sulphate grade, that material has its own checks on laitance and moisture.
Homes in Chatham at a glance
Terraced houses make up 41% of the 30,663 households in Chatham, followed by semi-detached houses at 29%. By age, 32% of properties date from 1973 and 1999, the biggest single group, with 30% built between 1945 and 1972.
| Homes in Chatham | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 14% |
| Semi-detached houses | 29% |
| Terraced houses | 41% |
| Flats | 16% |
| Built before 1919 | 18% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 9% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 30% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 32% |
| Built since 2000 | 9% |
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 Chatham built-up area (E63005212).
Screeding services in Chatham
- Liquid ScreedExtensions and garage conversions on the Walderslade estates suit pumped liquid screed in Chatham, walkable in 24 to 48 hours.
- Sand and Cement ScreedVictorian terraces between Chatham High Street and Luton often need timber or damp solid floors replaced.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedHeating a rear extension off a Chatham terrace or a converted Walderslade garage? Underfloor heating screed laid with the right cover.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedNew homes on Chatham's former dockyard land and new flats may specify anhydrite screed. We pour the named CA grade and sand the laitance.
- Floor LevellingRetail units at the Pentagon Shopping Centre and newer homes at Chatham Maritime need flat bases for new floors.
- Latex ScreedSuspended timber floors in Chatham's Victorian terraces need plywood before latex screed goes down for vinyl or LVT.
- Concrete Floor GrindingConcrete floor grinding for Pentagon Shopping Centre refits, Horsted retail park units and Walderslade garage conversions in Chatham.
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 Chatham.
Planning a screed pour around a Chatham build
Nothing should be screeded until the house is sealed against the weather. Windows, doors and roof need to be in, the insulation and membrane laid, and any heating pipes fitted and pressure tested. Book the screed date once those are fixed, and leave drying time before the flooring fitter arrives: roughly a day per millimetre for the first 40mm.
Access is the next question. A liquid pour needs a mixer or pump parked close enough for the hose to reach the room, so we ask about parking on terraced streets and estate roads before we price. Chatham sits in a valley where the North Downs meet the River Medway, so tell us about any steps or slopes between the road and the door. Sand and cement is wheeled in by barrow and copes with tight access, at the cost of more time on a big floor.
Postcodes here include ME4, ME5 and ME7, and we cover Brompton, Luton and Walderslade as well as the town centre and Capstone Valley. Retail units around the Pentagon Shopping Centre and workshop floors are priced under commercial screeding.
Screeding prices for Chatham 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 Chatham
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Reaching Chatham
On the map, Chatham sits east of Slough, about 51.6 miles from our base in a straight line (postcodes including ME4 and ME5), next to Rochester (1 miles), Gillingham (2.5 miles), Snodland (5.2 miles) and Maidstone (7.7 miles). Neighbourhoods we cover in Chatham include Lords Wood, Luton and Walderslade.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.
