Which screed suits which part of Cheshunt
Cheshunt had 43,694 residents at Census 2021. Its older core is Churchgate, around St Mary's Church, and the High Street and Turners Hill form the main shopping corridor. The railway station opened in 1846, but the big growth came after the Second World War, when council estates were built for London overspill, and 41% of homes date from 1945 to 1972.
In that post-war and later housing, floor jobs are mostly about putting right what is already there. Uneven concrete is levelled before new flooring goes down; see floor levelling in Cheshunt. Cracked or hollow sand and cement screeds are repaired, or replaced with a new hand-laid sand and cement screed. Kitchen and garden room extensions need insulated slabs, often finished with screed over underfloor heating.
New building is concentrated in two big schemes. Cheshunt Lakeside, on the former Tesco headquarters site, brings about 1,700 homes with a school and shops, and Brookfield Garden Village has more than 1,250 homes planned alongside Brookfield Riverside. Large phased developments like these are where pumped liquid screed over underfloor heating, and acoustic floors in apartment blocks, are routinely specified.
So the first question for any Cheshunt floor is whether it is being repaired, extended or built new. The answer usually points to the right screed before depth, drying time or price come into it.
Homes in Cheshunt at a glance
The most common home in Cheshunt is a terraced house (34%), ahead of semi-detached houses at 30%. The largest group of homes here was built between 1945 and 1972 (41%), and a further 34% between 1973 and 1999.
| Homes in Cheshunt | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 15% |
| Semi-detached houses | 30% |
| Terraced houses | 34% |
| Flats | 20% |
| Built before 1919 | 6% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 6% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 41% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 34% |
| Built since 2000 | 13% |
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 Cheshunt built-up area (E63004542).
Screeding services in Cheshunt
- Liquid ScreedPhased sites such as Cheshunt Lakeside suit pumped liquid screed, as do Cheshunt kitchen extensions: flat, quick, walkable in 48 hours.
- Sand and Cement ScreedCracked or hollow screed in a Cheshunt terrace? We break it out and relay hand-laid sand and cement at 65mm, and form wet room falls.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedCheshunt kitchen and garden room extensions, screeded over wet underfloor heating with full pipe cover and a staged heat-up.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedAnhydrite flow screed for Cheshunt apartment blocks and new build plots: CA-C25-F5 and other grades, laitance sanding and moisture checks.
- Floor LevellingUneven concrete in Cheshunt homes and Theobalds Business Park units, levelled with self levelling compound for LVT and tiles.
- Latex ScreedFrom Churchgate to Hammond Street, Cheshunt kitchens, bathrooms and High Street shops can get a smooth latex screed base for vinyl or LVT.
- Concrete Floor GrindingTheobalds Business Park units and Brookfield retail refits in Cheshunt: diamond grinding with dust extraction, ready for the next layer.
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 Cheshunt.
Timing and access for a Cheshunt screed pour
Whatever the screed, the pour has to fit the build. Before the pour, the room has to be closed in against the weather with its windows fitted, and any heating pipes fixed down and pressure tested. Before our crew turns up, have the insulation, membrane and edge strip fitted. After a liquid pour, the floor takes light foot traffic within 24 to 48 hours, but flooring waits until it is dry, so book the fitter weeks ahead rather than days.
Think about where the pump will stand. On the residential roads around Cheshunt the mixer usually sits at the kerb, with the hose taken in through the front door or a side gate. A shared path, a long front garden or parking restrictions should all be mentioned when you ask for a price.
Commercial floors in Cheshunt centre on Theobalds Business Park, where Google opened its first UK data centre in 2025, and the Brookfield retail park, which is set to grow as Brookfield Riverside. Data halls, retail units and trade premises need flat, hard wearing floors, from high strength screed to concrete floor grinding. Our commercial screeding page covers larger areas and phased pours on sites of that kind.
Screeding prices for Cheshunt 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 Cheshunt
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 Cheshunt
On the map, Cheshunt sits east-north-east of Slough, about 28.5 miles from our base in a straight line (postcodes including EN8 and EN7), next to Waltham Cross (1.2 miles), Waltham Abbey (2.8 miles), Enfield (4.1 miles) and Hoddesdon (4.1 miles). Neighbourhoods we cover in Cheshunt include Bury Green, Churchgate, Flamstead End, Hammond Street and Rosedale.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.
