Which screed suits which part of Chichester
Start with the building, not the product. Inside the city walls, where North, South, East and West Streets meet at the Market Cross, the conservation area covers the whole Roman town and many buildings are listed. Older solid floors there may have no damp proof membrane, and the finished floor level often cannot rise much without fouling doors, skirtings and old thresholds. For those houses the right approach is slow and room by room, with sand and cement screed spread by hand. Where only a few millimetres are available, levelling the existing floor may be a better answer than any new screed.
Flats make up 29% of the city's homes, so apartment floors are a large part of the picture. At Graylingwell Park, the former hospital where Linden Homes began converting and building in 2010, old ward blocks were adapted into apartments. Conversions like these bring uneven old slabs and the need for sound separation between flats. Wide, open apartment floors are where a pumped liquid screed earns its place, and where a developer names a CA grade, our page on calcium sulphate flow screed explains the specification.
Newer houses and extensions anywhere in the city are often designed around wet underfloor heating. There, the screed above the pipes decides how well the system performs, and both pipe cover and the first heat-up need planning before the pour date is fixed.
Homes in Chichester at a glance
Of the 14,192 households in Chichester, 29% live in flats and 26% in semi-detached houses. The largest group of homes here was built between 1973 and 1999 (25%), and a further 19% between 1945 and 1972.
| Homes in Chichester | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 18% |
| Semi-detached houses | 26% |
| Terraced houses | 26% |
| Flats | 29% |
| Built before 1919 | 13% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 11% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 19% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 25% |
| Built since 2000 | 32% |
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 Chichester built-up area (E63006541).
Screeding services in Chichester
- Liquid ScreedWide extensions, new homes and apartments in Chichester suit pumped liquid screed: flat, dense, walkable in 24 to 48 hours.
- Sand and Cement ScreedOld Chichester solid floors without a damp proof membrane are often dug out and relaid in sand and cement.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedRetrofitting wet underfloor heating into an older Chichester house? Floor height sets the screed and the pipe cover.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedChichester apartment floors over insulation or heating suit low-shrinkage anhydrite in large bays. Wet areas get a cement flowing screed, keeping floors safe.
- Floor LevellingChichester floors brought to SR1 or SR2 with self levelling compound before LVT, vinyl or large tiles, in period homes and shop refits.
- Latex ScreedOld quarry tiles and overboarded floors in Chichester kitchen refits can take a thin latex screed before vinyl or LVT.
- Concrete Floor GrindingConcrete floor grinding in Chichester with diamond heads and dust extraction, taking off old glue, paint and ridges before new floors.
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 Chichester.
Timing a pour around a Chichester build
On a Chichester job the screed lands midway through, so our date hangs on the trades booked before and after us. Before we pour, windows and outside doors need to be in so the room is sealed from the weather, and any wet plaster should be done. Heating pipes need laying and pressure testing first. Once poured, the floor has to dry before it takes tiles, timber or LVT, and a deeper floor takes longer. Pencil in the flooring fitter only once the pour date is settled.
Access needs thought in the old centre. A pumped screed needs the mixer and pump parked within hose reach of the door, and where a house has no driveway or the street has parking restrictions, that has to be planned in advance. Tell us about restrictions, shared passages and which floor the room is on when you ask for a price. A hand-mixed job needs less room outside, which is one reason it stays practical on tight period sites.
Larger schemes follow their own programme. The Southern Gateway plan, adopted in 2017, covers redevelopment from the law courts to the canal basin, including both railway level crossings. Mixed-use schemes like that combine homes with shops and offices, and our commercial screeding service covers the non-residential floors as well as the flats above them.
Screeding prices for Chichester 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 Chichester
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Reaching Chichester
On the map, Chichester sits south of Slough, about 48.4 miles from our base in a straight line (postcodes including PO19), next to Bognor Regis (6 miles), Emsworth (7 miles), Selsey (7.2 miles) and Havant (9.2 miles). Neighbourhoods we cover in Chichester include Portfield, Stockbridge, Summersdale, The Close and Whyke.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.