Three kinds of Chigwell floor and the screed each needs
Chigwell is a town of big suburban houses, and the floors people want laid tend to fall into three groups.
First comes the extended post-war house. The back of the ground floor is knocked through, a kitchen and family room is added, and heating pipes go down across the whole area. A pumped liquid screed over the insulation suits that kind of wide, open floor. If pipes are involved, the underfloor heating screed page sets out how much cover they need and when the system can be run.
Second is the smaller, more awkward job: a utility room, a shower laid to a fall, a garage turned into a study, or an old solid floor that has cracked and been dug out. Hand-laid sand and cement screed for small rooms is the practical answer there, because it copes with wet areas and broken-up plans.
Third is the flat, and 24% of Chigwell's homes are flats. In flatted blocks, including those on the Limes Farm Estate, the floor between one home and the next often calls for an acoustic layer and a thin latex finish in place of a full depth screed.
An architect or developer may also name a calcium sulphate grade on the drawings. Our page on anhydrite flow screed grades explains what that choice means for drying, sanding and the flooring that goes on top.
Homes in Chigwell at a glance
The most common home in Chigwell is a detached house (35%), ahead of semi-detached houses at 26%. The largest share of its housing, 50%, was built between 1945 and 1972, and 15% between the wars.
| Homes in Chigwell | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 35% |
| Semi-detached houses | 26% |
| Terraced houses | 14% |
| Flats | 24% |
| Built before 1919 | 6% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 15% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 50% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 15% |
| 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 Chigwell built-up area (E63004738).
Screeding services in Chigwell
- Liquid ScreedKnock-through extensions on Chigwell's bigger post-war houses suit pumped liquid screed: one day to lay, walkable in 24 to 48 hours.
- Sand and Cement ScreedDug-out solid floors, wet rooms, garages and small rooms in Chigwell homes: hand-laid sand and cement screed, bonded or floating.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedChigwell's 1950s and 1960s houses are being extended with wet underfloor heating. We lay the screed over the pipes to full cover.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedSpecifying anhydrite for a Chigwell apartment block or new plot? We pour CA-C20-F4 to CA-C30-F6 calcium sulphate screed.
- Floor LevellingWhere a new Chigwell extension meets a 1950s slab, levelling compound gives one flat plane for large tiles or engineered boards.
- Latex ScreedLatex screed in Chigwell over old quarry tiles, glue-marked slabs and plywood, with any acoustic layer checked before it goes on.
- Concrete Floor GrindingWhere a new Chigwell extension slab meets a 1950s or 1960s floor, concrete floor grinding removes the lip and old glue, dust extracted.
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 Chigwell.
Booking the screed day in Chigwell: sequence and access
Screed goes down once the building is weathertight and before the kitchen, joinery and finishes arrive. On an extension that normally means after the roof, windows, first fix plumbing and electrics, with insulation, membrane and edge strip laid and any heating circuit pressure tested. Wet trades and heavy deliveries on a fresh floor cause damage, so it pays to plan the order of trades early.
On a detached plot with a drive, the mixer and pump have somewhere to stand. Wherever you are in IG7, from Grange Hill out to Chigwell Row, tell us before the day if the lorry will have to park on the road, share an access or wait for a bay. For an upper floor flat we also need the storey, whether there is a lift and roughly how far the hose must run.
Then allow for drying. People can walk on the floor within 24 to 48 hours, but finishes wait for a moisture reading. Where the new extension floor ends up slightly proud of or below the existing house floor, levelling the join before tiles or boards is the usual fix. Postcodes here include IG7, so give us the full address and postcode when you ask for a price.
Screeding prices for Chigwell 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 Chigwell
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 Chigwell
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 31.6 miles from Chigwell, which lies to the east-north-east. Postcodes here include IG7, and Redbridge (2.4 miles), Loughton (2.5 miles), Waltham Forest (3.9 miles) and Waltham Abbey (5.3 miles) are close by. Neighbourhoods we cover in Chigwell include Grange Hill.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.