Which screed fits which Chippenham home
Census 2021 recorded 36,084 people in the Chippenham built-up area. The town spreads well beyond the old core around the Buttercross and the Yelde Hall, and the floor a house needs follows mostly from when it was built.
The big estates at Cepen Park and Pewsham date from the 1980s and 1990s. Houses there are now getting kitchen extensions, conservatories rebuilt as solid rooms and ground floors refitted with heating. Floors of that generation often carry thin insulation or none, so the usual answer is to lift the old finish, add insulation and lay a new screed on top. For a wide open-plan room, pumped liquid screed in Chippenham settles flat and takes light foot traffic within 24 to 48 hours. Where pipes go in, the underfloor heating screed page explains cover depths and when the system can be switched on.
Closer to the town centre, the older terraces have different problems: tired concrete and missing damp proof membranes. In those narrow rooms and tight doorways, the old floor usually comes out and a hand-compacted sand and cement screed goes back in.
Not every tired floor needs replacing, though. If the base is firm and only uneven, a skim of levelling compound before new flooring can do the job without the expense or the drying wait of a full screed. Where a builder's specification names a calcium sulphate grade, that material brings its own sanding, priming and moisture testing steps after the pour.
Homes in Chippenham at a glance
Of the 15,566 households in Chippenham, 32% live in semi-detached houses and 29% in detached houses. By age, 40% of properties date from 1973 and 1999, the biggest single group, with 20% built between 1945 and 1972.
| Homes in Chippenham | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 29% |
| Semi-detached houses | 32% |
| Terraced houses | 24% |
| Flats | 14% |
| Built before 1919 | 10% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 11% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 20% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 40% |
| Built since 2000 | 18% |
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 Chippenham (Wiltshire) built-up area (E63005045).
Screeding services in Chippenham
- Liquid ScreedOpen-plan kitchen extension in Pewsham or Cepen Park? Pumped liquid screed in Chippenham is walkable in 24 to 48 hours.
- Sand and Cement ScreedOlder terraces near Chippenham town centre often need tired concrete floors dug out and relaid.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedRefitting a 1990s Chippenham ground floor with underfloor heating? We screed over the pipes with the right cover and heat-up plan.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedAnhydrite flow screed for Chippenham apartments and new build floors, poured CA-C20-F4 to CA-C30-F6, then sanded and moisture tested.
- Floor LevellingRefitting an office at Methuen Park or a shop on Bath Road? Self levelling compound brings Chippenham floors flat for LVT and tiles.
- Latex ScreedOld quarry tiles or plywood-boarded floors in a Chippenham kitchen or bathroom? Thin latex screed makes them smooth for vinyl.
- Concrete Floor GrindingGlue, paint and ridged bays in a Bumpers Farm unit or Methuen Park office? Our concrete floor grinding in Chippenham is 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 Chippenham.
Access, programme and the Bumpers Farm units
A screed date only works if the trades around it are ready. On pour day we need the roof on and the windows in, the plastering done and, if there is underfloor heating, the installer's pipes already down and pressure tested. Then comes the drying, which runs longer for a deep floor and differs from one material to another. So line up your tiler and kitchen fitter for later in the job, once the screed has had its time.
Getting equipment to the door is the other practical question. A detached house with a driveway leaves room for the mixer and pump. A terrace near the town centre may have limited parking or no frontage at all, so tell us about access when you send drawings, and the hose route can be planned in advance. Postcodes here include SN15, and the area we cover takes in Hardenhuish, Monkton, Lowden, Frogwell, Redland and Hill Rise.
Business floors follow different rules. Bumpers Farm industrial estate, the Methuen Park offices in west Chippenham and the retail parks on Bath Road all go through warehouse, office and retail fit outs that call for levelling compounds or a commercial screed. Where a unit needs a full new floor rather than compound, see our commercial screeding service.
Screeding prices for Chippenham 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 Chippenham
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Reaching Chippenham
On the map, Chippenham sits west of Slough, about 63.6 miles from our base in a straight line (postcodes including SN15), next to Corsham (3.5 miles), Calne (4.9 miles), Melksham (6 miles) and Devizes (9 miles).
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.
