Choosing a screed for Clacton-on-Sea homes by age
Clacton grew from a planned resort. The pier was its first building in 1871, the railway arrived in 1882, and Great Clacton, the original inland village, has long since merged with the seafront town. The result is a housing stock where each decade left its mark, and the right floor depends on which decade you live in.
Inter-war and 1950s bungalows and chalet homes are common, and they are the usual candidates for a full floor replacement. The tired concrete is broken out, insulation and a membrane go down, and a fresh screed is laid on top. In small rooms that is often hand-laid sand and cement; across a whole bungalow floor, a pumped liquid screed poured in a day may make more sense. If the owner wants warmth underfoot while the floor is up, our screed over underfloor heating page covers depths and switch-on times.
Near the seafront, Victorian and Edwardian houses converted to flats are a different problem. Their floors are often uneven timber or concrete, and a thin layer of compound is normally the fix, not a new screed. The floor levelling service explains what that involves.
Flats make up 22% of homes, and a flat floor usually needs a thin, low build-up rather than a deep screed. On the newer estates at the edge of town, the typical floor job is screeding a conservatory or garden room conversion so it matches the house.
Homes in Clacton-on-Sea at a glance
Of the 24,349 households in Clacton-on-Sea, 35% live in detached houses and 32% in semi-detached houses. By age, 30% of properties date from 1973 and 1999, the biggest single group, with 28% built between 1945 and 1972.
| Homes in Clacton-on-Sea | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 35% |
| Semi-detached houses | 32% |
| Terraced houses | 9% |
| Flats | 22% |
| Built before 1919 | 11% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 18% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 28% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 30% |
| Built since 2000 | 12% |
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 Clacton-on-Sea built-up area (E63004300).
Screeding services in Clacton-on-Sea
- Liquid ScreedGarden rooms and conservatory conversions on Clacton-on-Sea's newer estates suit a pumped liquid screed laid flush with the house.
- Sand and Cement ScreedTired concrete dug out of Clacton-on-Sea's inter-war and 1950s bungalows, relaid as insulated sand and cement screed over a membrane.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedDigging out a Clacton-on-Sea bungalow floor is the moment to add wet underfloor heating. We lay the screed over the pipes to full cover.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedAnhydrite flow screed for Clacton-on-Sea flats and new plots, pumped to CA-C20-F4, CA-C25-F5 or CA-C30-F6 as specified.
- Floor LevellingConverted seafront houses in Clacton-on-Sea often have uneven timber or concrete floors. Floor levelling makes them flat for LVT and tile.
- Latex ScreedKitchen and bathroom refits in Clacton-on-Sea, over firm old tiles or plywood laid on boards, often need a thin latex screed.
- Concrete Floor GrindingGrinding high spots, adhesive and paint off Gorse Lane unit floors and Clacton-on-Sea garages, with dust extraction.
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 Clacton-on-Sea.
Pour dates, parking and the Gorse Lane Industrial Estate
81% of homes here are in council tax bands A to C, which points to modest houses, and on a smaller plot the hose run from the road is usually short. Even so, tell us where the mixer lorry can stand, whether there is a drive, and whether there are parking restrictions or bays on the road outside.
On a bungalow that is being gutted, the screed goes in after the old floor is out, the new drainage and services are laid, and walls are plastered or first fixed. On a garden room conversion, it follows the new roof and glazing. Book the pour once those stages have a firm date, and leave room afterwards for drying before the flooring fitter arrives.
Work is not all residential. Gorse Lane Industrial Estate on the northern edge of town, with its links to the A120 and A12, holds workshops and trade units whose floors may need repairing, grinding or overlaying. Our commercial screeding service deals with those. Postcodes here include CO15 and CO16, and every price is fixed in writing before work begins.
Screeding prices for Clacton-on-Sea 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 Clacton-on-Sea
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Reaching Clacton-on-Sea
On the map, Clacton-on-Sea sits east-north-east of Slough, about 79.3 miles from our base in a straight line (postcodes including CO15 and CO16), next to Colchester (12.9 miles), Maldon (20.8 miles), Witham (22 miles) and Rochford (24 miles). Neighbourhoods we cover in Clacton-on-Sea include Bocking's Elm, Great Clacton and Rush Green.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.
