Corsham's two eras, and what each floor needs
The first era is stone. Around the High Street and Corsham Court, older cottages are built from Bath stone, which is still mined underground at Hartham Park and Monk's Park. Their floors are often lime or stone flags laid straight onto earth. Those need care: a dense cement screed over a floor that relies on breathing can push damp into the walls, and sometimes a limecrete base is the better route. If a job needs a lime specialist rather than a screed, we will tell you plainly.
The second era is twentieth century and newer. Post-war semis are good candidates for extensions with an insulated screed. A broad open-plan extension is a natural fit for pumped liquid screed in Corsham, while small rooms, utility floors and wet rooms suit hand-laid sand and cement.
Then there are the newest estates. Homes built since 2000 make up 30% of the stock, and buyers of new houses expect liquid screed over underfloor heating throughout the ground floor. Pipe cover depths and the safe warm-up timetable for a new estate house are on our heated floor screeding for Corsham page. If the developer has specified calcium sulphate, three extra jobs come before any flooring: sanding off the surface laitance, priming with a product made for that material, and a moisture test.
In a house of any era, a firm floor that has only gone out of true can often be put right with a thin levelling coat before new flooring, which costs less and takes less time than a fresh screed.
Homes in Corsham at a glance
Semi-detached houses make up 32% of the 4,783 households in Corsham, followed by detached houses at 30%. The largest share of its housing, 33%, was built between 1945 and 1972, and 21% between 1973 and 1999.
| Homes in Corsham | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 30% |
| Semi-detached houses | 32% |
| Terraced houses | 24% |
| Flats | 13% |
| Built before 1919 | 14% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 3% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 33% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 21% |
| Built since 2000 | 30% |
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 Corsham built-up area (E63005109).
Screeding services in Corsham
- Liquid ScreedNew Corsham estates expect liquid screed across the ground floor. We pump it level in one visit, walkable in 24 to 48 hours.
- Sand and Cement ScreedPost-war semis and older Corsham homes often need floors rebuilt or extended. Hand-laid sand and cement screed, mixed on site.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedCorsham's newest homes put underfloor heating under the whole ground floor. We screed over the pipes with full cover and a heat-up plan.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedCorsham new build plots naming CA-C25-F5 anhydrite or alpha hemihydrate flow screed: we pour it, sand off laitance and moisture test.
- Floor LevellingBusiness floors at Rudloe and Basil Hill, or a kitchen in Pickwick: floor levelling in Corsham with compound for LVT and tiles.
- Latex ScreedLifting old lino in a Corsham kitchen or bathroom? Latex screed smooths plywood overboarding, firm tiles and tired concrete.
- Concrete Floor GrindingConcrete floor grinding for offices and studios at Basil Hill, Rudloe or Corsham Media Park: glue, paint and ridges off, 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 Corsham.
Planning a pour in Pickwick, Greenhill or Westwells
Whether the job is in Pickwick, Greenhill, Westwells or the streets around the High Street, the timing questions are the same. The building should be weathertight before we arrive, with windows and doors in and wet plastering done. Heating pipes, where there are any, need to be down and pressure tested by your installer ahead of us. The new floor then has to dry out before tiles, timber or vinyl can go on, so only give your flooring fitter a date once ours is fixed.
Access needs thought too. If the house has no driveway or the street is narrow, the mixer and pump may have to park further away and run a longer hose, or a hand-laid screed may be the simpler choice for a small room. Tell us about parking, gates and steps when you ask for a price.
Corsham also has business and defence floors. Corsham Media Park, opened in 2001 next to the old RAF Rudloe Manor, uses former quarry tunnels as studio space, and the defence and business sites around Basil Hill and Rudloe have floors that need levelling, repairs or heavy duty screeds. For a full new floor in one of those buildings, see our commercial screeding service.
Screeding prices for Corsham 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 Corsham
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 Corsham
Corsham is about 66.8 miles west of our Slough base as the crow flies, with postcodes including SN13. The nearest towns to it are Chippenham (3.5 miles), Melksham (4.7 miles), Calne (7.8 miles) and Trowbridge (7.9 miles). Neighbourhoods we cover in Corsham include Greenhill, Pickwick and Westwells.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.
