Matching screed to Crawley's New Town neighbourhoods
Crawley grew in planned stages after it was designated a New Town in 1947. West Green came first in 1949, then Northgate in 1951, Langley Green and Three Bridges in 1952 and Pound Hill in 1953. Broadfield followed in 1969, Bewbush in 1975 and Maidenbower in 1987, and Forge Wood was started in 2014. Each neighbourhood was planned with its own shops, church, school and community centre around the old market town.
Terraces and flats from the New Town decades make up most of the housing, so most floor work is renovation rather than a first floor. Uneven concrete floors need levelling before new flooring. Cracked screeds have to be broken out and replaced, often with hand-laid sand and cement. Single storey rear extensions need a new floor that meets the original slab at exactly the same level.
Where a Crawley extension is wide or the kitchen has been knocked through, a pumped liquid screed finds its own level and takes foot traffic after 24 to 48 hours. At Forge Wood, and at Kilnwood Vale just over the borough boundary, newer homes are more likely to have liquid screed over underfloor heating already, which may need repair or extending later. For any heated room, read about screeding over underfloor heating in Crawley before the pipes go down, because pipe cover sets the floor height.
If a drawing names a calcium sulphate grade, anhydrite flow screed to that specification brings its own sanding and moisture testing before flooring.
Homes in Crawley at a glance
Terraced houses make up 37% of the 46,425 households in Crawley, followed by flats at 26%. The largest share of its housing, 41%, was built between 1945 and 1972, and 37% between 1973 and 1999.
| Homes in Crawley | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 14% |
| Semi-detached houses | 23% |
| Terraced houses | 37% |
| Flats | 26% |
| Built before 1919 | 3% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 2% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 41% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 37% |
| 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 Crawley (Crawley) built-up area (E63005907).
Screeding services in Crawley
- Liquid ScreedPumped liquid screed for Crawley rear extensions, open-plan kitchens and flats, self-levelling and walkable in 24 to 48 hours.
- Sand and Cement ScreedCracked screed in a Crawley New Town terrace? K & B breaks it out and relays the floor in hand-laid sand and cement, 65mm floating.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedUnderfloor heating in Forge Wood, Kilnwood Vale and older Crawley homes needs full pipe cover and a slow heat-up, which we build in.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedCA-C25-F5 for Crawley flats and offices, CA-C30-F6 for heavier use: K & B pours, sands and tests anhydrite flow screed.
- Floor LevellingFloor levelling for uneven Crawley concrete floors and Manor Royal units, to SR1 or SR2 before LVT, vinyl or tiles, with the right primer.
- Latex ScreedKitchen and bathroom refits in Crawley New Town homes often need latex screed over old tiles or plywood before vinyl or LVT.
- Concrete Floor GrindingConcrete floor grinding for Manor Royal warehouse, workshop and office floors in Crawley strips coatings, glue and ridges, 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 Crawley.
Timing, access and Manor Royal floors in Crawley
A screed pour slots in between other trades. Ahead of our visit the house needs to be closed against the weather, the wet plaster done and any heating loops pressure tested by your engineer. Then the new floor has to dry out before anything is laid on it, and how long that takes comes down to its depth and what kind of screed it is. Book the tiler and kitchen fitter around that date, not the other way round.
Access is mainly about the mixer and pump. They need to park within hose reach of the door, and on some streets that means a longer hose run from a parking bay or across a path. Let us know where a van can park, how the hose gets from there to the room and which storey it is on, and we will have the route worked out before pour day. Hand-mixed sand and cement needs less space outside, which can help on a tight terrace.
Manor Royal work runs on different lines. Manor Royal, the industrial zone opened by Princess Elizabeth in 1950, sits between Northgate, Three Bridges, Langley Green and Gatwick Airport, and companies such as Boeing, Virgin Atlantic, Unilever and Ocado have operations there. Its warehouses, workshops and offices call for high strength screeds, concrete floor repair and grinding when a unit changes hands or a floor wears out. That side of things is handled by our commercial screeding team.
Screeding prices for Crawley 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 Crawley
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Reaching Crawley
Crawley is about 35 miles south-east of our Slough base as the crow flies, with postcodes including RH10 and RH11. The nearest towns to it are Horley (4.1 miles), Horsham (7.1 miles), East Grinstead (7.9 miles) and Reigate (8.5 miles). Neighbourhoods we cover in Crawley include Bewbush, Broadfield, Burleys Wood, County Oak and Forge Wood.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.
