Crowthorne's houses and the screed each one suits
Crowthorne was a hamlet in Sandhurst parish until Wellington College arrived in 1859 and Broadmoor Hospital in 1863. Most of what stands today was built after the war, and Census 2021 recorded 15,196 people living in the Crowthorne built-up area.
Detached houses make up 52% of the homes. Generous plots leave space to extend, and a large rear extension that opens into the existing kitchen creates exactly the kind of wide, open floor where liquid screed for Crowthorne extensions works well. When the whole ground floor is being heated, the pipes need the right cover and a careful heat-up, which our page on underfloor heating screed explains.
Edgcumbe Park is different. Its mid-century houses often need their original floors assessed before any remodelling starts, because a floor of that age may be sound, uneven or failing. If it turns out solid but wavy, a thin pour of levelling compound will flatten it. If it has cracked or its damp protection has gone, digging it out and relaying in sand and cement by hand is the better route, and the same hand method is the one for cramped rooms, wet rooms and garages.
At Buckler's Park, on the former Transport Research Laboratory land off Nine Mile Ride, outline permission allows up to 1,000 homes beside a new country park. Homes and apartments there are going up in phases, with screed laid over new insulated slabs, and a specification there may call for a calcium sulphate grade.
Homes in Crowthorne at a glance
Detached houses make up 52% of the 5,748 households in Crowthorne, followed by semi-detached houses at 22%. The largest share of its housing, 32%, was built between 1945 and 1972, and 29% between 1973 and 1999.
| Homes in Crowthorne | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 52% |
| Semi-detached houses | 22% |
| Terraced houses | 8% |
| Flats | 17% |
| Built before 1919 | 9% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 3% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 32% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 29% |
| Built since 2000 | 26% |
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 Crowthorne built-up area (E63005233).
Screeding services in Crowthorne
- Liquid ScreedBuckler's Park new builds and large Crowthorne extensions suit pumped liquid screed: flat, low shrinkage and walkable in 24 to 48 hours.
- Sand and Cement ScreedRebuilding a failed floor in a post-war Crowthorne house or a wet room on a large plot? We hand lay sand and cement screed here.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedWhole-house underfloor heating retrofits in large Crowthorne homes need the right screed over the pipes. We lay it, liquid or traditional.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedPhased plots and apartments at Buckler's Park may call for anhydrite screed. We pour CA-C20-F4 to CA-C30-F6 in Crowthorne.
- Floor LevellingJoining a new Crowthorne extension to the old house, or prepping Edgcumbe Park floors for LVT? Floor levelling to SR1 or SR2.
- Latex ScreedPly over old boards, or tiles from an old kitchen? A thin latex screed readies Crowthorne floors for vinyl, LVT or carpet.
- Concrete Floor GrindingFrom new slabs at Buckler's Park to extension joins on big Crowthorne plots, concrete floor grinding takes off high spots and old adhesive.
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 Crowthorne.
Planning a Crowthorne pour around the build
A screed is booked in the middle of a project, and the trades before it decide the date. Before we come, the shell needs closing in, windows and outside doors fitted and the wet plaster finished, otherwise the new floor can get soaked or knocked about. Where there is underfloor heating, your heating engineer must lay and pressure test the pipes first. Only then can we fix the pour.
After the pour comes drying time, and this is where extension programmes slip. You can cross a liquid floor after 24 to 48 hours, yet tiles or wood have to wait a good deal longer while it dries. Book the flooring fitter against the drying time, not the pour date.
Access on a detached plot is usually simple. A driveway gives the mixer and pump a place to stand and the hose a short run through the side or rear of the house. Longer drives, gates and gravel are all workable, but mention them when you ask for a price so the hose length is right on the day. On a phased site such as Buckler's Park, the contractor's access rules and delivery slots set the timing instead.
If you are comparing quotes, the floor screeding cost guide sets out what affects the price per m².
Screeding prices for Crowthorne 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 Crowthorne
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Reaching Crowthorne
On the map, Crowthorne sits south-south-west of Slough, about 13 miles from our base in a straight line (postcodes including RG45), next to Sandhurst (1.6 miles), Yateley (2.3 miles), Camberley (3 miles) and Wokingham (3.3 miles). Neighbourhoods we cover in Crowthorne include Broadmoor Estate.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.