Assessing and relaying mid-century floors in Edgcumbe Park
The mid-century houses of Edgcumbe Park often need their original floors assessed before any remodelling begins. After decades of use, a solid ground floor may have cracked, dropped at one edge or lost the damp protection it had. When that is the case, levelling over the top only hides the fault for a while.
The fix that lasts is breaking the old floor out and starting from scratch. Our team removes the failed material, lays insulation and a damp proof membrane, then hand lays a floating sand and cement screed, usually 65mm deep in a home. Where the slab below is still sound and only its top has crumbled, we can bond 25 to 40mm of screed straight onto the concrete once it has been properly prepared. Our floor preparation service covers getting that base clean and ready.
The village's older stock needs the same thinking. Houses from before 1919 make up 9% of Crowthorne's homes, and you rarely know what such a floor hides until it is lifted. Laying by hand lets us adapt to whatever turns up. Each batch is mixed on site, so a room that sits lower than its neighbour can be built up, and a hallway, cloakroom and kitchen can each be finished to the right level in one visit.
Where a floor will carry weight early, or needs extra resistance to cracking, the mix can be adapted. A fibre reinforced screed is one option to discuss when we price the job.
Wet rooms, garages and outbuildings in Crowthorne
Sand and cement earns its place wherever water is involved. Walk-in showers and wet rooms need a floor that slopes to the drain, and cement screed shrugs off moisture that calcium sulphate cannot take. We shape those slopes by hand as we lay, and once dry the floor is ready to tank and tile.
Garages on larger plots are another case. Garage conversions, whether to a study, gym or annexe, normally mean lifting the floor to match the house, with insulation and a membrane underneath. To see what goes under the screed, layer by layer, read the garage conversion floor guide.
The price you pay is time, because hand-laid screed dries slower than pumped: count on a day a millimetre to 40mm and slower after, which puts a 65mm floor weeks away from most coverings. Good airflow helps, and if your kitchen fitter or flooring layer already has a date, a quicker drying mix can pull the wait in. Close by, we cover sand and cement floors in Yateley as well.
Sand and Cement Screed prices in Crowthorne
Sand and cement screed: £18 to £25 per m² supplied and laid (MyJobQuote, August 2026), so £450 to £630 for 25 m². MyJobQuote does not say whether these figures include VAT. See our floor screeding cost guide or screed calculator.
Who lays your sand and cement screed in Crowthorne
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Sand and Cement Screed from Slough to 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).
More on sand & cement screed, part of our screeding services.
