Picking the right screed across Croydon's districts
Census 2021 recorded 152,946 households in Croydon, and the floors under them vary as much as the districts do.
North of the centre, Thornton Heath, Selhurst and South Norwood have Victorian terraces whose old solid floors often have no damp proof membrane. Replacing one means a new membrane and a new screed together, and in a terraced house that is usually hand-laid work; our sand and cement screed page for Croydon explains the build-up.
Towards the Surrey hills, the larger detached homes in Purley, Sanderstead and Kenley lend themselves to kitchen extensions with underfloor heating. The screed is part of the heating system there, so see heated floor screed in Croydon for pipe cover and warm-up times.
On the eastern edge, New Addington began in 1935 as a garden village on Fisher's Farm, and the semis added there after the war need extension slabs and floor levelling. A broad extension floor suits pumped liquid screed in Croydon, and where an older floor is uneven rather than failed, levelling compound for Croydon floors may be all it needs.
The town centre has seen tall residential blocks such as Saffron Square, Altitude 25 and IYLO, and flat blocks in central Croydon call for acoustic floors. That detailing sits beneath the screed, so it has to be designed in before the pour rather than added afterwards.
Homes in Croydon at a glance
Flats make up 38% of the 152,946 households in Croydon, followed by semi-detached houses at 25%. By age, 28% of properties date from before 1919, the biggest single group, with 23% built between the wars.
| Homes in Croydon | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 12% |
| Semi-detached houses | 25% |
| Terraced houses | 23% |
| Flats | 38% |
| Built before 1919 | 28% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 23% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 20% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 13% |
| Built since 2000 | 16% |
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 London Borough of Croydon (E09000008).
Screeding services in Croydon
- Liquid ScreedWide extension floors on New Addington semis and flats in central Croydon suit pumped liquid screed. Walkable in 24 to 48 hours.
- Sand and Cement ScreedVictorian terraces in Thornton Heath and South Norwood often lack a damp proof membrane.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedKitchen extensions on larger Purley, Sanderstead and Kenley homes often add underfloor heating. We screed over it across Croydon.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedCroydon flat blocks and planned Purley Way homes suit anhydrite flow screed, poured CA-C20-F4 to CA-C30-F6.
- Floor LevellingNew Addington semis and Purley Way shop refits both need flat floors before new finishes.
- Latex ScreedCroydon flat conversions and terrace kitchens can turn up old tiles or ply over timber. A few mm of latex screed gives vinyl a smooth base.
- Concrete Floor GrindingConcrete floor grinding for Purley Way retail fit-outs and lipped extension slabs in Sanderstead or Kenley, 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 Croydon.
Access, timing and commercial work along Purley Way
Our Croydon area covers the whole borough, including Addiscombe, Shirley, Selsdon, Coulsdon, Old Coulsdon, Norbury, Upper Norwood, Waddon and Woodcote. Postcodes here include CR0, CR2, CR5, CR7, CR8, SE19 and SE25.
Access comes first when pricing. A liquid screed pump parks at the kerb and runs a hose into the building, while sand and cement needs room for a mixer and materials. Controlled parking, a shared drive or a busy main road changes how the day runs, so mention it early.
Timing comes next. On a Croydon build, our slot falls after the roof, glazing and pipe pressure test, and ahead of the flooring fitter. Drying is the long part: sand and cement takes roughly a day per mm for the first 40mm, so a floor laid in week one may not be ready for wood or LVT for well over a month. Plan around it.
Purley Way is Croydon's main commercial corridor, with retail parks including Valley Park and an IKEA store on a former power station site. The Purley Way masterplan proposes new industrial floorspace alongside new homes around new centres at Valley Park, Waddon Marsh and Five Ways, while the Whitgift Centre and Centrale anchor the town centre. Retail and industrial floors in both areas come under commercial screeding.
Screeding prices for Croydon 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 Croydon
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 Croydon
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 26.8 miles from Croydon, which lies to the east-south-east. Postcodes here include CR0, CR5, CR8 and CR7, and Sutton (3.7 miles), Caterham (5.7 miles), Bromley (5.8 miles) and Merton (6.3 miles) are close by. Neighbourhoods we cover in Croydon include Addington, Addiscombe, Broad Green, Coulsdon and Forestdale.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.
