Matching screed to Dartford's semis, estates and apartments
Census 2021 counted 69,131 people in the Dartford built-up area. Terraced houses form 35% of its homes, and inter-war and post-war semis make up much of the rest.
Those semis produce steady work on rear extensions and replacement kitchen floors. The challenge is always the join: the new screed has to meet an older slab cleanly, at the same level, with no step. Those extensions tend to be wide, open floors, a good match for pumped liquid screed for Dartford extensions, and if pipes are going in, read how we screed over heating pipes before they are laid.
Temple Hill is different. Its estate was built in 1947, and the housing there often needs worn screeds broken out and relaid level. That is hand-laid work, and sand and cement screed in Dartford explains the method.
Apartment schemes such as Langley Square and Brewery Square are where liquid screed, acoustic layers and underfloor heating are typical choices. When a block's specification names a calcium sulphate grade, the material brings its own checks on laitance and moisture, and we plan for those from the start.
Elsewhere in town, including Brooklands, Horns Cross, New Town, The Bridge, Wilmington and Darenth Valley, the same three questions decide the floor: the age of the building, what is under the floor now and what the finish will be.
Homes in Dartford at a glance
The most common home in Dartford is a terraced house (35%), ahead of semi-detached houses at 31%. By age, 23% of properties date from the wars, the biggest single group, with 22% built between 1945 and 1972.
| Homes in Dartford | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 9% |
| Semi-detached houses | 31% |
| Terraced houses | 35% |
| Flats | 25% |
| Built before 1919 | 15% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 23% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 22% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 15% |
| Built since 2000 | 23% |
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 Dartford built-up area (E63005030).
Screeding services in Dartford
- Liquid ScreedApartment schemes like Langley Square and Brewery Square typically use liquid screed. We pump it into Dartford flats and extensions.
- Sand and Cement ScreedTemple Hill's 1940s estate homes often need worn screeds broken out and relaid. We hand-lay sand and cement screed across Dartford.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedUnderfloor heating in a rear extension on a Dartford semi? We lay liquid or sand and cement screed over the pipes with the right cover.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedDartford apartment and new build specs may name an anhydrite grade. We pour CA-C20-F4 to CA-C30-F6 and remove the laitance.
- Floor LevellingRetail fit-outs at Bluewater, units at Crossways Business Park and extension joins on Dartford semis all need flat floors.
- Latex ScreedOld tiles, plywood overboarding or firm adhesive in a Dartford kitchen or bathroom: latex screed gives vinyl a smooth base.
- Concrete Floor GrindingConcrete floor grinding for Crossways Business Park warehouses, Bluewater fit-outs and Dartford extension joins, 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 Dartford.
Access and timing for a Dartford screed pour
We screed once the building keeps the weather out, with the insulation and membrane down and any heating pipes laid and tested. We then need to know how the materials will reach the room. For a liquid pour, the mixer or pump parks on the road and a hose runs to the floor, so tell us about parking, the length of the run and any stairs. Sand and cement is barrowed in, which copes with tight access but takes longer on a large floor.
In an apartment block, the programme usually sets the date: the pour follows the pipe installation and comes before the internal trades. For a house extension, build drying time into the programme before the flooring fitter comes: around a day for each millimetre up to 40mm, and slower than that beyond.
A floor that is firm but bumpy can often be put right with a levelling coat ahead of the new flooring alone. For warehouses, distribution units and retail fit-outs at Crossways Business Park and Bluewater, see our commercial screeding service. Postcodes here include DA1, DA2 and DA9, and we cover Crossways and Fleet-Downs as well as the town centre.
Screeding prices for Dartford 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 Dartford
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Reaching Dartford
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 38.8 miles from Dartford, which lies to the east. Postcodes here include DA2, DA1 and DA9, and Swanscombe (1.6 miles), Grays (3.8 miles), Northfleet (4.5 miles) and Bexley (4.5 miles) are close by. Neighbourhoods we cover in Dartford include Bowmans, Brooklands, Crossways, Darenth Valley and Dartford Marshes.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.