Matching a screed to each kind of Desborough home
Census 2021 recorded 11,899 people in the Desborough built-up area, and the housing they live in leans heavily towards the family house. Detached homes make up 42% of the stock, semis most of the rest, with terraces and a small number of flats making up the balance. That mix decides which screed we put forward.
Estates such as Desbeau Park, built on the former Co-operative sports ground, are typical of the town. Where a house already has an insulated ground floor, it can take a flowing screed, and for a whole floor or a large open kitchen, a pumped liquid screed goes down in a day and gives a flat base quickly. If the owners are adding wet heating to an extension, the choice of depth and material is set out on our underfloor heating screed page for Desborough.
Older houses tell a different story. A solid ground floor laid generations ago may have cracked, sunk or lost what damp protection it had. Digging that out and rebuilding it is work for a hand-laid sand and cement floor, which copes with small rooms, chimney breasts and fixed threshold heights without a pump outside.
Not every Desborough floor has to be screeded again. Where the base is sound but uneven, a thin self levelling compound is enough before LVT or tiles go down, and our Desborough floor levelling service explains when that works and when it does not.
Homes in Desborough at a glance
The most common home in Desborough is a detached house (42%), ahead of semi-detached houses at 32%. The largest share of its housing, 25%, was built between 2000 and 2014, and 24% between 1973 and 1999.
| Homes in Desborough | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 42% |
| Semi-detached houses | 32% |
| Terraced houses | 19% |
| Flats | 6% |
| Built before 1919 | 12% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 10% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 17% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 24% |
| Built since 2000 | 38% |
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 Desborough built-up area (E63002951).
Screeding services in Desborough
- Liquid ScreedA quarter of Desborough's homes date from 2000 to 2014. Pumped liquid screed for extensions and new floors, laid in a day and walkable in 24 to 48 hours.
- Sand and Cement ScreedOlder Desborough houses with failed solid floors, plus garages and wet rooms: hand-laid sand and cement screed from K & B.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedHeated extensions on Desborough semis and retrofits in 1970s to 1990s homes: we screed over wet underfloor heating to the right depth.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedNew plots and self-builds in Desborough: we pour anhydrite screed from CA-C20-F4 to CA-C30-F6, with laitance and drying advice in writing.
- Floor LevellingSteps where an extension meets an older Desborough floor, or dips that show through new LVT: self levelling compound laid to SR1 or SR2.
- Latex ScreedOverboarded timber and old tiled kitchens in Desborough houses: two part latex screed laid a few mm thick for vinyl or LVT.
- Concrete Floor GrindingRidges where a Desborough extension slab meets the old floor, or glue left after vinyl comes up: concrete floor grinding gets it clean.
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 Desborough.
Fitting the pour into a Desborough build programme
Screed is a middle trade. It follows the builder and the plasterer and comes before the kitchen fitter, the tiler and the flooring contractor, so its date depends on what is finished around it. We want the house closed in by pour day: glazing and outside doors fitted, the plasterer's wet work finished, and the installer's pressure test on any heating pipes already done. The insulation boards, membrane and perimeter strip all have to be down first, and if you are unsure about any of them we can look over what is there or bring them ourselves.
Access matters too. For pumped screed, the mixer has to stand close to a doorway so its hose can snake through the house to the room being poured. If the lorry can pull onto your own driveway, the job is straightforward. On a street without off-road parking, tell us about the kerb, any yellow lines and whether a neighbour shares the access, so the pump can be placed legally and safely on the day.
After the pour comes the part people underestimate: drying. A floor that can be walked on in a day or two may still be weeks away from taking wood or LVT. Our guide to screed drying times sets out the rules of thumb, and a hygrometer test settles the question before the flooring goes down. Build that wait into the programme from the start, and the finish trades will not be left standing.
Screeding prices for Desborough 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 Desborough
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 Desborough
Desborough is about 63.3 miles north of our Slough base as the crow flies, with postcodes including NN14. The nearest towns to it are Kettering (4.9 miles), Market Harborough (5 miles), Corby (6 miles) and Burton Latimer (8.1 miles).
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.
