Three kinds of Devizes house, three screeding approaches
Census 2021 counted 19,491 people in the Devizes built-up area. The centre alone holds nearly five hundred listed buildings, and suburbs spread out from there through Southbroom, Roundway, Nursteed, Wick, Hartmoor and Jump Farm.
Georgian and Victorian houses in the listed centre often have suspended timber floors, or solid floors with no membrane. Any new screed there has to suit the building and respect its listing, so the first step is agreeing what is allowed. Where a solid floor can be rebuilt, a hand-laid sand and cement screed suits small rooms and lets the build-up be set to the levels the building already has.
Post-war homes in the suburbs are due for extensions and ground floor upgrades. A wide rear extension or open-plan kitchen is a good fit for pumped liquid screed in Devizes, and if that new floor will carry pipes, read our page on screed over underfloor heating.
Semi-detached homes are the largest single type in the town at 29%, followed by terraces and detached houses. The large batch of houses from 2000 to 2014 is now reaching new tiles or vinyl, and a sound floor of that age may only need levelling before new tiles or vinyl rather than replacing. If the paperwork for a new floor names calcium sulphate, expect it to be sanded, primed with a matching product and moisture tested before any finish goes on.
Homes in Devizes at a glance
The most common home in Devizes is a semi-detached house (29%), ahead of terraced houses at 26%. The largest share of its housing, 25%, was built between 1945 and 1972, and 24% between 1973 and 1999.
| Homes in Devizes | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 24% |
| Semi-detached houses | 29% |
| Terraced houses | 26% |
| Flats | 19% |
| Built before 1919 | 14% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 6% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 25% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 24% |
| Built since 2000 | 30% |
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 Devizes built-up area (E63005312).
Screeding services in Devizes
- Liquid ScreedExtending a post-war Devizes home with an open-plan kitchen? Pumped liquid screed fills the floor in one visit, walkable in 24 to 48 hours.
- Sand and Cement ScreedGeorgian and Victorian Devizes houses with failing solid floors need care. We lay hand-mixed sand and cement screed to suit the building.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedAdding underfloor heating to a post-war Devizes home or new extension? We screed over the pipes with correct cover and a heat-up plan.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedSpecifying anhydrite screed for a Devizes flat or new build? We pour CA grades and alpha hemihydrate products, then sand and moisture test.
- Floor LevellingDevizes homes from 2000 to 2014 are due new tiles and vinyl, which need flat floors. Self levelling compound to SR1 or SR2.
- Latex ScreedDevizes bathrooms and kitchens with old tiles or overboarded floors need a smooth skim before vinyl. We lay primed latex screed.
- Concrete Floor GrindingConcrete floor grinding in Devizes takes off the ridge where an extension slab meets the old floor, or carpet glue, with dust extraction.
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 Devizes.
Planning access and timing for a Devizes screed
A screed has to fit between other trades. On the day we arrive, the room needs to be closed against the weather and plastered, with any heating pipes already down and pressure tested by your installer. Afterwards the screed needs time to dry before the floor finish, so the tiler or flooring fitter is booked once the screed date is fixed, not the other way round.
Access matters in an old market town. Where a house has no driveway and parking is restricted, the mixer and pump still need to stand within a hose run of the door, so tell us about parking, steps and narrow passages when you ask for a price. For a small room in a listed house, hand-laid screed may be simpler to get in. Where there is a drive, there is usually room to set up close to the work.
Postcodes here include SN10, and the area we cover takes in the roughly 1,200 homes on the northern edge that fall inside Bishops Cannings parish. If an existing floor has cracked or broken up in places rather than needing full replacement, our screed repairs service may be the more economical route.
Screeding prices for Devizes 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 Devizes
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Reaching Devizes
Devizes is about 59.6 miles west-south-west of our Slough base as the crow flies, with postcodes including SN10. The nearest towns to it are Calne (6 miles), Melksham (6.3 miles), Chippenham (9 miles) and Trowbridge (9.5 miles). Neighbourhoods we cover in Devizes include Cuckoo's Corner, Northbrook and Townsend.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.
