Which screed fits which part of Dorking
Census 2021 counted 17,463 people in the Dorking built-up area, and their homes cover almost two centuries of building. That spread is the first thing to understand before choosing a screed.
The oldest planned housing is at Rose Hill, where houses were laid out around The Oval from the 1830s. Tower Hill followed from 1850, built by the National Freehold Land Society along with the Arundel and Howard areas. Victorian villas and artisan terraces around Rose Hill, Tower Hill and the northern streets often still have their original ground floors, with no damp proof membrane beneath them. When one of those floors is dug out, sand and cement screed for older Dorking houses is usually the sensible rebuild, because it is laid by hand in small rooms and sits well over a new membrane and insulation.
The 1920s and 1930s brought a different kind of house. The Deepdene, Pippbrook and Denbies estates were broken up and built on, and the interwar houses on former Deepdene and Denbies land suit extensions with heated floors. For those, the page on screed over underfloor heating explains pipe cover and warm-up timing, and wide extension floors are often poured as pumped liquid screed.
The Goodwyns council estate arrived in the 1960s, with towers designed by William Ryder. Across the town, flats make up 29% of homes. A flat being refitted rarely needs a new screed; it needs a sound, flat base, which is where levelling compound before new flooring comes in.
Homes in Dorking at a glance
The most common home in Dorking is a flat (29%), ahead of semi-detached houses at 26%. By age, 24% of properties date from before 1919, the biggest single group, with 22% built between 1945 and 1972.
| Homes in Dorking | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 21% |
| Semi-detached houses | 26% |
| Terraced houses | 21% |
| Flats | 29% |
| Built before 1919 | 24% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 21% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 22% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 19% |
| Built since 2000 | 13% |
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 Dorking built-up area (E63005610).
Screeding services in Dorking
- Liquid ScreedPumped liquid screed for Dorking extensions and open-plan kitchens, from about 35mm deep and walkable in 24 to 48 hours.
- Sand and Cement ScreedVictorian terraces around Tower Hill and Rose Hill often lack a damp proof membrane. We relay those Dorking floors in sand and cement.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedUnderfloor heating in extensions on Dorking's interwar Deepdene and Denbies roads needs the right pipe cover. We screed over it.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedAnhydrite flow screed for Dorking new builds and flats, poured to CA-C20-F4, CA-C25-F5 or CA-C30-F6, with laitance and moisture advice in writing.
- Floor LevellingUneven Victorian floors and extension joins in Dorking levelled with self levelling compound for LVT, tiles and wood.
- Latex ScreedOverboarded upstairs floors and old quarry tiles in Dorking kitchen refits take a thin latex screed before vinyl or LVT.
- Concrete Floor GrindingLips where a Dorking extension slab meets an old floor, or glue on a garage slab: concrete floor grinding takes them off.
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 Dorking.
Timing a pour and pump access around Dorking
Dorking is hemmed in by the Surrey Hills, with Box Hill and Leith Hill close by, and its older streets were laid out long before anyone planned for a mixer lorry. That matters on the day of a pour. A pump and mixer need to stand within a hose run of the door, and a narrow terraced street is a very different plan from a driveway. Tell us about parking, shared access and steps when you ask for a price, and the method is chosen to suit.
Sandstone caves run beneath parts of the town, including South Street. If a floor in an older building is being taken up, let us know about any known voids or cellars below it before the new base is designed.
In a Dorking renovation the screed slots in once the house is closed against the weather and the plasterers have gone, but ahead of the kitchen fitter and the tiler. Where underfloor heating is going in, its pipes have to be down and through their pressure test before we arrive. Drying time depends on depth and material, so book early rather than when the flooring fitter is already waiting.
Sometimes the job is smaller than it first looks. If one area of an otherwise sound floor has cracked or broken up, screed repairs may be all it needs. Postcodes here include RH4 and RH5, and we cover every part of the town, including Pixham, Stonebridge and North Holmwood.
Screeding prices for Dorking 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 Dorking
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Reaching Dorking
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 24.8 miles from Dorking, which lies to the south-east. Postcodes here include RH4 and RH5, and Leatherhead (4.4 miles), Reigate (5.4 miles), Redhill (6.9 miles) and Epsom (7.5 miles) are close by. Neighbourhoods we cover in Dorking include North Holmwood, Pixham, Rose Hill, Stonebridge and Tower Hill.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.