Relaying period floors in Englefield Green and old Egham
About 18% of Egham's homes were built before 1919. Hardly any ground floors from before 1919 were given insulation or a damp proof membrane, and plenty have been patched up again and again since. Once a renovation strips the finishes back, the choice is usually between making do and rebuilding properly.
To rebuild, the old floor is smashed out and the ground lowered until there is depth for every new layer. A compacted base goes in first, then a membrane, then rigid insulation, and finally the screed. The finished level has to meet the existing thresholds, the stairs and the hall, so the depths are worked out before excavation starts. Everything below the screed, from the dig to the base, falls under floor preparation.
Floated over insulation, sand and cement goes down at 65mm in a house and 75mm in a commercial building. Bond it to sound concrete instead and 25 to 40mm will do, useful in an Edwardian hall where door heights leave little room. For that method, see bonded screed.
We mix it on site for the area and depth involved, then compact it hard and trowel the surface dense and level. Because no pump is needed, the team can work room by room through a narrow Edwardian hallway, which suits houses without easy access from the street. Fibres can be added for extra crack resistance at a published £1 to £3 per m² on top of the screed price.
Egham shower rooms, garage conversions and early loading
Even in a house screeded with something else, certain rooms have to have cement. A wet room floor must be laid to falls, so water runs to the drain rather than sitting on the surface, and calcium sulphate is weakened by persistent moisture. Utility rooms and walk-in showers follow the same logic.
Turning an Egham garage into a room is another job for it. Garage floors tend to sit lower than the hall and kitchen beside them, so a sand and cement screed laid over insulation lifts it to hallway level. Each layer is shown in how to screed a garage being converted.
Where a floor must take load early, such as a workshop or a room that needs heavy units fitted quickly, a cement screed can be designed for it, including higher strength mixes.
The cost is time. A 65mm floor needs weeks before anything goes on it, because drying runs at about 1mm a day through the first 40mm, and slower below that. Switching to a fast drying mix shortens the programme and has a published 2026 rate of £20 to £28 per square metre, while the standard mix is £18 to £25. For a quicker floor across a large open area, liquid screed for Egham extensions may suit better.
Sand and Cement Screed prices in Egham
Sand and cement screed: £18 to £25 per m² supplied and laid (MyJobQuote, August 2026), so £450 to £630 for 25 m². MyJobQuote does not say whether these figures include VAT. See our floor screeding cost guide or screed calculator.
Who lays your sand and cement screed in Egham
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Sand and Cement Screed from Slough to Egham
Egham is about 8.1 miles south-south-east of our Slough base as the crow flies, with postcodes including TW20, TW18 and GU25. The nearest towns to it are Staines-upon-Thames (1.6 miles), Chertsey (3.4 miles), Ashford (3.8 miles) and Windsor (4.3 miles).
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