Which screed fits which part of Fareham
Census 2021 recorded 42,633 people in the Fareham built-up area. The town grew fast in the 1960s and 1970s, taking in Portchester, Catisfield, Titchfield and Funtley, and that expansion still decides what most of its floors need.
In suburbs such as Portchester and Catisfield, houses of that era tend to follow a pattern. The semi gets a rear extension, the garage becomes a room, or the ground floor is dug out to add insulation that was never built in. Where the old slab comes up, a hand-laid sand and cement floor screed is often the practical rebuild, because it copes with small rooms and can be laid in stages. A wide extension that opens into the kitchen suits pumped liquid screed better.
Each of these jobs has the same catch: the new floor must finish level with the thresholds that are already there. That fixes the depth budget before anything else is chosen, and it is why insulation, membrane and screed are worked out together rather than one at a time.
Welborne brings work of another sort. New build floors there will commonly be specified as liquid screed over underfloor heating, so the questions are about pipe cover and drying rather than threshold heights. Our page on screed over heating pipes in Fareham goes into that in detail.
Not every Fareham floor needs taking up, though. Where the old concrete is sound and merely uneven, a levelling compound under the new flooring will often sort it for less money and in less time than a rebuild.
Homes in Fareham at a glance
The most common home in Fareham is a semi-detached house (33%), ahead of detached houses at 27%. The largest group of homes here was built between 1945 and 1972 (45%), and a further 24% between 1973 and 1999.
| Homes in Fareham | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 27% |
| Semi-detached houses | 33% |
| Terraced houses | 22% |
| Flats | 17% |
| Built before 1919 | 7% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 14% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 45% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 24% |
| Built since 2000 | 10% |
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 Fareham built-up area (E63006527).
Screeding services in Fareham
- Liquid ScreedGarage conversions in Catisfield and heated Welborne plots suit pumped liquid screed in Fareham, walkable in 24 to 48 hours.
- Sand and Cement ScreedFareham floors dug out to add insulation, wet rooms and garage bases suit hand-laid sand and cement screed at 65mm.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedWelborne new builds and heated extensions on Fareham's 1960s semis need the right screed depth over underfloor heating pipes.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedSpecifying CA-C25-F5 anhydrite for a Welborne plot or a Fareham flat? Grades, laitance sanding and moisture testing explained.
- Floor LevellingLevelling post-war floors, extension joins and units at Solent Business Park or Fareham Shopping Centre before LVT and tiles.
- Latex ScreedUpstairs bathrooms and kitchen refits in Fareham's post-war semis often need latex screed over ply or old tiles before vinyl.
- Concrete Floor GrindingFaraday and Swordfish units at Daedalus, Fareham garages and extension joins: diamond grinding with dust extraction before new floors.
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 Fareham.
Access, timing and commercial floors around Fareham
Postcodes here include PO16, PO15 and PO14, and we cover the whole town, from Downend, Heathfield and Hill Park to Wallington and West End. Before pricing, it helps to know where a mixer can stand. On a driveway the hose runs straight in. On a narrow street, or close to the Georgian High Street, which is a conservation area, tell us about parking restrictions and the route to the room so the day can be planned properly.
Then there is the order of the trades. We pour once the house is weathertight, the wet plaster is done and the heating installer has pressure tested any pipes. Flooring then waits until the screed has dried, so book the tiler or fitter after the pour date is fixed, not before.
Commercial floors raise different questions. Daedalus, the former naval air station at Lee-on-the-Solent, is part of the Solent Enterprise Zone, with Faraday and Swordfish business parks beside Solent Airport aimed at aerospace, marine and advanced manufacturing. Solent Business Park at Whiteley straddles the borough boundary, and Fareham Shopping Centre serves the town centre. Units on sites like these may need a new wearing screed, repairs or a levelled base when a tenant changes, and our commercial screeding service handles that work.
Screeding prices for Fareham 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 Fareham
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 Fareham
On the map, Fareham sits south-south-west of Slough, about 52.3 miles from our base in a straight line (postcodes including PO16, PO15 and PO14), next to Gosport (4.6 miles), Portsmouth (5.3 miles), Hedge End (7 miles) and Horndean (8.3 miles). Neighbourhoods we cover in Fareham include Catisfield, Downend, Heathfield, Hill Park and Wallington.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.
