Which screed for which part of Gillingham
Gillingham's housing falls into a few broad groups, and each leans towards a different kind of floor.
New Brompton's older terraces are the renovation stock. Their ground floors often have no damp proof membrane, so when a new kitchen or extension goes in, the old floor usually comes out and is rebuilt with a membrane, insulation and a new screed. That is traditional work, and our page on sand and cement screed in Gillingham covers it in detail.
The suburbs are the extension stock. Rainham, merged into Gillingham in 1929, grew again after its line was electrified in 1959. Park Wood was built mainly in the 1960s and 1970s, and estates such as Park Wood, Twydall, Wigmore and Hempstead bring frequent extension and conservatory replacement work on semis and terraces. An extension spanning the back of a Twydall or Wigmore semi is good ground for pumping a liquid screed, and if it will be heated, look at how screed goes over underfloor heating before the pipework is laid.
Older sand and cement screeds have their own problem: where they have crumbled, the usual fixes are a patch repair or a full relay, often in fibre reinforced screed. And where a floor is sound but uneven under new LVT or tiles, floor levelling may be all it needs, with no new screed at all.
Specified calcium sulphate screeds for flats and new plots are covered on our anhydrite flow screed page.
Homes in Gillingham at a glance
Of the 43,277 households in Gillingham, 40% live in terraced houses and 28% in semi-detached houses. By age, 28% of properties date from 1945 and 1972, the biggest single group, with 23% built before 1919.
| Homes in Gillingham | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 15% |
| Semi-detached houses | 28% |
| Terraced houses | 40% |
| Flats | 15% |
| Built before 1919 | 23% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 14% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 28% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 18% |
| Built since 2000 | 16% |
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 Gillingham (Medway) built-up area (E63005204).
Screeding services in Gillingham
- Liquid ScreedGillingham liquid screed pumped into conservatory replacements, open-plan extensions and flats, flat to SR1 or SR2.
- Sand and Cement ScreedNew Brompton terraces with no damp proof membrane need floors rebuilt: hand-laid sand and cement screed across Gillingham.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedHeated extension or conservatory swap in Twydall, Wigmore or Hempstead? We screed over wet underfloor heating across Gillingham.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedCA-C25-F5 for Gillingham flats, CA-C30-F6 for heavier use: anhydrite flow screed poured to spec, with laitance advice.
- Floor LevellingFloor levelling for Gillingham Business Park units, Rainham Shopping Centre refits and homes before LVT, vinyl or tiles.
- Latex ScreedOld quarry tiles, plywood or patchy concrete under a new Gillingham kitchen floor? Latex screed gives vinyl a smooth base.
- Concrete Floor GrindingGrinding Gillingham Business Park slabs and Rainham shop floors back to clean, sound concrete, with silica 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 Gillingham.
Parking, access and pour timing around Gillingham
Start with how we get in. A mixer and pump need somewhere to stand, and on terraced streets that often means the road outside. Let us know about parking permits, narrow pavements or an alley to the back garden when you ask for a price. On an estate house with a drive, the set-up is quicker and the hose runs straight through the front door or side gate.
Timing comes second. On a Hempstead or Park Wood extension, our slot comes after the roof, windows and doors have closed the room in, and before any floor finish. Then the building has to wait while the screed dries. Book it early in the programme rather than at the end, and allow time before tiles or wood go down.
Business premises need the same planning with extra constraints. Gillingham Business Park, about three miles from the town centre, is the main employment area, and its warehouse floors and unit refits call for high strength, well levelled screeds. Shops in the Rainham Shopping Centre precinct and empty town centre units are the other side of the picture, and a shop refit usually has to work around trading. Bigger floors like these sit under our commercial screeding service.
Screeding prices for Gillingham 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 Gillingham
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 Gillingham
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 54 miles from Gillingham, which lies to the east. Postcodes here include ME8 and ME7, and Chatham (2.5 miles), Rochester (3.5 miles), Snodland (6.5 miles) and Sittingbourne (7.1 miles) are close by. Neighbourhoods we cover in Gillingham include Brompton, Grange, Hempstead, Park Wood and Rainham.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.
