Matching the screed to Gravesend's housing layers
Each era of Gravesend housing tends to point to a different kind of floor.
Gravesend's older terraces tend to sit on worn solid ground floors that were never given a damp proof membrane. A renovation there usually begins with breaking out the old floor and laying insulation and a membrane before any screed, and a hand-laid sand and cement screed suits the smaller rooms and varying depths. Terraces account for 32% of homes in the town, so this is a common starting point.
The inter-war streets of King's Farm, laid out in the 1920s, and the post-war houses of Riverview Park, built in the 1960s on a former RAF airfield, are prime candidates for kitchen and garden room extensions. On those extensions the new screed must line up exactly with the slab already in the house. A wide open-plan room usually suits liquid screed pumped from the road, and if the extension will be heated, read our page on screed over underfloor heating.
Flats are a large part of the picture as well: 23% of Gravesend's homes are flats. New ones, including those planned at the Canal Basin, need acoustic layers and flat, fast drying floors ready for finishes, which is where a specified anhydrite flow screed often comes in.
Where the base is sound but uneven, new flooring may need no more than floor levelling with a thin compound.
Homes in Gravesend at a glance
The most common home in Gravesend is a semi-detached house (32%), ahead of terraced houses at 32%. The largest group of homes here was built between 1945 and 1972 (31%), and a further 21% before 1919.
| Homes in Gravesend | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 11% |
| Semi-detached houses | 32% |
| Terraced houses | 32% |
| Flats | 23% |
| Built before 1919 | 21% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 18% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 31% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 15% |
| Built since 2000 | 14% |
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 Gravesend built-up area (E63005058).
Screeding services in Gravesend
- Liquid ScreedGravesend liquid screed for Canal Basin flats, newer homes and open-plan extensions: pumped, self-levelling and walkable in 24 to 48 hours.
- Sand and Cement ScreedTired solid floors with no membrane in older Gravesend terraces, dug out and relaid in hand-compacted sand and cement screed.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedHeated garden room or kitchen extension in King's Farm or Riverview Park? We screed over wet underfloor heating across Gravesend.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedAnhydrite screed for Gravesend apartment floors and new plots, from grade choice to laitance sanding and moisture testing explained.
- Floor LevellingTrade counters at Imperial Business Estate, Lion Business Park units and Gravesend homes made flat by floor levelling before LVT or tiles.
- Latex ScreedConverted flats, King's Farm kitchens and older terraces in Gravesend: latex screed over plywood, tiles or worn concrete before vinyl.
- Concrete Floor GrindingDiamond grinding for Lion Business Park units and Gravesend extensions: ridges, paint and adhesive removed 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 Gravesend.
Access, timing and trade units around Gravesend
Getting materials to the room comes first. Pump and mixer have to stand somewhere, and for a house with no drive that normally means the kerb outside. Mention parking restrictions, narrow frontages or a shared rear path when you ask for a price, so the day can be planned properly. A hose will reach deep into a house from the street, and where a pump is not worth bringing, sand and cement can go in by barrow instead.
Then there is timing. The screed goes in once the building is weathertight and before the flooring, and the drying time has to sit in the programme. On an extension, book the pour as soon as the roof and windows are in, and plan the kitchen fit around a moisture test rather than a guess.
Commercial work follows the same sequence under more pressure. Trade counters and showrooms at Imperial Business Estate in West Mill, and warehouse space at Lion Business Park, call for hard-wearing screeds, floor preparation and repairs, usually arranged around opening hours. Smaller units at Canal Industrial Park and Norfolk Road Industrial Estate follow the same pattern.
Screeding prices for Gravesend 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 Gravesend
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 Gravesend
Gravesend is about 44.2 miles east of our Slough base as the crow flies, with postcodes including DA11 and DA12. The nearest towns to it are Northfleet (1 miles), Tilbury (1.3 miles), Grays (3.2 miles) and Swanscombe (3.7 miles). Neighbourhoods we cover in Gravesend include Chalk, Christian Fields, Denton, Milton and Parrock Farm.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.
