Old core and new estates: screeds across Great Dunmow
The right screed in Great Dunmow depends on which side of the town's history the house sits.
In the old centre, the houses around the Market Place, High Street, North Street and The Causeway often have solid ground floors laid without a modern membrane. Renovating one usually means breaking the floor out, insulating and screeding back to a level base. A hand-laid traditional sand and cement screed is well suited to that work, because it can be mixed to suit each room's depth and worked around old walls and thresholds.
The estates that grew along Stortford Road and around Woodlands Park are a different story. They lend themselves to rear extensions and knock-throughs, which need a new floor matched to the existing one. A pumped liquid screed for extensions covers those open floors in a day, and where a small step remains between old and new, floor levelling compound can finish the join.
The newest homes are the third group. Houses at St Mary's Park on Stortford Road are heated by air source heat pumps, which pair well with underfloor heating set in a screed; our page on screed for underfloor heating covers depths and heat-up.
Detached houses are 37% of the town's homes, and where a house has a driveway, a pump or mixer can stand close to the door. We also cover Church End, Bran End and the streets around White Street and Doctor's Pond.
Homes in Great Dunmow at a glance
Of the 4,489 households in Great Dunmow, 37% live in detached houses and 27% in semi-detached houses. By age, 30% of properties date from 1973 and 1999, the biggest single group, with 25% built since 2015.
| Homes in Great Dunmow | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 37% |
| Semi-detached houses | 27% |
| Terraced houses | 16% |
| Flats | 19% |
| Built before 1919 | 11% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 4% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 14% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 30% |
| Built since 2000 | 43% |
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 Great Dunmow built-up area (E63004165).
Screeding services in Great Dunmow
- Liquid ScreedKnock-throughs on Great Dunmow estates round Woodlands Park suit pumped liquid screed: flat, thin and walkable in 24 to 48 hours.
- Sand and Cement ScreedOld solid floors round Great Dunmow's Market Place and North Street often lack a membrane. We relay them by hand in sand and cement.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedSt Mary's Park homes in Great Dunmow use air source heat pumps, a good match for underfloor heating in screed. We lay it over the pipes.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedGreat Dunmow plots at Smiths Farm and St Mary's Park may specify calcium sulphate. We pour anhydrite flow screed to grade.
- Floor LevellingA step where a Woodlands Park extension meets the house, or a new tenancy at Oak Industrial Park: floor levelling in Great Dunmow.
- Latex ScreedKitchen and bathroom refits in Great Dunmow's older homes can uncover quarry tiles or boards. Latex screed smooths them for vinyl or lino.
- Concrete Floor GrindingA new tenant at Station Road Industrial Estate or a lip where an extension meets the house: Great Dunmow concrete grinding, dust extracted.
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 Great Dunmow.
Timing and access on Great Dunmow builds
Access differs between the newer estates and the historic core around the Market Place and High Street. For a job in the old centre, tell us where a vehicle can wait and how far material would need to travel to the room. A liquid screed hose can run a long way through a house; a sand and cement mix can be barrowed in batches.
On a new build or extension, we pour after the roof and windows are in and the heating pipes have been fixed and pressure tested. Get it in the diary once your builder can say which week that will be, and leave room before the flooring for drying, at around a day for every millimetre up to 40mm and slower beyond.
Commercial floors sit at the edge of town. Station Road Industrial Estate, off the B1008, is a terrace of eight small units with open span workshops, and Oak Industrial Park on Chelmsford Road has larger warehouse and production buildings. Change of use and new tenancies there often call for preparation, levelling or a hard wearing screed before fit-out, handled through our commercial screeding service.
Screeding prices for Great Dunmow 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 Great Dunmow
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 Great Dunmow
On the map, Great Dunmow sits east-north-east of Slough, about 49.3 miles from our base in a straight line (postcodes including CM6), next to Braintree (8.1 miles), Bishop's Stortford (8.7 miles), Sawbridgeworth (10 miles) and Chelmsford (10.4 miles). Neighbourhoods we cover in Great Dunmow include Church End.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.
