Replacing Victorian floors in Charlotteville, Guildford
Renovating an older house usually means dealing with the floor underneath the finishes. Many Charlotteville ground floors date from the Victorian era and have no damp proof membrane beneath them. Covering them over does not deal with that, so a refurbishment is the time to replace them.
So the floor comes out and is rebuilt from below. After excavation, the ground is made good and a new slab, membrane and insulation go in, with a screed on top. A floating domestic sand and cement screed goes down at 65mm, or 75mm in commercial buildings. Bond it directly onto a slab in good condition and 25 to 40mm is plenty, as our bonded screed page explains.
In Guildford, 16% of homes date from before 1919, and that generation of house tends to come with small rooms, narrow halls and floors at several levels. Sand and cement is mixed in small batches and placed by hand, so it adapts well. It can be laid to meet an old threshold exactly, and it can be modified with fibres or a rapid drying additive where the job calls for it.
The main cost is time. A hand-laid floor stays damp longer than a pumped one: allow about a day of drying per millimetre through the first 40mm, and more after that. Plan the flooring for weeks after the pour, not days, or talk to us about a quick drying mix.
Guildford wet rooms, garages and heavy-use floors
Some rooms suit hand-laid screed better than anything pumped. For a wet room, the screed slopes towards the drain so no water is left standing, and unlike calcium sulphate, sand and cement does not mind getting wet. A walk-in shower formed in screed is hand work, with the fall set by eye and straightedge so water never sits in a corner. The tanking and tiles then follow the shape the screed gives them.
Garage conversions are another. The old slab is often lower than the house and may slope towards the door, so the new floor has to take a membrane, insulation and enough screed to reach the right level. Converting a garage: the floor build-up sets out the usual layers.
Heavier use is the third case. Slyfield Industrial Estate, north of the centre, is where unit floors need repair, grinding and high strength toppings, and a stronger sand and cement mix suits floors that take load early. Our higher strength screed page gives more detail. Structural power floated slabs are a different trade, and not one we offer.
Sand and Cement Screed prices in Guildford
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 Guildford
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 Guildford
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 20.4 miles from Guildford, which lies to the south. Postcodes here include GU1, GU4, GU2 and GU3, and Godalming (4.1 miles), Woking (5.5 miles), Aldershot (8.1 miles) and Farnborough (8.5 miles) are close by.
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