Which screed suits which Halstead home
Census 2021 counted 13,902 people in the Halstead built-up area, living in houses from just about every era. Nearly one in five homes, 19%, went up before 1919, and a lot of those ground floors are cold, damp and past saving.
In a Victorian terrace the fix is usually to lift the old solid floor, put down insulation and a membrane, then screed over the top. Rooms in those houses are narrow, doorways are awkward, and the back kitchen sometimes turns into a shower room, so a hand-laid sand and cement floor tends to make the most sense there.
Semis outnumber every other house type in Halstead. The post-war ones out towards the edge of town are the likeliest to be gaining a rear extension that steps out flush onto the garden, and a broad new floor of that kind is a good match for a pumped liquid screed. Planning heating pipes in that extension? Then agree the depth over the pipes and the warm-up plan early, and look at screeding over wet underfloor heating before your plumber signs off.
On a brand new house, the architect's drawings may well name a grade of calcium sulphate flow screed. Evans Court, built on the old Evans Electroselenium works, is one Halstead site that has gone over to housing. And if your floor is already there and just bumpy, levelling compound under the new flooring normally costs less and takes less time than starting again with screed.
Homes in Halstead at a glance
Semi-detached houses make up 36% of the 5,996 households in Halstead, followed by terraced houses at 27%. By age, 25% of properties date from 1945 and 1972, the biggest single group, with 24% built between 1973 and 1999.
| Homes in Halstead | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 21% |
| Semi-detached houses | 36% |
| Terraced houses | 27% |
| Flats | 15% |
| Built before 1919 | 19% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 9% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 25% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 24% |
| Built since 2000 | 24% |
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 Halstead (Braintree) built-up area (E63004016).
Screeding services in Halstead
- Liquid ScreedExtensions on Halstead's post-war semis and new build plots suit pumped liquid screed: level, dense and walkable in 24 to 48 hours.
- Sand and Cement ScreedHalstead's Victorian terraces often need damp solid floors dug out and relaid. Hand-laid sand and cement screed, 65mm floating.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedFrom heated extensions on Halstead's post-war semis to low-ceilinged cottages, we screed over wet underfloor heating pipes.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedCA-C25-F5 or alpha hemihydrate on a Halstead plot? We pump anhydrite or hemihydrate flow screed and hand over laitance and moisture advice.
- Floor LevellingUneven floors in old Halstead cottages and refitted Bluebridge Industrial Estate units, put right by floor levelling for LVT, tiles or wood.
- Latex ScreedOverboarded timber floors and old tiles in Halstead's older terraces and cottages need a thin, smooth base. We lay latex screed.
- Concrete Floor GrindingBluebridge Industrial Estate units, garages and extension slabs in Halstead: our team does concrete floor grinding 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 Halstead.
Access, parking and timing around Market Hill
Around Market Hill and Trinity Street, in the old heart of Halstead, getting equipment to the door takes the most planning. On those streets a pumped job relies on the mixer lorry and pump finding a kerb within hose reach of your door, so we might book a bay or arrive before the town wakes up. If there are yellow lines outside, limits on loading, or an alley you share with next door, mention it at the quoting stage and the arrangements will be sorted well ahead of delivery day.
A hand-laid screed copes better with tight streets. We mix the sand and cement near the house and wheel it through in barrows, so a terrace that opens straight onto the pavement is no problem, provided there is a spot to drop the loads of material.
Whatever the build, screeding falls in the middle of the programme. Our crew needs the house sealed first, with the glazing in and external doors hung, the plasterer gone and any underfloor pipework already through its pressure test. Afterwards the new floor has to dry out before the tiler, joiner or vinyl fitter turns up, and a deeper floor keeps them waiting longer.
Bluebridge Industrial Estate, off the A1124 to the east of the centre, brings a different sort of work. Builders merchants, storage and light industrial units sit there, among them the newer business units on Sixth Avenue, and when a unit changes hands or gets a refit its floor can be repaired, levelled or topped with a hard wearing screed.
Screeding prices for Halstead 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 Halstead
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Reaching Halstead
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 61.8 miles from Halstead, which lies to the east-north-east. Postcodes here include CO9, and Braintree (5.7 miles), Sudbury (7.8 miles), Witham (10 miles) and Colchester (12 miles) are close by. Neighbourhoods we cover in Halstead include Braintree Corner and Cobbs Fenn.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.
