From Highgate to Tottenham: matching screed to Haringey homes
Haringey is a borough of contrasts, running from Highgate and Muswell Hill in the west to Tottenham in the east, and its floors vary just as much. Census 2021 counted 105,092 households here. To choose a screed, start with the kind of building rather than the product.
Victorian and Edwardian terraces dominate. Plenty of those period ground floors were laid with no damp proof membrane at all; once one fails, it comes out and goes back as a membrane, insulation and a sand and cement floor laid by hand. Uneven subfloors are common too, and many can be put right with self levelling compound in Haringey rather than a new screed.
Where a house has been split into flats, the floor between them has to deal with sound, so acoustic screeds are a regular part of conversion work.
Behind many Crouch End and Muswell Hill houses, the job is a kitchen extension with a heated floor. Muswell Hill was largely laid out in the early twentieth century, so an extension there often means a new heated floor meeting an Edwardian one. It is worth reading up on heated floor screeds in Haringey while the pipework is still being planned.
At the other end of the borough, new blocks at Tottenham Hale and Broadwater Farm use liquid screed. Floors in those blocks are a job for pumped liquid screed in Haringey; if the drawings name a calcium sulphate grade, our anhydrite page explains the specification.
Homes in Haringey at a glance
Of the 105,092 households in Haringey, 59% live in flats and 26% in terraced houses. The largest share of its housing, 54%, was built before 1919, and 12% between 1945 and 1972.
| Homes in Haringey | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 4% |
| Semi-detached houses | 9% |
| Terraced houses | 26% |
| Flats | 59% |
| Built before 1919 | 54% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 11% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 12% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 10% |
| Built since 2000 | 13% |
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 London Borough of Haringey (E09000014).
Screeding services in Haringey
- Liquid ScreedNew blocks at Tottenham Hale and Broadwater Farm use liquid screed. We pump self-levelling floors into Haringey homes and extensions.
- Sand and Cement ScreedHaringey's Victorian terraces often have ground floors without a damp proof membrane. We dig out and hand-lay sand and cement screed.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedKitchen extensions in Crouch End and Muswell Hill often include underfloor heating. We screed over wet systems across Haringey.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedDrawings for new blocks at Tottenham Hale may name a CA grade. We lay anhydrite flow screed to it across Haringey.
- Floor LevellingUneven subfloors are common in Haringey's Victorian and Edwardian houses.
- Latex ScreedShop refits on Muswell Hill's Edwardian parades and kitchens in split terraces need a smooth base. We lay latex screed in Haringey.
- Concrete Floor GrindingEnterprise and medical buildings at Broadwater Farm need clean, sound slabs before fit-out. We do concrete floor grinding across Haringey.
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 Haringey.
Planning a pour in Crouch End and Wood Green
Before choosing a date, think about the order of trades. A screed goes in after the building is weathertight, after wet plastering and after any heating pipes are laid and pressure tested. How long it then sits drying before any tiles, wood or LVT depends on how deep it is and what it is made of. Put the flooring fitter in the diary last.
Access comes next. For a pumped pour, the mixer and pump park outside, near enough for the hose to reach your door, which on a terraced street can mean keeping a space free for the morning. For a hand-laid screed, materials arrive by lorry and are barrowed in, so a clear route through the house helps. Tell us about parking, steps and narrow side passages when you ask for a price.
Noel Park in Wood Green is a special case. It is an early planned estate of around 2,200 small homes, opened in 1883 and a conservation area since 1982, so changes there need care. Check what permissions apply to your house before planning an extension or new floor.
Parts of the borough we cover include Alexandra Park, Bounds Green, Fortis Green, Harringay, Hornsey, West Green and South Tottenham. For work over the border, see floor screeding in Islington.
Screeding prices for Haringey 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 Haringey
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Reaching Haringey
Haringey is about 23.1 miles east of our Slough base as the crow flies, with postcodes including N22, N11, N2 and N10. The nearest towns to it are Islington (3.1 miles), Hackney (3.5 miles), Camden (3.5 miles) and Barnet (4 miles). Neighbourhoods we cover in Haringey include Alexandra Park, Bounds Green, Coldfall, Cranley Gardens and Crouch End.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.