Matching the screed to Harlow's new town neighbourhoods
Census 2021 counted 93,570 people in the Harlow built-up area. Frederick Gibberd laid the town out as separate neighbourhoods divided by green wedges, and 56% of its homes were built between 1945 and 1972. Rather than a mix of every era, most floors here are post-war, and many are in terraces from the 1950s and 1960s.
Those houses bring a steady run of ground floor renovations. Thin original slabs are taken up and replaced with insulation and a new screed, often as part of opening the kitchen into a new extension. For a floor rebuilt room by room, a hand-laid sand and cement screed for post-war houses is a sound choice. For a large knocked-through space, a pumped liquid screed covers the floor in a day.
Church Langley and Newhall were added from the 2000s, and their newer homes are where screed over underfloor heating is most likely to be specified. On the new build plots that follow at Gilston, calcium sulphate flow screed grades may well appear on the drawings, and our anhydrite flow screed page explains what they mean.
Detached houses are a small share of Harlow's homes, so the typical Harlow floor belongs to a terrace, a semi or a flat. Flats in the older neighbourhoods often need levelling with compound before new vinyl or laminate goes down.
Homes in Harlow at a glance
The most common home in Harlow is a terraced house (45%), ahead of flats at 26%. By age, 56% of properties date from 1945 and 1972, the biggest single group, with 24% built between 1973 and 1999.
| Homes in Harlow | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 10% |
| Semi-detached houses | 17% |
| Terraced houses | 45% |
| Flats | 26% |
| Built before 1919 | 1% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 1% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 56% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 24% |
| Built since 2000 | 17% |
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 Harlow built-up area (E63004408).
Screeding services in Harlow
- Liquid ScreedChurch Langley homes, Newhall plots and extensions on older Harlow terraces suit pumped liquid screed, walkable in 48 hours.
- Sand and Cement ScreedHarlow's 1950s and 1960s terraces often need thin original slabs replaced. We hand-lay sand and cement screed, 65mm over insulation.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedNewhall homes and heated extensions on Harlow's post-war terraces: we lay screed over wet underfloor heating pipes to the right depth.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedCA-C25-F5 on a Newhall plot or Harlow apartment floor? We pump anhydrite flow screed to the stated grade, with laitance advice.
- Floor LevellingRefits at The Pinnacles and Harlow Science Park, older flats needing new vinyl: we level Harlow floors with self levelling compound.
- Latex ScreedIn Harlow's older neighbourhoods, flats often need a latex skim under new vinyl or laminate. We lay it over plywood, tiles and concrete.
- Concrete Floor GrindingRefitting a unit at Templefields or Kao Park? Concrete floor grinding strips glue, paint and high spots from Harlow slabs, 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 Harlow.
Timing and access for a Harlow pour
A screed has its place in the build programme. Windows and external doors should be fitted and wet plastering finished before we arrive, and any underfloor heating pipes must be laid and pressure tested. Once it is down, the screed has to dry out before any finish goes on, so fit the tiler's or fitter's booking around our date rather than the other way round.
Access needs thinking about wherever the house is, from Mark Hall and Netteswell to Great Parndon, Passmores and Tye Green. For a pumped job, the mixer lorry has to stop close enough for our hose to reach the house. If parking is some way from the house, or the front door is reached by a path, tell us when you ask for a price, and we will plan the hose route or suggest a hand-laid floor instead.
Business premises are another matter. The Pinnacles and Templefields are Harlow's long established employment areas, while Harlow Enterprise Zone covers Kao Park, with offices and data centres on London Road, and Harlow Science Park, where technical fit-outs suit hard wearing and fast drying floors. Fresh wearing screeds, patch repairs and levelling for units, offices and plant rooms all come under our commercial screeding work.
Screeding prices for Harlow 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 Harlow
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Reaching Harlow
On the map, Harlow sits east-north-east of Slough, about 35.8 miles from our base in a straight line (postcodes including CM20, CM18, CM17 and CM19), next to Sawbridgeworth (3.8 miles), Hoddesdon (4.7 miles), Epping (4.9 miles) and Ware (6.4 miles). Neighbourhoods we cover in Harlow include Brays Grove, Church Langley, Churchgate Street, Eastend and Great Parndon.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.
