Three kinds of Harrow floor, and the screed for each
Census 2021 counted 261,203 people in the borough, spread across Harrow, Pinner and Stanmore, its three main towns, and the neighbourhoods around them. Rather than list products, it helps to sort the borough's floors by building.
The first kind is the inter-war semi. In Rayners Lane, North Harrow and Pinner, these houses suit rear and side extensions and ground floor refits with insulation and underfloor heating, often where the old concrete floor has cracked or settled. A heated extension floor needs the right pipe cover, which our underfloor heating screed page for Harrow explains. Where the old concrete ground floor is being replaced, the new build-up may be a hand-laid sand and cement screed or a poured one, depending on room size.
The second kind is the older terrace. Wealdstone has Victorian and Edwardian terraces, and houses there may need a new damp proof membrane before any screed goes down.
The third kind is the new flat. New flats at Harrow View and in central Harrow use liquid screed with acoustic layers. For open floors like those, see liquid screed in Harrow, and where drawings name a calcium sulphate grade, anhydrite flow screed covers the specification.
Many floors need neither a new screed nor a rebuild, only a smooth surface for new flooring. Self levelling compound handles that.
Homes in Harrow at a glance
The most common home in Harrow is a semi-detached house (37%), ahead of flats at 33%. By age, 51% of properties date from the wars, the biggest single group, with 13% built between 1945 and 1972.
| Homes in Harrow | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 11% |
| Semi-detached houses | 37% |
| Terraced houses | 17% |
| Flats | 33% |
| Built before 1919 | 10% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 51% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 13% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 10% |
| Built since 2000 | 16% |
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 Harrow (E09000015).
Screeding services in Harrow
- Liquid ScreedNew flats at Harrow View use pumped liquid screed over acoustic layers. We lay it across Harrow in apartments, extensions and big rooms.
- Sand and Cement ScreedWealdstone's Victorian and Edwardian terraces may need a new damp proof membrane first. We hand-lay sand and cement screed in Harrow.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedRayners Lane and North Harrow semis suit heated rear and side extensions. We screed over wet underfloor heating in Harrow.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedApartment drawings for schemes like Harrow View may name a CA grade.
- Floor LevellingFloor levelling for Wealdstone industrial units, flats and extended semis across Harrow, so LVT and tiles sit flat.
- Latex ScreedOld concrete in Pinner and North Harrow semis, plywood over boards upstairs: we lay latex screed in Harrow before vinyl and LVT.
- Concrete Floor GrindingConcrete floor grinding in Harrow for units on Wealdstone's Waverley Industrial Estate and extended semis, taking off high spots and glue.
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 Harrow.
Booking a pour around a Rayners Lane or Kenton build
On an extension, the screed is booked by the build, not the other way round. Before we pour, the extension should be closed in against the weather, glazed, with its doors hung and the wet plaster done. Heating pipes, if any, are laid and pressure tested first. Your flooring fitter is the last trade through the door, once the new screed has had its drying time.
If your semi has a drive, we park the mixer and pump on it and take the hose down the side passage to the back. Terraces such as those in Wealdstone are a different matter: mention parking and how we reach the back when you send the job details, and we can plan the day around it.
Business premises are another job altogether. Wealdstone was Harrow's industrial centre, and its Waverley Industrial Estate is still in industrial use. The council keeps a register of industrial estates across the borough, and mixed use development on the former Kodak site also includes commercial space. When a unit there changes tenant, the floor might want repairing, grinding back or a fresh wearing course, all of which sit under screeding for commercial premises.
Parts of the borough we cover include Belmont, Canons Park, Greenhill, Harrow on the Hill, Harrow Weald, Hatch End, Headstone, Roxeth, South Harrow and West Harrow.
Screeding prices for Harrow 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 Harrow
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Reaching Harrow
Harrow is about 13.5 miles east-north-east of our Slough base as the crow flies, with postcodes including HA3, HA8, HA1 and HA5. The nearest towns to it are Bushey (3.8 miles), Brent (4.6 miles), Watford (5 miles) and Ealing (5.3 miles). Neighbourhoods we cover in Harrow include Belmont, Canons Park, Greenhill, Harrow on the Hill and Harrow Weald.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.