Choosing a screed for a Hedge End house
Census 2021 counted 23,195 people in the Hedge End built-up area, and 41% of the homes are detached. The M27, with junctions 7 and 8 on the town's doorstep, brought office parks, out-of-town superstores and large new residential areas, and the former village became a town in 1992. Grange Park, north and east of the centre, is the biggest of those developments.
Houses from that growth period are now due for kitchen extensions, conservatories rebuilt as properly insulated rooms, and carpets replaced with tiles or engineered wood over underfloor heating. Each of those jobs points to a different page.
A kitchen extension with an open-plan floor suits pumped liquid screed in Hedge End, which settles level and is walkable within 24 to 48 hours.
Replacing a conservatory with a heated room is covered under underfloor heating screed for Hedge End, where pipe cover and the first heat-up matter most.
A garage conversion, a wet room or a small utility floor usually suits hand-laid sand and cement screed.
Newer homes on the former Dowd's Farm site, next to Kings Copse and Cranbourne Park, are more likely to need small screed repairs or levelling before new floor finishes than a whole new floor. The right answer in Hedge End depends far more on the age of the house and the room being changed than on the street it stands in.
Homes in Hedge End at a glance
Of the 9,346 households in Hedge End, 41% live in detached houses and 24% in semi-detached houses. By age, 53% of properties date from 1973 and 1999, the biggest single group, with 25% built between 1945 and 1972.
| Homes in Hedge End | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 41% |
| Semi-detached houses | 24% |
| Terraced houses | 22% |
| Flats | 11% |
| Built before 1919 | 2% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 3% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 25% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 53% |
| 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 Hedge End built-up area (E63006386).
Screeding services in Hedge End
- Liquid ScreedOpen-plan kitchen extensions across Hedge End, from Grange Park to Wildern, can have liquid screed pumped in one visit.
- Sand and Cement ScreedGarage conversions, wet rooms and failed post-war floors in Hedge End still call for hand-laid sand and cement screed.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedConservatories rebuilt as heated rooms in Hedge End need the right screed over underfloor heating pipes and a gradual first warm-up.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedAnhydrite flow screed for Hedge End plots and flats: CA grades, alpha hemihydrate products, laitance sanding and moisture checks.
- Floor LevellingOffice parks and superstores by M27 junctions 7 and 8, plus Dowd's Farm homes: Hedge End floor levelling for LVT and tiles.
- Latex ScreedSwapping carpet for vinyl or LVT in a 1980s or 1990s Hedge End house? Latex screed smooths old tiles, ply and concrete first.
- Concrete Floor GrindingOffice parks and superstores by the M27 in Hedge End need clean slabs for refits. Concrete floor grinding removes glue and paint.
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 Hedge End.
Access and timing across Hedge End homes
A house with a drive makes access simpler than a terraced street, since the mixer and pump can often stand on or near it. We still confirm where vehicles will park, how far the hose has to run, and whether gates, side passages or planting are in the way before the day. For sand and cement, we need room for materials and the mixer, and a clear barrow route to the room.
For builders, the pour belongs at a precise point in the programme: after the shell is weathertight and any heating pipes are pressure tested, and before the final plaster and floor finish. Walking on it comes early; drying does not. The first 40mm takes in the region of 40 days, deeper screed longer again, and nothing goes down on top until a moisture test passes. Plan that gap from the start and the kitchen fitter is not left waiting.
On a refurbishment, the family is often still living in the house. We agree which rooms are out of use and for how long, and how the route through the house is protected.
For calcium sulphate specifications on new plots, see the anhydrite flow screed page, which covers grades, sanding and moisture limits.
Screeding prices for Hedge End 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 Hedge End
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
See what customers say in our Google reviews and on our testimonials page.
Reaching Hedge End
On the map, Hedge End sits south-south-west of Slough, about 51.4 miles from our base in a straight line (postcodes including SO30 and SO31), next to Eastleigh (4.4 miles), Southampton (4.4 miles), Fareham (7 miles) and Totton (8.1 miles). Neighbourhoods we cover in Hedge End include Dowd's Farm, Oak Hill, Shamblehurst and Wildern.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.
