Choosing a screed across Hemel Hempstead's neighbourhoods
Census 2021 counted 95,995 people in the Hemel Hempstead built-up area. The Census dates 45% of its homes to 1945 to 1972, the years the new town was built: Adeyfield from 1950, Bennetts End in 1951, Chaulden and Warners End in 1953, and Highfield in the mid 1950s.
The terraced and semi-detached houses from those phases usually need one of three things. Where the old floor is solid and only out of true, self levelling compound can flatten it for LVT or tiles in less time, and for less money, than a replacement. Where the original floor is breaking up, or is being dug out so insulation can go in, a hand-laid sand and cement screed for older floors copes well with small rooms, hallways and bathrooms. And where a rear extension adds a new insulated slab, a pumped liquid screed settles flat across the whole room in a single visit.
Grovehill, started in 1967, and the other 1970s districts bring similar refurbishment work. If the new floor is to carry heating pipes, the screed has to be chosen with them in mind. How much screed must sit above the pipes, and the point at which the heating may be turned on, are both on our page about screed over underfloor heating.
New building is planned too. East Hemel is set for around 2,500 homes near the M1 and West Hemel for about 900. New build plots can name a calcium sulphate grade in the specification, and the anhydrite flow screed page explains what each grade means.
Homes in Hemel Hempstead at a glance
Of the 39,180 households in Hemel Hempstead, 34% live in terraced houses and 27% in flats. By age, 45% of properties date from 1945 and 1972, the biggest single group, with 25% built between 1973 and 1999.
| Homes in Hemel Hempstead | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 15% |
| Semi-detached houses | 23% |
| Terraced houses | 34% |
| Flats | 27% |
| Built before 1919 | 5% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 6% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 45% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 25% |
| Built since 2000 | 18% |
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 Hemel Hempstead built-up area (E63004449).
Screeding services in Hemel Hempstead
- Liquid ScreedRear extensions off Chaulden terraces and open-plan kitchens suit pumped liquid screed in Hemel Hempstead, walkable in a day or two.
- Sand and Cement ScreedOld screed breaking up in Chaulden and Bennetts End houses? We relay floors by hand in sand and cement across Hemel Hempstead.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedUnderfloor heating screed for extensions on Bennetts End semis and new plots at East Hemel in Hemel Hempstead, laid to full pipe cover.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedApartment floors and the planned East Hemel homes often specify CA-C25-F5. We pour anhydrite screed in Hemel Hempstead.
- Floor LevellingUnit refits at Maylands Business Park and fit-outs at Riverside and The Forum need flat floors.
- Latex ScreedRefits in Hemel Hempstead's new town houses can uncover old tiles, worn concrete or boarded upper floors. Latex screed smooths them.
- Concrete Floor GrindingLips between bays, old adhesive and paint on Maylands Business Park unit floors: concrete floor grinding in Hemel Hempstead.
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 Hemel Hempstead.
Access, programme and Maylands units in Hemel Hempstead
In a Hemel extension, the screed date hangs off everything else in the build. Our pour date comes after three things: a weathertight shell, plastering that has finished, and heating pipes that have held their pressure test. Afterwards the drying time depends on depth and material, so the flooring fitter follows the screed rather than setting its date.
Access needs as much planning as the calendar. Terraced houses are the largest group here, and a mixer and pump may have to park some distance from the back of the house. Whether the job is in Boxmoor, Leverstock Green, Apsley or Nash Mills, mention shared paths, parking bays or a long garden when you ask for a price, so the hose run is worked out before the day.
Business units are another job altogether. Maylands Business Park, the new town's original industrial zone, was renamed in 2013 after the 2005 Buncefield fire and is now the main commercial area. Its warehouses and production units need high strength screeds, shot blasting, grinding and concrete floor repair, while Riverside and The Forum in the centre bring retail and civic fit-outs. Our commercial screeding service covers both kinds of site.
Screeding prices for Hemel Hempstead 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 Hemel Hempstead
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 Hemel Hempstead
Hemel Hempstead is about 17 miles north-north-east of our Slough base as the crow flies, with postcodes including HP1, HP2 and HP3. The nearest towns to it are Berkhamsted (4.5 miles), St Albans (5.7 miles), Harpenden (6.6 miles) and Chesham (6.9 miles). Neighbourhoods we cover in Hemel Hempstead include Adeyfield, Apsley, Bennetts End, Bourne End and Boxmoor.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.
