Which screed fits which kind of Herne Bay building
Start with what the building is and what is under the floor now, because that narrows the choice quickly.
The older houses near the seafront often have floors that need levelling or replacing before new finishes go on. Once a failed solid floor in one of those houses comes out, it usually goes back as insulation, then a membrane, then a sand and cement screed laid by hand, a mix that handles cramped rooms, odd thresholds and bathrooms well. Where the boards or slab are firm but wavy, a thin skim of self levelling compound can be enough.
The new building is on a different scale. Canterbury City Council's adopted plan includes estates at Strode Farm, Greenhill, Hillborough and the former golf course, and homes like these are normally built around underfloor heating in a flowing screed. That is the territory of pumped liquid screed, and of our page on covering heating pipes with screed, which explains pipe cover and when the heating can go on.
Then there are the flats. They make up 25% of Herne Bay's homes, blocks and converted houses together. The apartment and retirement schemes near the seafront want flat, quick drying floors. If the specification for a seafront block names its calcium sulphate grade, sanding, moisture limits and primers are all covered on our Herne Bay anhydrite page.
If you cannot tell which of these applies, send photos and rough room sizes and we will say which screed makes sense, or whether a repair would do instead.
Homes in Herne Bay at a glance
The most common home in Herne Bay is a detached house (40%), ahead of flats at 25%. The largest share of its housing, 27%, was built before 1919, and 23% between 1945 and 1972.
| Homes in Herne Bay | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 40% |
| Semi-detached houses | 22% |
| Terraced houses | 11% |
| Flats | 25% |
| Built before 1919 | 27% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 20% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 23% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 16% |
| Built since 2000 | 14% |
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 Herne Bay built-up area (E63005160).
Screeding services in Herne Bay
- Liquid ScreedLiquid screed for Herne Bay's new homes at Hillborough and the old golf course, extensions and flats. Walkable in 24 to 48 hours.
- Sand and Cement ScreedHerne Bay's pre-war houses, wet rooms and garage conversions often need hand-laid sand and cement screed at 65mm or bonded.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedScreed over wet underfloor heating in Herne Bay, from garden rooms to Strode Farm plots, with correct pipe cover and heat-up.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedAnhydrite flow screed for Herne Bay apartments and new plots, to CA-C20-F4, CA-C25-F5 or CA-C30-F6, sanded and moisture tested.
- Floor LevellingFloor levelling to SR1 or SR2 for old Herne Bay floors, extension joins and Eddington Business Park units before LVT, vinyl or tile.
- Latex ScreedLatex screed for Herne Bay kitchen and bathroom refits, laid thin over plywood overboarding, old quarry tiles or patchy concrete.
- Concrete Floor GrindingDiamond grinding for Eddington Business Park units, garages and Herne Bay extensions, stripping adhesive, laitance and ridges.
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 Herne Bay.
Planning the pour around a Herne Bay build
On a Herne Bay build the screed sits between other trades, so we fix its date around whoever comes before and after. Windows and outside doors want to be fitted so the room keeps the weather out, and the plasterers should have finished their wet work. If underfloor heating is part of it, your heating engineer should have the pipes down and pressure tested already. Allow for drying afterwards too: tiles, LVT or timber stay off until the floor has dried out, and how long that takes comes down to its depth and type.
Sort out parking early as well. For a pumped floor, our mixer and pump have to park within hose reach of your front or back door. On a new plot the site manager can set aside a standing area, but on a terraced street or near the seafront, tell us about parking restrictions or a shared passage when you ask for a price. In an upstairs flat, the hose has to find its way up the staircase or in at a window.
Commercial floors are a separate conversation. Eddington Business Park, on the old Eddington Farm site, holds a range of units, and the industrial estates on the outskirts house firms making kitchen furniture and factory machinery. Workshop and trade unit floors like these, and the commercial and community buildings planned at Strode Farm, fall under our commercial screeding service, from a single unit repair to a full new floor.
Screeding prices for Herne Bay 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 Herne Bay
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 Herne Bay
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 77.3 miles from Herne Bay, which lies to the east. Postcodes here include CT6, and Whitstable (4.5 miles), Canterbury (6.7 miles), Faversham (10.9 miles) and Sittingbourne (17 miles) are close by. Neighbourhoods we cover in Herne Bay include Beltinge, Bishopstone, Hampton, Hillborough and Studd Hill.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.