Choosing a screed from Waterloo down to West Norwood
Lambeth is a long, narrow borough. It runs from Waterloo and the South Bank through Kennington, Vauxhall, Stockwell and Brixton, then on to Clapham, Streatham and West Norwood. The floors along that strip vary as much as the buildings standing on them, and postcodes here include SW2, SW9, SE11 and SE27.
Start with age. Some 40% of Lambeth's homes were built before 1919, and Brixton's grand Victorian houses, many now split into flats, are typical of that stock. Lift the ground floor in one of those houses and there is often nothing under it to stop damp, so doing it up properly tends to mean digging the old slab out and building back with a membrane and a traditional hand-laid floor.
The newer end of the borough is in Vauxhall and South Lambeth, where high density homes and offices are going up around the Northern line extension and Nine Elms. If the drawings for one of those Nine Elms schemes call for a calcium sulphate grade, what the anhydrite grades mean is set out on its own page.
Where a flat or house is getting heating in the floor, the screed has to cover the pipes properly and be heated up slowly, which the underfloor heating screed page covers. In a flat on the Loughborough or Angell Town estates, a concrete floor that is solid but wavy often does not need a new screed at all; a skim of levelling compound can bring it true before the new flooring goes down.
Homes in Lambeth at a glance
Of the 134,688 households in Lambeth, 74% live in flats and 15% in terraced houses. The largest group of homes here was built before 1919 (40%), and a further 17% between 1945 and 1972.
| Homes in Lambeth | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 2% |
| Semi-detached houses | 8% |
| Terraced houses | 15% |
| Flats | 74% |
| Built before 1919 | 40% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 14% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 17% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 12% |
| 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 London Borough of Lambeth (E09000022).
Screeding services in Lambeth
- Liquid ScreedPumped by hose up stairwells and across open floors, liquid screed suits Lambeth's flats and new Nine Elms floors. Walkable in 24 to 48 hours.
- Sand and Cement ScreedBrixton's grand Victorian houses often have floors with no membrane. K & B rebuilds them in Lambeth with hand-laid sand and cement.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedUnderfloor heating screed for Lambeth flats, laid over wet pipes at tight depths with acoustic layers and a slow warm-up plan.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedAnhydrite screed to CA-C25-F5 for Nine Elms apartment floors in Lambeth, pumped and finished by our own team with laitance advice.
- Floor LevellingFloor levelling for Brixton Village units and 1960s estate flats in Lambeth, using compound to SR1 or SR2 so LVT and tiles sit flat.
- Latex ScreedPlywood over old boards in a converted Lambeth flat, or tiles in a tired kitchen? Our latex screed gives vinyl and LVT a smooth skin.
- Concrete Floor GrindingConcrete floor grinding for Brixton Market units, Waterloo refurbishments and new Nine Elms slabs in Lambeth, with dust extraction.
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 Lambeth.
Access, neighbours and timing a pour in Lambeth
Getting material from the kerb to a flat upstairs can take as much planning here as the floor itself. A pumped liquid screed travels by hose, so it can climb a communal stair or run along a corridor without anyone carrying bags. A mixer still has to park somewhere close, so if your street has controlled parking, tell us about bays, permits and any loading restrictions when you ask for a price.
In a converted house or a block, the managing agent or freeholder may want notice of the work and details of the acoustic build-up under the new floor. Sort that out before the pour date is fixed.
Before we pour, the windows and roof need to keep the weather out, the plasterer's wet work should be done, and any heating pipes should already have passed their pressure test. After that, how fast the floor dries decides when your flooring fitter can come in, so fix the screed date first and build the rest of the programme around it.
Commercial work is a separate strand. Brixton Market, Brixton Village and Pop Brixton see frequent fit outs, and the new floor space rising around Nine Elms brings larger floor areas. Our commercial screeding service covers shop units and offices as well as bigger floor plates.
Screeding prices for Lambeth 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 Lambeth
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Reaching Lambeth
Lambeth is about 23.3 miles east-south-east of our Slough base as the crow flies, with postcodes including SW9, SE24, SW4 and SW8. The nearest towns to it are Southwark (2.1 miles), Wandsworth (2.9 miles), Lewisham (4.2 miles) and Westminster (4.3 miles). Neighbourhoods we cover in Lambeth include Brixton, Brockwell Park, Clapham, Clapham Park and Kennington.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.