From Penenden Heath to Park Wood: choosing the screed
Census 2021 recorded 109,503 people in the Maidstone built-up area, and the county town has grown by taking in villages and adding estates around them. Allington, Barming, Bearsted, Penenden Heath, Tovil and Weavering Street were absorbed as it spread, while Grove Green, Shepway, Senacre, Ringlestone, Roseacre and Vinters Park grew as housing estates. That range means there is no single right screed for the town.
On the post-war estates, semis in places like Shepway and Ringlestone are regularly extended. A new kitchen or family room there often gets an insulated screed laid over heating pipes in a Maidstone extension, and a wide open floor suits pumped liquid screed.
Newer housing has gone up at Wallis Fields, on part of Park Wood, and at Langley Park off the A274 Sutton Road. Homes there are often drawn with a calcium sulphate floor called up by grade, and that material is handled differently. Our anhydrite and flow screed page explains the grades and the sanding and moisture checks that follow.
Older houses, small rooms and wet areas are where a hand-compacted sand and cement screed is usually more practical than a pump. A Maidstone floor that is solid yet bumpy may be fine with levelling compound, no new screed required.
If you are not sure which of these fits, send a few photos and the room sizes and we will recommend one.
Homes in Maidstone at a glance
The most common home in Maidstone is a semi-detached house (32%), ahead of terraced houses at 26%. By age, 25% of properties date from 1945 and 1972, the biggest single group, with 20% built between 1973 and 1999.
| Homes in Maidstone | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 18% |
| Semi-detached houses | 32% |
| Terraced houses | 26% |
| Flats | 23% |
| Built before 1919 | 16% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 12% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 25% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 20% |
| Built since 2000 | 27% |
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 Maidstone built-up area (E63005466).
Screeding services in Maidstone
- Liquid ScreedWallis Fields and Langley Park homes, flats and open-plan Maidstone extensions suit pumped liquid screed, walkable in 24 to 48 hours.
- Sand and Cement ScreedSand and cement screed for Maidstone's terraces and older homes, hand-laid at 65mm or bonded, plus wet rooms and garages.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedUnderfloor heating screed for extensions on Shepway and Ringlestone post-war semis, at the right depth with heat-up advice.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedAnhydrite flow screed in Maidstone to CA-C20-F4, CA-C25-F5 or CA-C30-F6 for flats and new homes, with laitance and moisture advice.
- Floor LevellingFloor levelling for fit-outs at Fremlin Walk and The Mall Maidstone, trading estate units and uneven homes, to SR1 or SR2.
- Latex ScreedMaidstone kitchen and bathroom refits: latex screed laid a few mm thick over plywood, firm old tiles or worn concrete for vinyl and LVT.
- Concrete Floor GrindingGrinding old slabs at Parkwood Trading Estate, Lockmeadow fit-outs and Maidstone homes to strip adhesive, paint 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 Maidstone.
Maidstone access, timing and trading estate floors
A screed pour has to fit between other trades. By pour day the windows and doors should be keeping the weather out, the plasterer's wet work done, and any heating circuit down and through its pressure test. Afterwards, the floor needs drying time before flooring goes down, so plan the fitter's date around the screed rather than the reverse.
A pumped floor means our mixer and pump outside your house with a hose fed in to the room. On an estate with a driveway that is simple. On a narrower street, or at a flat, tell us about parking, permits and stairs when you ask for a quote so we can plan the hose route. Parking near the door saves the longest hose runs.
Business premises in Maidstone are a separate matter. Parkwood Trading Estate, established in the mid-1950s off Bircholt Road, and the smaller Haslemere Industrial Estate off the A274 hold a wide mix of businesses, and their units may need a new floor, a repair or preparation when they change hands. Our commercial screeding work covers new screeds, repairs and preparation in units of any size.
Screeding prices for Maidstone 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 Maidstone
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 Maidstone
On the map, Maidstone sits east-south-east of Slough, about 53.5 miles from our base in a straight line (postcodes including ME14, ME16, ME17 and ME15), next to Snodland (5.2 miles), Gillingham (7.1 miles), Chatham (7.7 miles) and Rochester (8.1 miles). Neighbourhoods we cover in Maidstone include Allington, Barming Heath, Boughton Green, Cherry Orchard and East Barming.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.
