Choosing a screed for Maldon, Heybridge and Wycke Hill homes
Census 2021 recorded 23,389 people living in the Maldon built-up area. For flooring purposes their homes fall into three rough groups, and each group points towards a different kind of screed.
The largest group is the houses of the 1970s to 1990s that make up much of Maldon and Heybridge. These are typical of kitchen and ground floor refits, where the old screed has cracked or sits at the wrong height for the new floor. A single room with a cracked patch can be broken out and relaid in hand-laid sand and cement. Knock the kitchen and dining room into one, or add a back extension in Heybridge, and the bigger area is a natural fit for pumped liquid screed: it settles flat by itself, and you can usually walk across it a day or two later.
The second group is the older cottages near the High Street and Hythe Quay. A damp ground floor in one of those is rarely cured by covering it; the floor comes up, and a new one goes back with insulation under a damp proof membrane and fresh screed on top. On those jobs the build-up underneath matters as much as the screed on top.
Last come the homes still being built. Recent estates such as Wycke Hill, where Crest Nicholson is adding homes, tend to use a flowing screed over underfloor heating, and where a plot's specification names a calcium sulphate grade, the grade and the drying checks matter. Our page on anhydrite flow screed in Maldon explains what that involves, while screeding over heating pipes covers pipe cover and the first heat-up.
Homes in Maldon at a glance
Semi-detached houses make up 35% of the 10,145 households in Maldon, followed by detached houses at 29%. The largest share of its housing, 34%, was built between 1973 and 1999, and 24% between 1945 and 1972.
| Homes in Maldon | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 29% |
| Semi-detached houses | 35% |
| Terraced houses | 22% |
| Flats | 13% |
| Built before 1919 | 12% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 8% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 24% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 34% |
| Built since 2000 | 22% |
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 Maldon built-up area (E63004443).
Screeding services in Maldon
- Liquid ScreedKnocked-through kitchens in Heybridge and new plots at Wycke Hill suit pumped liquid screed in Maldon, walkable in 24 to 48 hours.
- Sand and Cement ScreedDamp cottage floors near Hythe Quay and the High Street are rebuilt in hand-laid sand and cement screed in Maldon.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedUnderfloor heating screed for new Wycke Hill homes and Maldon extensions, with the right pipe cover and a gentle first heat-up.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedAnhydrite screed for Maldon new build plots and apartment floors, poured in grades from CA-C20-F4 to CA-C30-F6.
- Floor LevellingFloor levelling for unit refits at Wycke Hill Business Park and The Causeway, and steps into Maldon extensions, ready for LVT.
- Latex ScreedA Maldon flat bathroom or Heybridge kitchen with ply over boards or firm old tiles? Latex screed smooths it for vinyl or LVT.
- Concrete Floor GrindingConcrete floor grinding for units on The Causeway, West Station Yard and Wycke Hill Business Park in Maldon, removing paint and glue.
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 Maldon.
Access, parking and timing a pour in Maldon
A screed day starts with where the vehicles can stand. For a pumped floor, the pump waits out on the road or your drive while a hose snakes through the front door to the room being poured. On a street with no off-road space, that means agreeing where the mixer parks and keeping the route through the hall clear. Sand and cement is barrowed in from a mixer, which needs a flat spot close to the door.
Timing matters just as much. The screed goes down once the building is watertight, the walls are plastered or close to it, and any heating pipes are in and tested. After that comes the wait for flooring, which runs at roughly a day for each millimetre up to 40mm and gets slower beyond that depth. Booking the flooring fitter too early is a common way to lose weeks on an extension, so we give a realistic drying date with the price.
Businesses have their own pressures. The Causeway in Heybridge is the district's main employment area and a council regeneration focus, and Wycke Hill Business Park and West Station Yard sit on the western side. Units there suit industrial screeds, repairs and grinding, and our commercial screeding service explains how that work is planned around a business.
Screeding prices for Maldon 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 Maldon
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 Maldon
Maldon is about 58.6 miles east-north-east of our Slough base as the crow flies, with postcodes including CM9. The nearest towns to it are Witham (5 miles), South Woodham Ferrers (6.5 miles), Chelmsford (8.8 miles) and Rochford (10.4 miles). Neighbourhoods we cover in Maldon include Heybridge.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.