Which screed suits which part of Newbury
Census 2021 counted 42,262 people in the Newbury built-up area, and their homes cover almost every period of building. Choosing the right floor starts with when the house went up and what lies under the existing surface.
In Speenhamland and the older streets of the town centre, houses built before 1919 often have solid ground floors laid without a damp proof membrane. When one of those floors is taken up, the new build-up of membrane, insulation and screed is usually finished in hand-laid sand and cement screed for older Newbury homes, because it copes with narrow rooms, chimney breasts and levels that must match an existing hall.
The houses around Newbury Racecourse, where a development of 1,500 homes has gone up, and those planned at Sandleford Park are designed for underfloor heating in a liquid screed. On plots like these, read about pumped liquid screed in Newbury and about screed over wet underfloor heating, which explains pipe cover and when the heating can be switched on.
Flats make up 30% of Newbury's homes, which puts apartment floors firmly in the mix. Between storeys the screed is often laid over acoustic insulation, and where a developer names a calcium sulphate grade, the anhydrite flow screed page sets out how those grades differ and what happens after the pour.
Homes in Newbury at a glance
Of the 18,496 households in Newbury, 30% live in flats and 27% in semi-detached houses. The largest group of homes here was built between 1945 and 1972 (26%), and a further 23% between 1973 and 1999.
| Homes in Newbury | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 21% |
| Semi-detached houses | 27% |
| Terraced houses | 21% |
| Flats | 30% |
| Built before 1919 | 13% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 7% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 26% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 23% |
| Built since 2000 | 31% |
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 Newbury built-up area (E63005168).
Screeding services in Newbury
- Liquid ScreedNewbury Racecourse and Sandleford Park homes are built for liquid screed over heating. We pump it for extensions and open plan floors too.
- Sand and Cement ScreedOld solid floors without a damp proof membrane in Speenhamland and central Newbury, rebuilt in hand-laid sand and cement screed.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedScreed over wet underfloor heating for Newbury extensions, garden rooms and new homes, with correct pipe cover and a written heat-up plan.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedAnhydrite screed from CA-C20-F4 to CA-C30-F6 for Newbury apartment blocks and new plots, sanded and moisture tested.
- Floor LevellingLevelling compound for Greenham Business Park and Hambridge Road refits and uneven Newbury house floors before LVT, tile or wood.
- Latex ScreedOverboarded bathrooms and old tiled kitchens in Newbury need a thin, smooth base before vinyl or LVT. Latex screed gives it.
- Concrete Floor GrindingDiamond grinding for Newbury units at Hambridge Road and Greenham Business Park: high spots, glue and paint removed 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 Newbury.
Access, parking and timing on Newbury sites
Screed is a wet trade, so where it falls in the programme matters as much as the product. Pour day comes when the shell is weathertight: glazing and external doors in, and any heating pipework through its pressure test. You can walk on a liquid screed after 24 to 48 hours, yet the drying clock is slower, at roughly one day for each millimetre up to 40mm and longer beyond that, so the flooring fitter gets booked weeks out.
Then there is the question of getting the screed indoors. Our hose only stretches so far, so the mixer lorry and pump must park where it can get to your room. That is straightforward on a new plot with a drive, and harder on a terraced street near the centre where kerb space is tight. Before a date is confirmed, you and we settle where the lorry will park. Hand-laid sand and cement needs less room outside but more barrow runs through the house.
Commercial space keeps its own timetable. The Hambridge Road Industrial Estate and Greenham Business Park, including the A34 Connect units, hold much of Newbury's warehouse and trade space, and a unit changing tenant usually wants its floor turned round quickly. In newer homes, an existing screed that is sound may need nothing more than levelling before new flooring.
Screeding prices for Newbury 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 Newbury
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 Newbury
On the map, Newbury sits west-south-west of Slough, about 30.7 miles from our base in a straight line (postcodes including RG14), next to Thatcham (2.8 miles), Tadley (8.1 miles), Basingstoke (13.7 miles) and Wantage (13.7 miles). Neighbourhoods we cover in Newbury include City, Donnington, East Fields, Ham Marsh and Shaw.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.