Two kinds of Newham floor, and the screed each needs
Split Newham's housing roughly in half and you get two quite different kinds of floor. The borough was formed from West Ham and East Ham in 1965, and it has both older terraced streets and the newer towers of Stratford, Canning Town and the Royal Docks. Much of the recent growth follows the 2012 Olympics, whose park and East Village sit mostly in Newham, and the Royal Docks, granted enterprise zone status in 2011.
In an older terrace, floor work usually starts when an extension goes on or the ground floor is refitted. Lift the boards or break out a tired slab and there is often no damp proof membrane underneath. The new floor is built up with a membrane and insulation, then finished to meet the existing levels at every threshold. A poky back room, a step down into the kitchen or a new shower corner are all easier with a hand packed sand and cement floor.
In the towers the job changes completely. Floating screed goes over heating pipes and acoustic mats, often pumped several storeys up, and fit out programmes want the floor ready quickly. Up there the answer is liquid screed pumped up from street level. If the developer's drawing calls for a set calcium sulphate grade, our separate anhydrite page explains what each grade means and how the floor is sanded and checked for moisture.
Heated floors in either kind of building need correct cover over the pipes and a slow first warm up, set out on our underfloor heating screed page for Newham. If an old floor is solid and simply out of true, a skim of levelling compound under the new finish may be all it takes.
Homes in Newham at a glance
Newham is mostly flats (51% of homes), with terraced houses next at 31%. By age, 37% of properties date from before 1919, the biggest single group, with 18% built since 2015.
| Homes in Newham | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 5% |
| Semi-detached houses | 10% |
| Terraced houses | 31% |
| Flats | 51% |
| Built before 1919 | 37% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 5% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 14% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 14% |
| Built since 2000 | 30% |
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 Newham (E09000025).
Screeding services in Newham
- Liquid ScreedLiquid screed pumped up to Stratford, Canning Town and Royal Docks flats and into Newham extensions.
- Sand and Cement ScreedOld Newham terrace floors often lack a damp proof membrane. We rebuild them in sand and cement at 65mm, with falls for wet rooms.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedScreed over wet underfloor heating for Newham flats on acoustic mats and heated terrace extensions, with correct pipe cover.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedAnhydrite screed for Newham apartments and new builds, poured in grades from CA-C20-F4 to CA-C30-F6 with the laitance sanded.
- Floor LevellingFloor levelling to SR1 for shop and office refits near Westfield Stratford City and Beckton in Newham, ready for LVT and vinyl.
- Latex ScreedLatex screed over plywood overboarding, firm old tiles and worn slabs in Newham kitchens and bathrooms, ready for vinyl or LVT.
- Concrete Floor GrindingDiamond grinding with dust extraction for Newham floors, from refit units near ExCeL London to garages and extension joins. Clean base for the next layer.
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 Newham.
Pump access, programme and commercial floors in Newham
A pour sits between other trades, so its date depends on them. Before we arrive, the roof and windows should be on, the plasterers' wet work done, and any heating loops fitted and holding pressure. How long the floor then needs to dry comes down to its depth and the screed used, which is why it pays to fix the screed date first and book your floor fitter around it.
Access needs the same planning, because Newham's terraced streets leave little room for a lorry. A pumped floor means finding space on the street for the mixer lorry and pump, within hose reach of your front door. If your street in Plaistow, Upton Park or Manor Park has parking controls, a bay suspension or an early start may be needed, so mention it when you ask for a price. On a tower site the main contractor's logistics plan decides where the pump stands and how the hose reaches the right floor.
Newham also has large commercial floors. Westfield Stratford City, ExCeL London and London City Airport, along with the enterprise zone around Royal Albert Dock, all create demand for large area and high strength floors, and Beckton has been a commercial hub since the DLR arrived in 1994. New wearing screeds and unit refits in those settings come under our commercial screeding work, priced from the drawings and the programme.
Screeding prices for Newham 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 Newham
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Reaching Newham
Newham is about 29.3 miles east of our Slough base as the crow flies, with postcodes including E6, E16, E7 and E12. The nearest towns to it are Tower Hamlets (3.2 miles), Greenwich (3.7 miles), Barking and Dagenham (4 miles) and Redbridge (4.1 miles). Neighbourhoods we cover in Newham include Beckton, Canning Town, Cavendish Square, Custom House and Cyprus.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.
