Rebuilding old solid floors in Newham terraces
When the ground floor of an older terrace is opened up, for a refit or because the old floor has sunk and cracked, the usual finding is a thin slab or a compacted base with no damp proof membrane beneath it. The remedy is to dig out to the depth needed, lay a membrane and insulation, then screed over the top.
In a terraced house the floating layer goes in at 65mm; a shop or office floor gets 75mm. Because we mix it on site and pack it down by hand, it can be pushed into alcoves, around a chimney breast and through a tight doorway. The finished surface has to meet the hall, the rest of the kitchen and any step down to the garden, and those levels are easier to control with screed rails and a straightedge than with a pumped pour.
Where the new layer must bond to a sound slab instead of floating, a bonded screed of 25 to 40mm is an option. It suits a shallow build up where there is no room for insulation.
This material takes longer to dry out than a pumped floor. Allow about a day for every millimetre of depth up to 40mm, then longer for each one after, which puts a 65mm terrace floor several weeks away from timber or LVT. If the fitter is already booked, a quicker drying version of the mix can claw time back, and our guide to screed depths lists what each build up normally needs.
Wet rooms, garages and converted flats in Newham
Calcium sulphate screed has no place in a floor that will see water, so anywhere wet in the house gets sand and cement instead. A walk in shower or wet room in a Newham terrace takes a cement screed laid to falls toward the drain, set with rails and checked with a level as the floor is compacted.
Converted flats make up 8% of Newham homes. A small bathroom or kitchen floor on an upper storey of a converted house is often more practical to screed with a mix carried up the stairs than with a pump. Sand and cement also takes load earlier, which helps when a kitchen fitter is booked soon after.
Garage conversions are another fit. The old garage slab is usually a step down from the hall, so insulation, a membrane and screed are layered onto it until the converted room meets the rest of the ground floor. Our guide to screeding a converted garage goes through each layer. For thinner sections or floors at risk of cracking, fibres can be added for £1 to £3 per m².
Sand and Cement Screed prices in Newham
Sand and cement screed: £18 to £25 per m² supplied and laid (MyJobQuote, August 2026), so £450 to £630 for 25 m². MyJobQuote does not say whether these figures include VAT. See our floor screeding cost guide or screed calculator.
Who lays your sand and cement screed in Newham
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Sand and Cement Screed from Slough to 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).
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