Choosing a screed for Newmarket homes, old and new
Census 2021 put the population of the Newmarket built-up area at 18,857, in a town whose older spines are the High Street, Exning Road and Bury Road, with Studlands Park among its named residential areas. Here is how the main types of floor work divide up.
Older terraces often have suspended timber floors or early concrete ones with no damp proof membrane. A renovation there usually means digging out, insulating, fitting a membrane and laying a new floor. For that, a hand-laid sand and cement screed for renovations is normally the practical option.
The houses built from the 1970s to the 1990s are the largest group, and they are where rear extensions and underfloor heating are most often added. For the new back room, a single-day pumped pour is the natural fit, and if pipes are going in, heated screed in Newmarket sets out how much cover they need.
Flats are a significant part of the town, at a quarter of all homes (25%). Where a block is specified with calcium sulphate screed, the floor needs its laitance sanded off and a moisture test before flooring.
Not every job needs new screed. Where a floor is sound but uneven, levelling before LVT or tiles is quicker and cheaper, and it is the usual answer when a shop in the town centre is refitted.
Homes in Newmarket at a glance
Of the 9,124 households in Newmarket, 28% live in terraced houses and 26% in semi-detached houses. The largest group of homes here was built between 1973 and 1999 (32%), and a further 27% between 1945 and 1972.
| Homes in Newmarket | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 21% |
| Semi-detached houses | 26% |
| Terraced houses | 28% |
| Flats | 25% |
| Built before 1919 | 18% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 7% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 27% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 32% |
| Built since 2000 | 17% |
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 Newmarket built-up area (E63003321).
Screeding services in Newmarket
- Liquid ScreedLiquid screed for wide rear extensions on Newmarket's 1970s to 1990s houses, laid in one pumped pour so builds move on sooner.
- Sand and Cement ScreedOlder Newmarket terraces with no damp proof membrane, plus tack rooms and wash bays laid to falls: hand-laid sand and cement screed.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedUnderfloor heating screed for extensions on Newmarket's 1970s to 1990s houses, its largest group of homes, over wet pipes.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedAnhydrite screed suits Newmarket apartments: it barely shrinks, so floors go down in large bays over acoustic insulation with few joints and a flat face.
- Floor LevellingFloor levelling to SR1 or SR2 for a Newmarket shop refit on the old Rookery site, or a house joined to its extension, ready for tiles.
- Latex ScreedSuspended timber floors in older Newmarket terraces need ply overboarding and a thin latex screed before sheet vinyl or lino.
- Concrete Floor GrindingOld adhesive in Rookery shop units, coated yard floors and lips on new extension slabs in Newmarket: diamond grinding with 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 Newmarket.
Racing premises, shops and pour timing in Newmarket
Racing gives the town unusual commercial floors. There are about 70 training yards, more than 60 stud farms, the National Stud, two equine hospitals and Tattersalls' Park Paddocks on The Avenue. Tack rooms, veterinary areas and wash bays need durable screeds laid to falls so water drains away, and that is cement screed work, not calcium sulphate. The town centre shops built on the former Rookery need a different service: levelling and repairs during refits. Our commercial screeding page covers both kinds of work.
For a house, the timing rule is simple. We want the shell closed to the weather, the plasterer finished and any underfloor pipes through their pressure test before pouring. Because the floor then has to dry, book the kitchen fitter and the flooring layer for after the pour, never before it.
Access matters on the day. A pumped screed needs the mixer and pump parked close to the house, so tell us about the driveway, the street and any restrictions when you ask for a price. A note of the floor area, the build-up and any heating pipes lets us fix that price in writing.
Screeding prices for Newmarket 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 Newmarket
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 Newmarket
Newmarket is about 66.6 miles north-east of our Slough base as the crow flies, with postcodes including CB8. The nearest towns to it are Soham (6.7 miles), Haverhill (11.2 miles), Ely (12.4 miles) and Cambridge (12.4 miles). Neighbourhoods we cover in Newmarket include Studlands Park.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.
