Matching screed to Oxford's neighbourhoods and house ages
Census 2021 counted 170,799 people in the Oxford built-up area, living in a compact city of 18 square miles. The housing changes quickly from one district to the next, and so does the floor it needs.
In Victorian and Edwardian Oxford, meaning the terraces of Jericho and Osney and the North Oxford streets around Park Town, Norham Manor and Walton Manor, solid floors were often laid without a damp proof membrane. Renovating one usually starts with excavation, then membrane and insulation, then a new screed. Rooms divided by walls and doorways, as period houses usually are, suit hand-laid sand and cement screed in Oxford.
Across Headington, Marston and Cowley, the inter-war and post-war semis are the typical extension project. A wide kitchen extension suits pumped liquid screed, and if the new room is heated, the build-up is covered on our page about underfloor heating screed for Oxford homes.
Flats and new blocks bring their own specifications. A block whose plans call up a calcium sulphate grade is a case for our Oxford anhydrite page, which goes through that material, how it is tested and why it is sanded before flooring. A floor that is solid but wavy may only want a skim of compound, as the floor levelling page for Oxford sets out.
Whichever route fits, the price is fixed in writing before any work starts, and it states what is included, from digging out to insulation and membranes.
Homes in Oxford at a glance
The most common home in Oxford is a semi-detached house (32%), ahead of flats at 29%. The largest share of its housing, 21%, was built between the wars, and 21% between 1945 and 1972.
| Homes in Oxford | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 11% |
| Semi-detached houses | 32% |
| Terraced houses | 26% |
| Flats | 29% |
| Built before 1919 | 19% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 21% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 21% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 19% |
| Built since 2000 | 19% |
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 Oxford built-up area (E63004458).
Screeding services in Oxford
- Liquid ScreedPermit bays and stairwells shape an Oxford pour. We plan where the lorry stands and the hose route, then pump liquid screed for a level floor in one visit.
- Sand and Cement ScreedVictorian floors in Jericho, Osney and North Oxford often need digging out. We relay them in sand and cement screed over a new membrane.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedUnderfloor heating screed for heated extensions on Headington, Marston and Cowley semis in Oxford, with correct pipe cover and a heat-up plan.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedOxford apartment blocks and new plots specify anhydrite screed by grade. We pump CA-C20-F4 to CA-C30-F6 and advise on laitance.
- Floor LevellingFloor levelling for retail units at Westgate Oxford, science park labs and Headington homes, giving a flat base for LVT and tiles.
- Latex ScreedConverted flats and older Oxford houses often hide boards, old tiles or patchy concrete under vinyl. Latex screed smooths them in a few mm.
- Concrete Floor GrindingConcrete floor grinding for refits at Oxford Science Park, Westgate Oxford and Cowley, and home extensions, coatings and high spots removed.
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 Oxford.
Access, timing and commercial floors across Oxford
Parking decides how a pumped pour is set up. Our hose has to reach your door from wherever the mixer and pump stand, and outside an Oxford terrace with no drive, that is usually on the street. If there are permit bays, residents' parking or a shared passage, say so at the quoting stage so the pour day is organised around them. The hose can run through a house or up a stairwell to a flat.
Timing is the other half. We come in once the building is closed up: roof finished, windows and doors hung, plastering dry to the touch and heating loops pressure tested. Then the screed needs its drying weeks before any floor fitter starts, so give it proper space in the programme instead of cramming it in at the end.
Oxford's commercial sites are a separate kind of job. The Mini plant at Cowley, the Oxford Science Park, Begbroke Science Park to the north and Westgate Oxford in the centre hold laboratories, production halls and retail units, all of which need flat, durable floors. Those floors, whether one shop unit or a large hall, go through our commercial floor screeding side.
Screeding prices for Oxford 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 Oxford
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 Oxford
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 30.4 miles from Oxford, which lies to the west-north-west. Postcodes here include OX1, OX3, OX4 and OX44, and Kidlington (5 miles), Abingdon-on-Thames (5.7 miles), Witney (10 miles) and Didcot (10.1 miles) are close by. Neighbourhoods we cover in Oxford include Barton, Blackbird Leys, Blenheim, Botley and Cold Harbour.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.
