Which screed suits which Petersfield home
Petersfield grew in layers, and each layer asks something different of a floor.
The oldest houses sit around the centre and the Causeway. Built before 1919, many have floors laid straight onto earth or onto old slabs with no membrane. Putting that right in one of these houses tends to start with excavation: the old floor comes out, insulation and a membrane go in, and a fresh screed is laid over them. Hand-laid sand and cement screed is often the natural choice for these rooms, and listed buildings need extra care over what is taken out.
The late twentieth century housing is a different job. Homes from the 1970s to the 1990s are where kitchens get opened up and extensions go on at the back, and a pumped liquid screed covers a big open floor in a single day. If pipes are going into that new room, read about screeding over heating pipes for the depth needed above them and how soon the system can be run.
With 29% of homes detached, many plots have room off the road where the pump and mixer can stand. Where a house opens straight onto the pavement, the lorry needs a legal place to stop, so tell us about parking when you ask for a price.
Some jobs come with a named material. Where an architect or developer specifies a calcium sulphate grade, our anhydrite flow screed service pours to that specification. A Petersfield floor that is solid underfoot but has humps and hollows may not need replacing at all: a skim of levelling compound can flatten it ready for the new covering.
Homes in Petersfield at a glance
Detached houses make up 29% of the 6,721 households in Petersfield, followed by semi-detached houses at 24%. The largest group of homes here was built between 1973 and 1999 (38%), and a further 20% between 1945 and 1972.
| Homes in Petersfield | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 29% |
| Semi-detached houses | 24% |
| Terraced houses | 23% |
| Flats | 21% |
| Built before 1919 | 14% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 10% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 20% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 38% |
| Built since 2000 | 18% |
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 Petersfield built-up area (E63006182).
Screeding services in Petersfield
- Liquid ScreedKnocked-through kitchens in Petersfield's 1970s to 1990s houses suit pumped liquid screed: level in a day, walkable in 24 to 48 hours.
- Sand and Cement ScreedPeriod homes by Petersfield's Causeway often have floors on bare earth. We dig out and relay with hand-laid sand and cement screed.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedRetrofitting underfloor heating in an older Petersfield house leaves little depth. We screed over wet systems to the right cover.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedAnhydrite screed for Petersfield flats and new build plots, poured to a CA-C25-F5 or alpha hemihydrate spec with drying advice.
- Floor LevellingFloor levelling for uneven slabs in Petersfield homes and refitted units near Bedford Road, ready for LVT, vinyl or tiles.
- Latex ScreedPeriod homes by the Causeway and 1970s to 1990s kitchen remodels in Petersfield: latex screed over ply or old tiles for vinyl.
- Concrete Floor GrindingGrinding for Bedford Road units and Petersfield homes strips old adhesive, paint and bay lips, with dust extraction throughout.
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 Petersfield.
Fitting a pour into a South Downs National Park build
A screed goes down once the building is watertight and closed in, but before the plastering is finished and long before the kitchen arrives. On an extension, that usually means the roof is on, the windows are in and first fix plumbing and electrics are done. Heating pipes, where fitted, must be laid and pressure tested first.
The whole of Petersfield sits inside the South Downs National Park, and planning conditions can shape how an extension is designed. That sometimes changes finished floor heights, thresholds and door positions, so agree the levels with your builder or architect early. Once they are fixed, the screed depth is known before any insulation is ordered.
Drying time belongs in the programme too. You can walk on a new floor within a day or two, but flooring has to wait much longer, so avoid booking the fitter for the week after the pour.
Business premises need the same forward planning. Light industry is concentrated on the Bedford Road estate on the west side of town, which includes Petersfield Business Park. North-west of the centre, Buckmore Park on the Buckmore Farm estate has full consent for offices, industrial and storage space. For warehouse floors, office fit-outs and larger pours, see our commercial screeding service.
Screeding prices for Petersfield 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 Petersfield
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Reaching Petersfield
Petersfield is about 38.6 miles south-south-west of our Slough base as the crow flies, with postcodes including GU32, GU31 and GU33. The nearest towns to it are Horndean (7.3 miles), Alton (10.1 miles), Havant (10.4 miles) and Emsworth (10.8 miles). Neighbourhoods we cover in Petersfield include Causeway and Prince's Marsh.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.