Which screed fits which Redbridge home
Census 2021 recorded 103,713 households in Redbridge, a borough formed from the old boroughs of Ilford and of Wanstead and Woodford, on London's north east edge where the capital meets Epping Forest. Floors in its older houses tend to need one of a few kinds of work.
The first is a rear extension or a kitchen knocked through into the garden. That creates a broad, open floor, well suited to pumped liquid screed for Redbridge extensions, which settles flat and is walkable in 24 to 48 hours. If that new room will be heated, read about screed over wet underfloor heating, since pipe cover and the first warm up decide how well it performs.
Older floors are a different job. Where a ground floor has failed and is being dug out, or a bathroom is becoming a wet room, a hand laid sand and cement screed gives control over levels and falls in small spaces.
Around Ilford town centre, the Elizabeth line has drawn new flats, and those blocks need liquid screeds and acoustic separating floors. If the engineer for one of those Ilford blocks has written a calcium sulphate grade into the drawings, the anhydrite page goes through what that involves.
Then there are floors that are sound but uneven. Before new LVT or large tiles, a thin coat of self levelling compound for Redbridge floors is often all that is needed.
Homes in Redbridge at a glance
Of the 103,713 households in Redbridge, 32% live in terraced houses and 32% in flats. The largest share of its housing, 34%, was built between the wars, and 27% before 1919.
| Homes in Redbridge | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 7% |
| Semi-detached houses | 27% |
| Terraced houses | 32% |
| Flats | 32% |
| Built before 1919 | 27% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 34% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 16% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 11% |
| Built since 2000 | 12% |
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 Redbridge (E09000026).
Screeding services in Redbridge
- Liquid ScreedNew flats near Ilford's Elizabeth line stations and open plan extensions across Redbridge suit pumped liquid screed, flat to SR2.
- Sand and Cement ScreedRedbridge has plenty of pre-1919 and inter-war floors to rebuild. We hand lay sand and cement screed at 65mm, with falls for wet rooms.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedAdding heat to a Redbridge semi's extension or a post-war Hainault house? We screed over wet underfloor heating to the right cover.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedNew Ilford flats near the Elizabeth line often specify anhydrite screed. We pour the named CA grade in Redbridge and sand the laitance.
- Floor LevellingFloor levelling to SR1 for Hainault Business Park units, shops at The Exchange and Redbridge homes before new finishes go down.
- Latex ScreedRedbridge kitchen refits often need a smooth base over plywood or sound old tiles. Latex screed laid thin for vinyl, lino or LVT.
- Concrete Floor GrindingConcrete floor grinding strips paint, adhesive and lips from Hainault Business Park and Southend Road unit floors in Redbridge.
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 Redbridge.
Timing a pour and parking a pump in Redbridge
Get the windows in and the wet plaster finished before the screed is booked, and have your heating engineer lay and pressure test any pipes first. Drying then runs to its own timetable, so fix the flooring and kitchen fitters around the screed date. Squeezing that gap is the usual cause of trouble later.
On a pumped job we park the mixer and pump out front and run the hose in, so they have to be within reach of the house. Whether you are in Clayhall, Newbury Park, South Woodford or Aldborough Hatch, tell us about any parking restrictions, narrow shared access or a front garden the hose must cross when you ask for a price, and the plan can be settled before the day.
Commercial floors are handled differently. Hainault Business Park, laid out in the early 1950s and now home to more than 150 firms, and Southend Road Business Park are among the borough's Strategic Industrial Locations. Ilford town centre and The Exchange shopping centre are the main retail settings. Unit refits and new wearing screeds in those places come under our commercial screeding service.
Screeding prices for Redbridge 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 Redbridge
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 Redbridge
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 30.9 miles from Redbridge, which lies to the east. Postcodes here include IG2, E11, IG6 and IG5, and Chigwell (2.4 miles), Waltham Forest (3.2 miles), Barking and Dagenham (3.5 miles) and Newham (4.1 miles) are close by. Neighbourhoods we cover in Redbridge include Aldborough Hatch, Aldersbrook, Barkingside, Clayhall and Cranbrook.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.
