From Wray Park to Woodhatch: choosing a Reigate screed
Reigate grew in clear stages after the railway arrived in the 1840s, and each stage leaves a different kind of floor to deal with.
The earliest suburbs came first. Wray Park, north of the centre, was built up in the 1850s and 1860s, the Doods Road terraces date from around 1864, and the Glovers Field estate began in 1863. In Victorian houses like those in Wray Park and on Doods Road, the original floors were laid before membranes were standard, so a kitchen or ground floor renovation usually means breaking out and relaying. A hand-laid sand and cement screed for older floors suits that work, room by room, and it handles wet rooms too.
Woodhatch grew in the 1930s on Woodhatch Farm land, and council homes followed on the Rushetts Farm estate in the 1950s. Houses there tend towards rear extensions and knock-throughs, where the aim is one continuous level floor from the front of the house to the garden. Pumping liquid screed through a Woodhatch knock-through covers the lot in a single pour; where the new room will be heated, read about screeding over heating pipes for pipe cover and the heat-up.
Not every floor needs replacing. If the old floor is solid and merely out of level, a skim of floor levelling compound is usually enough, and it is faster than screeding afresh.
Postcodes here include RH2, KT20 and RH1, and we also cover Doversgreen, Hogden Bottom, Mead Vale and South Park, which lies to the west of the town.
Homes in Reigate at a glance
Semi-detached houses make up 30% of the 9,513 households in Reigate, followed by flats at 28%. By age, 30% of properties date from 1945 and 1972, the biggest single group, with 29% built before 1919.
| Homes in Reigate | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 26% |
| Semi-detached houses | 30% |
| Terraced houses | 15% |
| Flats | 28% |
| Built before 1919 | 29% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 16% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 30% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 11% |
| Built since 2000 | 13% |
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 Reigate built-up area (E63005580).
Screeding services in Reigate
- Liquid ScreedKnock-throughs on Woodhatch and Rushetts Farm houses need one continuous level floor, which pumped liquid screed gives in a day.
- Sand and Cement ScreedWray Park houses and Doods Road terraces often have floors laid before damp proof membranes.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedA Woodhatch rear extension or a Wray Park floor being relaid is the moment to add underfloor heating. We screed over the pipes in Reigate.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedSpecifying anhydrite flow screed for a Reigate flat or self-build? We pour CA-C20-F4 to CA-C30-F6 and alpha hemihydrate grades.
- Floor LevellingReigate offices have housed Canon UK, Kimberly-Clark and esure, and a refit starts with floor levelling to SR1 or SR2.
- Latex ScreedUpstairs bathrooms on plywood, office kitchens on old ceramic: Reigate latex screed a few mm thick so lino or LVT lies flat.
- Concrete Floor GrindingConcrete floor grinding after Reigate office strip-outs, taking glue, paint and ridges off the slab under dust 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 Reigate.
Booking a Reigate pour around the rest of the build
The screed date follows the build, not the other way round. We need the house watertight, the plastering done and any heating circuit filled and pressure tested before we arrive. Afterwards, tiles, LVT or wood can only follow once the screed has dried, and how long that takes comes down to which screed it is and how thick. So settle the screed date before anything else, and slot the kitchen and flooring fitters in after it.
Access shapes the day. Pumping means parking a mixer and pump close enough for the hose to reach your front or back door. A Reigate house with its own drive makes that easy. On a terraced street of Victorian houses, tell us about parking controls, narrow pavements or shared side passages when you ask for a price, so the plan is agreed before anyone arrives.
Offices form a separate strand. Reigate has been home to occupiers including Canon UK, Kimberly-Clark's European headquarters and esure, and office refurbishments on that scale need floor preparation and levelling before new finishes or raised floors go in. That falls under our screeding for commercial premises.
Screeding prices for Reigate 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 Reigate
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 Reigate
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 27.8 miles from Reigate, which lies to the south-east. Postcodes here include RH2, KT20 and RH1, and Redhill (1.5 miles), Horley (4.9 miles), Dorking (5.4 miles) and Caterham (6.3 miles) are close by. Neighbourhoods we cover in Reigate include Doversgreen, Hogden Bottom, Mead Vale, South Park and Woodhatch.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.