From Poulner to the Market Place: choosing a Ringwood screed
Ringwood sits on the east bank of the River Avon at the western edge of the New Forest, and Census 2021 counted 12,789 people in the built-up area. Its homes fall into two broad groups, and each suits a different floor.
Most houses in Poulner and the suburbs around the centre were built after 1945. Poulner was a separate village a mile to the east until housing filled the fields and smallholdings in between during the twentieth century. The floor work on these houses is ground floor extensions, conservatory replacements and open plan kitchens, where the new screed must tie neatly into an older slab. A pumped liquid screed covers a large open room in one visit and keeps the new floor thin.
The older cottages and town houses near the Market Place are a different case. Many were built with solid floors and nothing to stop damp rising, so putting one right normally means excavating it, laying insulation and a membrane, and finishing with hand-laid sand and cement.
Heating changes the build-up. Where an owner adds underfloor heating to an extension, the underfloor heating screed page explains how a thin liquid screed keeps floor levels in line with the rest of the house. Plans for flats or new plots sometimes spell out a calcium sulphate grade, and that is the territory of anhydrite flow screed in Ringwood. A floor that is firm but wavy may only want a skim of levelling compound rather than replacing.
Homes in Ringwood at a glance
Detached houses make up 35% of the 5,606 households in Ringwood, followed by semi-detached houses at 30%. The largest share of its housing, 36%, was built between 1945 and 1972, and 26% between 1973 and 1999.
| Homes in Ringwood | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 35% |
| Semi-detached houses | 30% |
| Terraced houses | 15% |
| Flats | 16% |
| Built before 1919 | 15% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 10% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 36% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 26% |
| Built since 2000 | 11% |
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 Ringwood built-up area (E63006530).
Screeding services in Ringwood
- Liquid ScreedOpen plan kitchens and conservatory swaps on Ringwood's post-war estates suit pumped liquid screed, flat and walkable in a day or two.
- Sand and Cement ScreedCottages and town houses near Ringwood's Market Place may have solid floors with no membrane. We dig out and lay sand and cement screed.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedAdding underfloor heating to a Ringwood extension? A thin screed over the pipes keeps the new floor level with the old house.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedRingwood flats and new plots may call for anhydrite screed in CA-C20-F4 to CA-C30-F6 grades. Poured to spec, with drying advice in writing.
- Floor LevellingFloor levelling for worn floors in late 1970s warehouses off Castleman Way or a Ringwood extension step, ready for LVT and tiles.
- Latex ScreedConservatory swaps and kitchen refits in Ringwood can leave tiles or plywood underfoot. Latex screed a few mm thick readies them for vinyl.
- Concrete Floor GrindingGrinding for late 1970s warehouses on Crow Arch Lane Industrial Estate and Ringwood homes clears paint and glue, with 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 Ringwood.
Access, timing and commercial floors around Crow Lane
If a Ringwood house has a drive, the mixer and pump can sit on it, right by the door. Town centre addresses around the Market Place and The Furlong need more planning, especially on market days, so tell us about parking and loading when you ask for a price. Moortown, North Poulner, The Holdings and the rest of the town are all within our area.
Timing a pour is simple once you know the order. First the shell is closed against rain, so roof finished and glazing in. Next, if there is underfloor heating, its loops go down and pass a pressure test. Then the screed goes down, before plastering is finished and long before the kitchen or flooring arrives. Walking on the new floor takes a day or two; drying for flooring takes weeks.
On the commercial side, Crow Arch Lane Industrial Estate, reached from Castleman Way about a mile from the A31, includes steel-framed warehouses from the late 1970s. Close by on Crow Lane, the newer Platinum Jubilee Business Park has industrial and warehouse units with offices. Fit-outs and worn floors in both can be screeded or levelled, and an older warehouse floor may need grinding or repair before any new finish goes down.
Screeding prices for Ringwood 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 Ringwood
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 Ringwood
On the map, Ringwood sits south-west of Slough, about 68.7 miles from our base in a straight line (postcodes including BH24), next to Verwood (4.6 miles), Ferndown (5.3 miles), Christchurch (7.5 miles) and New Milton (8.8 miles). Neighbourhoods we cover in Ringwood include Moortown, North Poulner, Poulner and The Holdings.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.
