Matching screed to Salisbury's old and new homes
Census 2021 counted 47,690 people in the Salisbury built-up area, living in homes from many different periods. More than a fifth of those homes, 22%, went up before 1919, and the period terraces near the centre often still sit on solid floors with no damp proof membrane. Renovating one means digging the floor out, laying insulation and a membrane and building the floor back up; in narrow rooms a sand and cement floor packed by hand is usually the sensible way.
Out in the suburbs, inter-war and post-war semis are regularly extended. If the extension opens into a kitchen, pumped liquid screed for wide floors settles flat and is ready to walk on in 24 to 48 hours.
The homes going up at Longhedge and Old Sarum are newer, and built with underfloor heating. Pipe cover and the switch-on date are explained on our Salisbury heated floor page; if a plot's paperwork names a calcium sulphate grade, the anhydrite page deals with sanding and moisture checks.
Plenty of flats in the city centre want a thin levelling coat or an acoustic floor build-up and not a whole new screed. The levelling side is explained under levelling floors in Salisbury.
Whatever age the building is, three questions come first: what the floor is made of now, what finish is going on it, and what height it must finish at.
Homes in Salisbury at a glance
Of the 21,020 households in Salisbury, 29% live in semi-detached houses and 26% in terraced houses. By age, 26% of properties date from 1945 and 1972, the biggest single group, with 22% built before 1919.
| Homes in Salisbury | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 22% |
| Semi-detached houses | 29% |
| Terraced houses | 26% |
| Flats | 22% |
| Built before 1919 | 22% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 14% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 26% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 22% |
| Built since 2000 | 16% |
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 Salisbury built-up area (E63006038).
Screeding services in Salisbury
- Liquid ScreedHeated Old Sarum new builds, suburban Salisbury extensions and city flats suit pumped liquid screed, walkable in 24 to 48 hours.
- Sand and Cement ScreedSalisbury's period terraces often have solid floors with no membrane. We dig out, insulate and relay in hand-laid sand and cement screed.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedUnderfloor heating screed for Old Sarum and Longhedge homes and heated extensions on Salisbury semis, laid to the right pipe cover.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedAnhydrite screed for Old Sarum plots and Salisbury apartments, poured from CA-C20-F4 to CA-C30-F6, laitance sanded and tested.
- Floor LevellingFloor levelling for shop changes at The Maltings and Old George Mall, city flats and Salisbury extension joins, flat before new flooring.
- Latex ScreedSalisbury city flats and period terraces often hide boarded or tiled floors. Thin latex screed gives sheet vinyl and LVT a smooth face.
- Concrete Floor GrindingShops at The Maltings and Old George Mall, Old Sarum Airfield units and Salisbury garages: diamond grinding back to sound concrete.
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 Salisbury.
Access and timing across Salisbury
Screed goes in partway through a project. Before the pour, the room should be closed to the weather, the wet plaster finished, with any heating pipes already pressure tested. Then the floor needs drying time, which varies with depth and screed type, so fix the flooring fitter's date after ours.
Getting in can differ a lot from one part of Salisbury to another. With a pumped screed, the mixer and pump must stop within hose reach of the room. A house with a drive rarely causes trouble. Around the centre, where parking may be restricted and frontages are narrow, mention permits, loading rules or awkward access when you request a quote. Sand and cement laid by hand just needs a clear barrow route and room to mix.
Commercial floors run to their own timetable. A small business park lines the north edge of Old Sarum Airfield, and the retail units in The Maltings and Old George Mall need levelling and screed repairs when shops change hands. Where a floor is damaged before new flooring goes in, see repairs to existing screed.
Screeding prices for Salisbury 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 Salisbury
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 Salisbury
On the map, Salisbury sits west-south-west of Slough, about 59.2 miles from our base in a straight line (postcodes including SP1, SP2 and SP5), next to Amesbury (7 miles), Tidworth (13.1 miles), Verwood (13.5 miles) and Romsey (14.1 miles). Neighbourhoods we cover in Salisbury include Bemerton, Bemerton Heath, Bishopdown, Churchfields and Hampton Park.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.
