Matching screeds to Sittingbourne's homes and extensions
Census 2021 recorded 54,385 people in the Sittingbourne built-up area, and semi-detached houses are the biggest group, at 37% of homes. That makes the rear extension the typical floor project. A new slab is cast, insulation and a membrane go on top, and a screed brings the new room up to meet the old floor, so the house reads as one level surface when the wall between them comes down.
On an open extension, a pumped liquid screed for Sittingbourne extensions covers the floor in a day and settles flat enough for large tiles. Running heating pipes through the extension? Cover depth and the slow first warm-up are set out under heated screed for Sittingbourne extensions.
The join with the old house is where problems show. The original floor may be a little out of level, or at a slightly different height, and floor levelling with compound is often the neat way to blend the two before LVT or timber goes down.
In older houses, a solid floor that has failed may need digging out. For those dug-out rebuilds in smaller rooms, sand and cement compacted by hand is the sensible screed, and it is the base we would put under a shower or wet room too. Newer homes, on the other hand, are often designed around a flowing calcium sulphate screed, where the drawings name a particular grade and the floor needs sanding and testing before it is covered.
Homes in Sittingbourne at a glance
Semi-detached houses make up 37% of the 21,512 households in Sittingbourne, followed by terraced houses at 31%. The largest share of its housing, 30%, was built between 1945 and 1972, and 21% between 1973 and 1999.
| Homes in Sittingbourne | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 18% |
| Semi-detached houses | 37% |
| Terraced houses | 31% |
| Flats | 13% |
| Built before 1919 | 14% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 10% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 30% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 21% |
| Built since 2000 | 25% |
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 Sittingbourne built-up area (E63005238).
Screeding services in Sittingbourne
- Liquid ScreedRear extensions on Sittingbourne semis and newer estates suit pumped liquid screed: flat in a day, walkable within 48 hours.
- Sand and Cement ScreedHand-laid sand and cement screed for Sittingbourne terraces, garage conversions, wet rooms and old solid floors, 65mm over insulation.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedUnderfloor heating screed over your installer's pipes in heated extensions on Sittingbourne's post-war semis, with a slow heat-up.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedCA-C20-F4 to CA-C30-F6 anhydrite screed for Sittingbourne new build plots, apartments and offices, sanded and moisture tested for flooring.
- Floor LevellingFloor levelling to SR1 for lab and warehouse refits by Milton Creek, Kemsley and Kent Science Park, and uneven Sittingbourne homes.
- Latex ScreedRefitting a kitchen or bathroom in a Sittingbourne semi? Latex screed over plywood overboarding or bonded tiles gives LVT a smooth base.
- Concrete Floor GrindingLab and warehouse floors at Kent Science Park, Kemsley and Ridham, plus Sittingbourne extensions: concrete grinding 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 Sittingbourne.
Pour dates, parking and Kent Science Park floors
The screed date sits between the builder and the finishing trades. By pour day the extension wants its windows and doors fitted so it is weathertight, its plastering done and any heating pipes already tested. Drying time then has to pass before flooring, so book the kitchen fitter after the screed rather than before.
With a pumped pour, we need somewhere for the mixer near your front door. On a semi with a driveway that is easy; on a terraced street it may be the kerb, so let us know about parking controls, narrow side passages and shared drives when asking for a price.
Sittingbourne's industrial and laboratory floors are another matter altogether. Kent Science Park, also home to Woodstock Park, the Sittingbourne FC ground, is a notable employment site, and industry clusters around Milton Creek, Kemsley and the dock at Ridham. Laboratory, warehouse and industrial floors in those areas need flat, hard-wearing screeds, repairs and grinding when a building is fitted out or changes use. That work goes through our commercial screeding team, though resin, polished concrete and structural slabs are things K & B does not lay.
Screeding prices for Sittingbourne 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 Sittingbourne
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Reaching Sittingbourne
Sittingbourne is about 61.1 miles east of our Slough base as the crow flies, with postcodes including ME10 and ME9. The nearest towns to it are Faversham (7 miles), Gillingham (7.1 miles), Chatham (9.6 miles) and Maidstone (10.4 miles). Neighbourhoods we cover in Sittingbourne include Bapchild, Chalkwell, Grove Park, Harman's Corner and Hearts Delight.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.