Choosing a screed for a Solihull house, room by room
Census 2021 counted 107,754 people in the Solihull built-up area. Much of the town grew after a shadow factory built in 1936 became the Rover plant in 1948 and large tracts of land were released for housing, so most homes date from between the wars or the post-war decades. Their floors raise three recurring questions.
The first is the extension. A rear extension or a knocked-through kitchen diner usually produces a wide, open floor, and that shape suits pumped liquid screed in Solihull: it finds its own level, fills around pipework and can be walked on within 24 to 48 hours. If that kitchen diner is getting heating pipes, the depth over them and the first warm-up both want thinking through, and our Solihull underfloor heating screed page goes into both.
The second is the tired original floor. When an old solid floor is broken out and replaced with an insulated slab, a hand-laid sand and cement screed for older rooms is often the practical finish, particularly in hallways, cloakrooms and small back rooms where a pump hose gains little. Matching the level of the floor next door and continuing the damp proof membrane matter as much as the screed itself.
The third is the newer home. Houses built in the last few years, including the village at Blythe Valley Park, are more likely to need a liquid screed repaired or an existing floor made flat for new flooring than a full pour. A sound but uneven base can often be put right with floor levelling compound instead of a new screed, which is quicker and usually costs less.
Homes in Solihull at a glance
The most common home in Solihull is a semi-detached house (46%), ahead of detached houses at 28%. The largest group of homes here was built between 1945 and 1972 (39%), and a further 25% between the wars.
| Homes in Solihull | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 28% |
| Semi-detached houses | 46% |
| Terraced houses | 10% |
| Flats | 15% |
| Built before 1919 | 3% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 25% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 39% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 21% |
| 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 Solihull built-up area (E63003011).
Screeding services in Solihull
- Liquid ScreedKnock-through kitchen diners on Solihull semis suit pumped liquid screed: self-levelling, few joints, walkable in 24 to 48 hours.
- Sand and Cement ScreedReplacing a tired original floor in an inter-war Solihull house? We hand-lay sand and cement screed over new insulation.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedUnderfloor heating screed for heated extensions on Solihull's semis and detached houses, correct pipe cover and a slow first heat-up.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedAnhydrite flow screed for Blythe Valley Park village plots and Solihull apartments, poured CA-C20-F4 to CA-C30-F6.
- Floor LevellingFloor levelling to SR1 for Touchwood and Mell Square shop refits and Birmingham Business Park offices in Solihull, ready for LVT.
- Latex ScreedOld lino up in a Solihull inter-war semi can reveal boards, quarry tiles and patched concrete. Latex screed smooths it all.
- Concrete Floor GrindingConcrete floor grinding for Solihull business park units: bay lips, carpet tile glue and floor paint removed with 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 Solihull.
Timing the pour and the pump on Solihull builds
On a Solihull extension the screed comes partway through the build, so its date hangs on the builder and the plasterer. Ask for the figure early, but leave the pour date open until the extension is roofed and glazed, its outside doors are hung and the wet plaster is finished. We don't fit heating pipes, so in a heated room your heating engineer needs to have them down and pressure tested first.
A pumped pour also needs room outside: the mixer and pump have to stand near the house with an unbroken route for the hose to the room. When you send the details, say whether the house has a drive, a shared access or only on-street parking. That applies equally in Shirley, Olton, Elmdon, Knowle Grove or Hasluck's Green, and a plan agreed beforehand keeps the morning of the pour simple.
Work on business premises runs differently again. Blythe Valley Park beside junction 4 of the M42, Birmingham Business Park and the business locations at Monkspath are business locations whose floors may need a new screed, repair or levelling when a tenant changes, and shop fit-outs around Touchwood and Mell Square raise the same questions on a smaller scale. Those projects are handled through our commercial screeding service, priced on the same fixed basis.
Screeding prices for Solihull 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 Solihull
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 Solihull
On the map, Solihull sits north-west of Slough, about 77.7 miles from our base in a straight line (postcodes including B91, B26, B92 and B90), next to Kenilworth (9.7 miles), Redditch (10.1 miles), Coventry (11.4 miles) and Warwick (12 miles). Neighbourhoods we cover in Solihull include Blossomfield, Elmdon, Elmdon Heath, Hasluck's Green and Kineton Green.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.
