Southampton's homes and the screed each one needs
Census 2021 counted 249,633 people in the Southampton built-up area, and 41% of the city's homes are flats. Alongside them run older terraced streets, and the two need very different floors, laid in very different ways.
The older terraces in Shirley, Freemantle and Bevois Valley often have suspended timber ground floors. When the kitchen is extended at the back, those floors are usually replaced with a solid, screeded slab so the old rooms and the new one sit on the same base. That work suits sand and cement for timber floor replacements, which is laid by hand and copes with narrow rooms and awkward thresholds.
Flats need a different approach. The screed has to reach an upper floor, go down quickly and cause as little disruption to the building as possible, which is where pumped liquid screed for flats and extensions comes in. If a heated floor is planned, our heated floor screed page for Southampton covers pipe cover and the warm-up schedule.
The student neighbourhoods of Portswood and Highfield bring their own deadline, set by the letting calendar rather than the builder. Work in lets there is squeezed between tenancies, and a quick drying screed can bring the floor back into use sooner. If the drawings for a block or a new plot name a calcium sulphate grade, the anhydrite page goes through how that screed is poured and then tested.
Homes in Southampton at a glance
Of the 102,590 households in Southampton, 41% live in flats and 26% in semi-detached houses. The largest share of its housing, 30%, was built between 1945 and 1972, and 19% before 1919.
| Homes in Southampton | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 13% |
| Semi-detached houses | 26% |
| Terraced houses | 20% |
| Flats | 41% |
| Built before 1919 | 19% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 18% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 30% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 17% |
| 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 Southampton built-up area (E63006382).
Screeding services in Southampton
- Liquid ScreedPumping liquid screed to an upper-floor Southampton flat or a kitchen extension? Walkable in 24 to 48 hours, flat to SR2.
- Sand and Cement ScreedSwapping a suspended timber floor in a Shirley or Freemantle terrace in Southampton for solid sand and cement screed?
- Underfloor Heating ScreedAdding underfloor heating as a Southampton terrace's timber ground floor comes out? We screed over your pipes to the right depth.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedAnhydrite flow screed for Southampton apartment floors specified CA-C25-F5 or CA-C30-F6, poured to grade, sanded and tested.
- Floor LevellingFloor levelling for new units at Adanac Park and ageing floors in Southampton homes, to SR1 or SR2 for LVT and tiles.
- Latex ScreedConverted flats and pre-1919 terraces in Southampton often hide old boards or tiles under vinyl. Latex screed smooths them.
- Concrete Floor GrindingConcrete floor grinding for Adanac Park and Nursling Industrial Estate units in Southampton, a clean slab ready for fit-out.
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 Southampton.
Parking, programme and pour day in Southampton
A pour goes smoothly when the work before it is finished. Before pour day the room must be weathertight and the wet plaster done, and if there is heating, your installer has to lay and pressure test the pipes, as that part is not ours. Book the screed early, then confirm the date once those trades are done, so the drying time is not squeezed when the flooring fitter is waiting.
On the day itself, the mixer and pump have to be parked where the hose can stretch into the room. On a terraced street that can mean an early start to get a space, and in a block of flats the managing agent usually needs to approve the route, the parking and any protection for shared hallways. Tell us about both when you ask for a price.
We cover the whole city, from Bitterne, Northam and Weston to Thornhill, Townhill Park and the marina at Ocean Village. Postcodes here include SO14, SO15, SO16, SO17, SO18 and SO19.
Plenty of Southampton floors can stay where they are. If yours is sound and only uneven, levelling compound poured over it is often all it takes. Commercial floors are different again: at Adanac Park beside junction 1 of the M271 and on Nursling Industrial Estate, new and refurbished units call for hard-wearing screeds and properly prepared floors.
Screeding prices for Southampton 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 Southampton
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 Southampton
Southampton is about 54.4 miles south-west of our Slough base as the crow flies, with postcodes including SO14, SO16, SO15 and SO17. The nearest towns to it are Totton (3.8 miles), Hedge End (4.4 miles), Eastleigh (5 miles) and Romsey (7.2 miles). Neighbourhoods we cover in Southampton include Aldermoor, Banister's Park, Bassett, Bedford Place and Bellevue.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.
