Which screed suits which part of Southwark
Census 2021 counted 307,637 people in the borough, and the buildings change as you move south from the river. Postcodes here include SE1, SE16, SE17, SE5, SE15, SE22 and SE21, which between them take in central London offices, former docks, big estates and Victorian suburbs.
On the regeneration sites at Elephant Park, the Aylesbury replacement phases and Canada Water, the work is mainly apartment floors. Blocks there typically take floating screeds over acoustic insulation, and many take pumped liquid screed for Southwark flats laid over underfloor heating. If the block's specification calls for a particular calcium sulphate grade, the Southwark anhydrite page goes through those grades along with sanding and moisture testing.
Further south, in Dulwich, East Dulwich, Peckham and Nunhead, a common project is a Victorian terrace being renovated or extended into the side return, and those works often uncover original floors with no damp proof membrane. In those narrow hallways and back rooms, the sensible rebuild is usually fresh insulation, a damp proof membrane and sand and cement screed laid by hand. If the new kitchen will be heated, read about screed over underfloor heating pipes before the pipework goes down.
Rotherhithe is different again. Its 1980s Docklands homes are now reaching their first major refits. If one of those floors is still solid but has drifted out of flat, a skim of levelling compound under the new flooring usually puts it right, with no need to replace the screed.
Homes in Southwark at a glance
Flats make up 77% of the 130,818 households in Southwark, followed by terraced houses at 14%. The largest share of its housing, 26%, was built before 1919, and 21% between 1945 and 1972.
| Homes in Southwark | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 2% |
| Semi-detached houses | 6% |
| Terraced houses | 14% |
| Flats | 77% |
| Built before 1919 | 26% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 7% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 21% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 18% |
| Built since 2000 | 29% |
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 London Borough of Southwark (E09000028).
Screeding services in Southwark
- Liquid ScreedApartment floors at Elephant Park and the Aylesbury rebuild suit pumped liquid screed in Southwark.
- Sand and Cement ScreedVictorian terraces in Peckham, Nunhead and East Dulwich often hide floors with no membrane.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedUnderfloor heating screed for side return kitchens in Dulwich and new flats at Canada Water, right cover over the pipes across Southwark.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedCanada Water and Elephant Park apartment floors mean calcium sulphate specifications to read closely.
- Floor LevellingRotherhithe's 1980s homes and refitted offices at More London need flat floors before LVT.
- Latex ScreedOverboarded timber, old quarry tiles and patchy post-war concrete under new vinyl: latex screed for Southwark kitchens and bathrooms.
- Concrete Floor GrindingOld adhesive and paint on shop floors along Walworth Road and the Old Kent Road? Southwark concrete floor 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 Southwark.
Pumps, parking and programmes on Southwark streets
For a pumped pour, the mixer and pump have to sit close enough to the building for the hose to reach. On a controlled street that can mean arranging a parking suspension, and on a block with a loading bay it means booking the bay and the goods lift in advance. When you get in touch, mention the parking rules on your road, any shared entrance, the stairs and which floor the flat is on, and we will plan the day around them. Hand-laid screed is barrowed in instead, which suits upper floor flats with no room for a pump outside.
Getting the order of trades right counts just as much. Before we pour, the plasterers should be gone, the windows and doors in, and any heating pipework pressure tested by your engineer. After the pour, how long you wait for tiles, LVT or wood depends on how deep the screed is and which type went down. So fix the screed date first, then slot the kitchen fitter and the flooring in behind it.
Commercial floors are a separate conversation. Commercial screeding in Southwark is concentrated at the London Bridge City and More London offices, the Canada Water and Surrey Quays redevelopment, and the retail strips of Elephant and Castle, Walworth Road, the Old Kent Road and central Peckham. For an office floor at More London or a shop unit on the Old Kent Road, our commercial screeding work covers fresh wearing screeds as well as repairs and floor preparation.
Screeding prices for Southwark 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 Southwark
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Reaching Southwark
Southwark is about 24.7 miles east of our Slough base as the crow flies, with postcodes including SE1, SE5, SE21 and SE22. The nearest towns to it are Lambeth (2.1 miles), Lewisham (3.2 miles), Tower Hamlets (3.5 miles) and Westminster (4.2 miles). Neighbourhoods we cover in Southwark include Bermondsey, Camberwell, Dulwich, Dulwich Village and East Dulwich.
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