Matching screed to Stroud's valleys and slopes
The town grew where the Five Valleys meet below the Cotswold escarpment, on woollen mills that made the scarlet Stroud cloth. That industrial past is why 26% of homes here were built before 1919. Census 2021 counted 11,782 households in the Stroud built-up area, which takes in Rodborough and Cainscross, with Dudbridge, Ebley, Cashes Green and Paganhill along the valley floor.
For the oldest houses, the floor is often the problem. Stone terraces and weavers' cottages on the slopes tend to have solid floors that are uneven and have no membrane. They need breathable detailing, and in many cases a levelling compound for old solid floors is a better fit than a thick new screed. Where a floor has to be taken out and rebuilt, the job usually moves to hand-laid sand and cement screed.
Post-war semis are the usual candidates for extensions and new kitchen floors. A single-storey extension gives a clear, open floor that suits pumped liquid screed in Stroud, especially if heating is going in.
New building is concentrated at Brimscombe Port, a 1780s inland port that was filled in during the 1960s. St Modwen has been chosen to build around 150 homes around a restored basin there. Being close to the canal, those homes will need careful insulation and membrane work alongside modern underfloor heating screeds.
Homes in Stroud at a glance
Of the 11,782 households in Stroud, 41% live in semi-detached houses and 21% in detached houses. By age, 30% of properties date from 1945 and 1972, the biggest single group, with 26% built before 1919.
| Homes in Stroud | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 21% |
| Semi-detached houses | 41% |
| Terraced houses | 20% |
| Flats | 17% |
| Built before 1919 | 26% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 8% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 30% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 22% |
| Built since 2000 | 14% |
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 Stroud built-up area (E63004484).
Screeding services in Stroud
- Liquid ScreedExtensions to Stroud's post-war semis and new homes at Brimscombe Port suit liquid screed.
- Sand and Cement ScreedStone terraces and weavers' cottages on Stroud's slopes need careful floor work.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedBrimscombe Port homes by the canal and heated extensions in Stroud need correct pipe cover and membranes.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedNew homes planned at Brimscombe Port may name a CA grade.
- Floor LevellingUneven solid floors in Stroud's weavers' cottages often suit a levelling compound better than a heavy screed.
- Latex ScreedKitchen and bathroom refits in Stroud's older stone homes often uncover rough, mixed floors. Thin latex screed over sound ones.
- Concrete Floor GrindingNew units at Stroudwater Business Park and old garage slabs around Stroud need sound concrete first.
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 Stroud.
Steep streets, pump access and Stroud programmes
Steep streets are part of Stroud's character, and they matter on the day of a pour. For a pumped floor, our lorry, mixer and pump have to stop within hose reach of your room, and on some of the sharper hills there is nowhere safe for a lorry to sit. When you ask for a price, tell us about the slope, where a vehicle can stand, any steps up to the door and how far it is to the room. A hand-laid screed can be carried in where a pump cannot get near.
The screed also has to sit in the right place in the build. By pour day the house wants a roof, glazing and external doors, with the wet plastering finished. Heating loops go down and pass a pressure test before we come. The new floor then has to dry, so give your flooring fitter a date after ours rather than before.
Commercial floors follow their own programme. Stroudwater Business Park at Stonehouse, whose occupiers include Renishaw and Muller, is expanding with the Stroudwater 13 phase of over 75,000 sq ft, and business units are planned at Brimscombe Port too. Floors like those are priced through our commercial screeding service.
Screeding prices for Stroud 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 Stroud
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Reaching Stroud
On the map, Stroud sits west-north-west of Slough, about 69.2 miles from our base in a straight line (postcodes including GL5, GL10 and GL6), next to Gloucester (8.3 miles), Cirencester (10.9 miles), Cheltenham (12.3 miles) and Yate (16.6 miles). Neighbourhoods we cover in Stroud include Badbrook, Beeches Green, Bowbridge, Bridgend and Brownshill.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.
