From older Swanscombe streets to Ebbsfleet Garden City
Cement making ran Swanscombe's economy from the 1820s until the 1990s. Today terraced houses make up 39% of its homes. Alongside them, Ebbsfleet Garden City is planned for up to 15,000 homes, with neighbourhoods at Castle Hill, Ingress Park, Springhead and Eastern Quarry. Those two ends of the housing stock need different floors.
In older terraced houses the job is often a tired solid floor dug out and relaid, or a small kitchen or bathroom rebuilt. In those older terraces, screed laid by hand in sand and cement copes with cramped rooms, uneven door sills and showers that need a slope to the drain. Where a back wall comes down for an extension, pumped liquid screed does the whole floor in a day and takes footsteps after 24 to 48 hours.
The newer homes raise different questions. Owners of recent homes sometimes need screed repairs or levelling before new flooring, and in many cases levelling compound over the existing floor is the fix, not a new screed.
Where a new-build or apartment specification names calcium sulphate, our anhydrite flow screed page covers grades, sanding and moisture tests. If the room is heated from the floor, read about underfloor heating screed in Swanscombe, where pipe cover and a slow heat-up matter most. A short description of the room, its use and the finish you want is enough for us to point you to the right page and price.
Homes in Swanscombe at a glance
Terraced houses make up 39% of the 6,242 households in Swanscombe, followed by flats at 32%. The largest group of homes here was built between 2000 and 2014 (28%), and a further 21% between 1945 and 1972.
| Homes in Swanscombe | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 7% |
| Semi-detached houses | 21% |
| Terraced houses | 39% |
| Flats | 32% |
| Built before 1919 | 18% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 9% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 21% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 16% |
| Built since 2000 | 37% |
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 Swanscombe built-up area (E63005025).
Screeding services in Swanscombe
- Liquid ScreedSwanscombe flats and open-plan extensions suit pumped liquid screed that reaches upper floors a barrow cannot. Walkable in 48 hours.
- Sand and Cement ScreedSwanscombe homes built before 1919 often need a failed solid floor rebuilt. We hand-lay sand and cement screed at 65mm or more.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedHeated extensions and ground-floor refits in Swanscombe, from 2000s homes to older terraces: screed over wet underfloor heating.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedEbbsfleet Garden City plots and Swanscombe apartment blocks often specify anhydrite. We pour CA-C20-F4 to CA-C30-F6, sand and test it.
- Floor LevellingBluewater store fit-outs, Ebbsfleet Central units and recent Swanscombe homes get floor levelling to SR1 or SR2 before new flooring.
- Latex ScreedFirst carpet up in an Ebbsfleet Garden City home, or old tiles in a Swanscombe terrace? A thin latex screed preps the base for vinyl.
- Concrete Floor GrindingBluewater store slabs with old glue and paint, Swanscombe garages and extension joins: concrete floor grinding, dust extracted.
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 Swanscombe.
Swanscombe logistics: access, timing and Bluewater units
We cover all of Swanscombe, including Greenhithe and Knockhall, and postcodes here include DA9. On any address the same practical points decide how smoothly a pour goes.
Timing comes first. Before pour day, glazing and outside doors should be in and the plasterer's wet work done, so the room is sealed from wind and rain. Any heating pipework wants to be down and through its pressure test. Then the screed needs drying time before flooring, which depends on depth and the screed chosen. Fix the screed date first and slot the flooring fitter in behind it.
Access comes second. A pumped screed needs the mixer and pump near enough for the hose to reach the door, and a hand-laid screed needs space for sand and cement to be delivered and mixed. Mention parking limits, shared entrances or upper-floor flats when you ask for a price.
Commercial floors are the third strand. Bluewater, on the former Western Quarry, sees regular store fit-outs, and Ebbsfleet Central is planned as a mixed-use quarter around the international station. Shop floors and new commercial buildings like these need flat, durable screeds, which our commercial screeding service provides.
Screeding prices for Swanscombe 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 Swanscombe
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 Swanscombe
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 40.5 miles from Swanscombe, which lies to the east. Postcodes here include DA9, and Dartford (1.6 miles), Grays (2.6 miles), Northfleet (2.8 miles) and Tilbury (3.5 miles) are close by. Neighbourhoods we cover in Swanscombe include Greenhithe and Knockhall.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.