Which screed suits which part of Swindon
Census 2021 recorded 183,687 people in the Swindon built-up area, and their homes come from very different stages of the town's growth. That history is the quickest guide to what a floor needs.
Close to the old railway works, the Victorian terraces of the Railway Village and the streets around the town centre are often renovated from the ground up. An old solid floor comes out and is replaced with insulation, a damp proof membrane and new concrete or screed. In narrow rooms and rear additions, a hand-laid sand and cement screed for older Swindon homes is usually the practical answer. Terraced houses of all ages make up 32% of the town's homes.
West Swindon is a different story. Toothill was built outwards in the 1970s and Freshbrook in the 1980s, and houses of that age commonly gain rear extensions and ground floor knock throughs. That leaves a big new floor to line up with the original rooms, and a pumped liquid screed handles it well: it finds its own level and can take foot traffic within 24 to 48 hours.
North of the centre, Abbey Meads, St Andrew's Ridge and Priory Vale arrived with the northern expansion, and to the south Wichelstowe is planned for up to 4,500 homes. Houses going up on those sites are built with heated floors finished in liquid screed. For how deep that screed sits above the pipes and how the heating is brought up afterwards, see heated floor screeding in Swindon. Existing homes on those estates more often need a flat surface for new flooring, which is a job for floor levelling compound rather than a fresh screed.
Homes in Swindon at a glance
Of the 74,645 households in Swindon, 32% live in terraced houses and 28% in semi-detached houses. The largest group of homes here was built between 1973 and 1999 (31%), and a further 22% between 1945 and 1972.
| Homes in Swindon | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 20% |
| Semi-detached houses | 28% |
| Terraced houses | 32% |
| Flats | 20% |
| Built before 1919 | 15% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 7% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 22% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 31% |
| Built since 2000 | 25% |
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 Swindon (Swindon) built-up area (E63004848).
Screeding services in Swindon
- Liquid ScreedKnock throughs in Toothill and Freshbrook and new Priory Vale houses suit pumped liquid screed in Swindon. Walkable in 24 to 48 hours.
- Sand and Cement ScreedVictorian houses by Swindon's Railway Village often need an old solid floor dug out and screeded by hand.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedWest Wichel and Priory Vale homes are built around wet underfloor heating, and Swindon extensions add it. We screed over the pipes.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedSwindon's purpose-built flats and new Wichel quarter plots can call for anhydrite screed.
- Floor LevellingShop refits at Greenbridge and Orbital, and Abbey Meads homes needing a flat base for LVT: floor levelling across Swindon.
- Latex ScreedRenovated Victorian terraces by Swindon's Railway Village and knock throughs in West Swindon: latex screed for vinyl and LVT.
- Concrete Floor GrindingUnit refits near West Swindon's Spectrum Building, retail parks and garages: concrete floor grinding with dust extraction by our own team.
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 Swindon.
Pump access, timing and Swindon's retail parks
A screed is booked between other trades, so its date depends on the build around it. Before we pour, the room has to keep the weather out, so glazing and outside doors go in first. The plasterer should be finished, with any heating pipework down and pressure tested. After the pour, drying time depends on depth and material, so flooring and kitchen fitters should be booked around the screed rather than ahead of it.
On a pumped job, our mixer and pump pull up as near your door as the street allows, and the hose is fed indoors from there. A driveway makes that simple. On a terraced street near the centre, tell us about permit parking, shared rear lanes or a long carry when you ask for a price, so the plan is settled before the day. Postcodes here include SN1, SN2, SN3, SN4, SN5 and SN25.
Commercial floors run to a different clock, usually a tenant's fit-out date. Retail sites in Swindon include Greenbridge Retail and Leisure Park, Orbital Shopping Park and the Bridgemead and Mannington retail parks. The Spectrum Building in West Swindon, originally Norman Foster's Renault Centre, and the light industry around it also need commercial screeds and floor repairs. Our commercial screeding service covers new wearing screeds, repairs and levelling for units like these.
Screeding prices for Swindon 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 Swindon
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Reaching Swindon
Swindon is about 49.2 miles west of our Slough base as the crow flies, with postcodes including SN1, SN25, SN5 and SN3. The nearest towns to it are Royal Wootton Bassett (5.3 miles), Calne (12.8 miles), Cirencester (13.3 miles) and Wantage (15.6 miles). Neighbourhoods we cover in Swindon include Abbey Meads, Ash Brake, Blagrove, Bridgemead and Coate.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.
