Which screed fits which kind of Thame home
Census 2021 recorded 12,952 people in the Thame built-up area. Behind the boat-shaped High Street, most of them live in houses far newer than the market town front suggests, and that mix sorts most floor jobs into three kinds.
The first is the historic core. Cottages and townhouses off the High Street and Lower High Street often carry 18th century fabric or older. A thick new screed poured over an old floor there usually does more harm than good; these buildings tend to need careful levelling and damp control instead. When an old floor off the Lower High Street is past saving, we take it out and relay it by hand in sand and cement for older Thame houses, this time with a membrane and insulation underneath.
The second is the large block of 1970s to 1990s housing. This is where kitchen extensions, garden rooms and garage conversions happen, and a wide new floor like that usually suits pumped liquid screed. Put heating pipes into that garden room and two things need deciding early: how deep the screed sits over them and how slowly it is warmed up. Our page on screed over underfloor heating in Thame goes through both.
The third is newer building, including flats and recent plots where a drawing calls for a calcium sulphate grade. If that grade is on your plans, the anhydrite page sets out how it dries, why it gets sanded and how it is tested.
Across all three, a floor that is sound but out of level may not need a screed at all. Often a thin coat of levelling compound is all it takes to get it ready for LVT or tiles.
Homes in Thame at a glance
Semi-detached houses make up 30% of the 5,481 households in Thame, followed by detached houses at 27%. The largest share of its housing, 42%, was built between 1973 and 1999, and 19% between 1945 and 1972.
| Homes in Thame | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 27% |
| Semi-detached houses | 30% |
| Terraced houses | 26% |
| Flats | 16% |
| Built before 1919 | 10% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 6% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 19% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 42% |
| Built since 2000 | 23% |
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 Thame built-up area (E63004471).
Screeding services in Thame
- Liquid ScreedGarden rooms and kitchen extensions on Thame's later houses suit pumped liquid screed, flat and walkable in 24 to 48 hours.
- Sand and Cement ScreedFailed solid floors in Thame's older cottages, wet rooms and garage conversions: hand-laid sand and cement screed.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedHeated garden rooms and extensions on Thame's 1970s to 1990s houses: screed over underfloor heating pipes with the right cover.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedAnhydrite is chosen on paper as much as on site. For Thame plots and flats we read the specification, pour the named grade, then sand and test it for floors.
- Floor LevellingFrom Thame office refits to uneven cottage floors off the High Street, we lay self levelling compound to SR1 or SR2 before LVT or tile.
- Latex ScreedOverboarded timber and old quarry tiles in cottages off Thame High Street can take a thin latex screed before vinyl or LVT.
- Concrete Floor GrindingOffice and warehouse refits on the edge of Thame, extension joins and garage slabs: diamond grinding with dust extraction 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 Thame.
Planning a pour around a Thame build
On a Thame extension the screed comes partway through the build, so its date is set by whoever works before and after us. Before we pour, the glazing and outside doors need to be fitted so rain stays out, and the plasterer should be done with any wet work. If there is underfloor heating, your engineer lays the pipes and pressure tests them first. Once poured, the screed needs drying time before any tiles, wood or LVT, so fix the fitter's date after the screed date rather than before it.
Access is the other practical point. For a pumped pour, our mixer and pump have to stand close enough for the hose to reach the room. On a house with its own driveway that is rarely a problem. Wherever the house is, from Church End to Fort End or Diggs, tell us about parking, loading restrictions and side access when you ask for a price, so the plan works on the day.
Thame also has sizeable commercial premises. CPM Group and Travelodge both have head offices on the edge of the town, and W. Lucy & Co. moved here from Oxford in 2005. Offices, warehouses and industrial units like these need level, durable floors that can carry raised access flooring or racking, and our commercial screeding service explains how we approach floors in that kind of building.
Screeding prices for Thame 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 Thame
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 Thame
Thame is about 20.7 miles north-west of our Slough base as the crow flies, with postcodes including OX9. The nearest towns to it are Aylesbury (8.7 miles), Oxford (11.9 miles), Bicester (12.6 miles) and High Wycombe (12.9 miles).
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.
