Which screed suits which Thatcham home
Census 2021 counted 25,537 people in the Thatcham built-up area, and 49% of its homes were built between 1973 and 1999. A house from that era is old enough for its owners to extend it, open up the kitchen or turn the garage into a room, and each project asks a different screed question.
For a rear extension on a semi or a detached house, the new floor is usually wide, open and laid over fresh insulation. Pumped as a fluid, liquid screed for a Thatcham extension levels itself as it spreads, and people can normally walk over it 24 to 48 hours after the pour. Planning to heat that extension? Then how much screed covers the pipes and how gently the system is first warmed count for more than which brand you pick, so look at heated floor screed for Thatcham before your plumber lays a single loop.
A garage conversion is a different job. The old concrete base is often lower than the house floor and needs insulation, a membrane and a site-mixed sand and cement screed built up to meet the hallway. The same traditional method suits wet rooms and small, awkward spaces.
Then there is the kitchen refit. When the old units come out, the floor underneath may be sound but uneven, and in that case compound is often the answer instead of a new screed. That work is covered on our page about floor levelling in Thatcham.
Whichever route fits, you get one fixed price for the whole floor, including any insulation and membrane we supply.
Homes in Thatcham at a glance
The most common home in Thatcham is a semi-detached house (38%), ahead of detached houses at 27%. The largest group of homes here was built between 1973 and 1999 (49%), and a further 23% between 1945 and 1972.
| Homes in Thatcham | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 27% |
| Semi-detached houses | 38% |
| Terraced houses | 21% |
| Flats | 12% |
| Built before 1919 | 3% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 5% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 23% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 49% |
| Built since 2000 | 19% |
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 Thatcham built-up area (E63005179).
Screeding services in Thatcham
- Liquid ScreedSemis are Thatcham's commonest homes, and their knock-through kitchen extensions suit pumped liquid screed, walkable in 24 to 48 hours.
- Sand and Cement ScreedA Thatcham garage slab usually sits low with no insulation. A membrane, insulation and hand-laid sand and cement screed bring it up level with the hallway.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedAdding a heated room to a Thatcham semi or detached house? We screed over your underfloor heating with the right pipe cover and heat-up plan.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedNorth East Thatcham plots and new apartment floors may call for anhydrite screed to a set CA grade.
- Floor LevellingKitchen refits in Thatcham homes and fit-outs at Colthrop Business Park need flat floors.
- Latex ScreedThatcham kitchen and bathroom refits often expose old tiles, glue and plywood. A few millimetres of latex screed smooths them.
- Concrete Floor GrindingUnits on Colthrop Way and Colthrop Business Park need clean, sound slabs. Concrete floor grinding in Thatcham 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 Thatcham.
Pump access, timing and Colthrop industrial floors
For a pour, our mixer and pump park out front and the hose has to stretch from there to whichever door we go in through. If your Thatcham house shares a drive, has a tight side passage or is on a street where parking is hard, mention it with your enquiry so we can plan around it well ahead of pour day.
Getting the date right is just as important. The right moment is once the house is weathertight, with roof on and glazing fitted, the plasterer gone and any heating loops pressure tested by your engineer. A screed gives up its water at roughly one day for each millimetre up to 40mm, then slower past that depth, so pencil the flooring fitter in after the screed has had that time, not ahead of it.
On a larger scale, North East Thatcham is allocated in the Local Plan Review for up to 2,500 homes. As the area is built out, housebuilders will need plot screeding on a larger scale, often to a calcium sulphate grade written on the drawings.
Then there are the commercial floors out at Colthrop. On the A4 near the station, its industrial estates include Colthrop Business Park and the units on Colthrop Way, from small local firms to large distribution centres. Warehouse slabs there may need grinding, repair or a hard-wearing topping when a tenant changes, which our commercial screeding service handles.
Screeding prices for Thatcham 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 Thatcham
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 Thatcham
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 27.9 miles from Thatcham, which lies to the west-south-west. Postcodes here include RG19, and Newbury (2.8 miles), Tadley (5.7 miles), Basingstoke (11.9 miles) and Reading (12.8 miles) are close by. Neighbourhoods we cover in Thatcham include Colthrop.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.