Which screed fits which part of Tonbridge
Census 2021 put the Tonbridge built-up area at 36,136 people, and the homes they live in fall into a few groups that each need something different underfoot.
North of the centre, Trench Wood and Cage Green are mostly post-war. Semis there are the classic extension project: a new insulated slab at the back, tied into the old floor level, often with heating pipes laid in. Pumped liquid screed for Tonbridge extensions suits that open, single-level floor. Where pipes are going in, the rules on cover and heat-up are set out on our underfloor heating screed page.
South of the river, the Victorian railway terraces around Douglas Road and Barden Park are a different job. Those Victorian floors were mostly laid straight onto the ground without any membrane, so doing one up properly means lifting the lot and rebuilding it in layers: membrane first, then insulation, then a hand-laid sand and cement floor on top.
The estates off Brook Street were built to Radburn layouts. Before new floors go down there, the common need is levelling ahead of new flooring or a screed repair, not a full new screed.
Semi-detached houses make up 43% of Tonbridge homes, which puts the extension build-up at the centre of floor work across much of the town. Higham Wood, Hadlow Stair, Vauxhall and The Park all fall within the area we cover, as does the old core around Tonbridge Castle.
Homes in Tonbridge at a glance
Semi-detached houses make up 43% of the 15,037 households in Tonbridge, followed by flats at 20%. The largest share of its housing, 36%, was built between 1945 and 1972, and 20% before 1919.
| Homes in Tonbridge | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 17% |
| Semi-detached houses | 43% |
| Terraced houses | 18% |
| Flats | 20% |
| Built before 1919 | 20% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 10% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 36% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 17% |
| Built since 2000 | 17% |
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 Tonbridge built-up area (E63005671).
Screeding services in Tonbridge
- Liquid ScreedRear extensions on Cage Green and Trench Wood semis suit pumped liquid screed in Tonbridge: flat, few joints, walkable in 24 to 48 hours.
- Sand and Cement ScreedVictorian railway terraces around Douglas Road often need old solid floors relaid in hand-laid sand and cement screed in Tonbridge.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedPost-war semi extensions in Cage Green and Trench Wood, Tonbridge, carry underfloor heating pipes on insulation. Full screed cover helps the room heat evenly.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedSpecification calling for CA-C25-F5 on a Tonbridge flat or new plot? K & B pumps anhydrite flow screed to grade.
- Floor LevellingUneven floors in the Radburn estates off Brook Street, Tonbridge, made flat by floor levelling for LVT, vinyl or large tiles.
- Latex ScreedOverboarded floors and old quarry tiles in older Tonbridge houses can take a few millimetres of latex screed under vinyl.
- Concrete Floor GrindingPrint works, workshops and distribution units in Tonbridge often need old coatings and glue taken off by concrete floor grinding.
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 Tonbridge.
Access and pour timing on Tonbridge streets
Plenty of the railway terraces south of the Medway have nothing but a front step onto the pavement, so the pump and mixer sit at the roadside and the hose snakes in past the front door. If your road has permit bays, a tight footway or a back alley shared with the neighbours, say so when you enquire and the day can be organised around it. Where a house has a drive, pumping is simpler.
Then there is the question of when. We pour once the roof and windows keep the weather out, the plasterer has finished the wet work and any pipework for heating has passed its pressure test. Drying follows: roughly 40 days for the first 40mm and longer beyond that, so fit the tiler's or carpet fitter's date to the screed rather than squeezing the screed in before them.
Flats and newer plots sometimes come with a specification naming a calcium sulphate grade. If yours does, the anhydrite flow screed page explains what the grade means and how the surface is prepared once dry.
Workshops, print works and distribution units are part of the local economy too, and their floors take harder wear than any kitchen. A tired unit floor can often be ground, repaired or given a new wearing screed when a tenant changes.
Screeding prices for Tonbridge 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 Tonbridge
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 Tonbridge
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 46.1 miles from Tonbridge, which lies to the east-south-east. Postcodes here include TN9 and TN10, and Royal Tunbridge Wells (4.1 miles), Sevenoaks (6.4 miles), Crowborough (10.3 miles) and Snodland (12 miles) are close by. Neighbourhoods we cover in Tonbridge include Barden Park, Brook Street, Cage Green, Hadlow Stair and Higham Wood.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.
