Which screed fits which kind of Totton home
Census 2021 recorded 28,093 people living in the Totton built-up area, and houses, not flats, are home to most of them. More of today's homes date from 1973 to 1999 than from any other period, 39% in all. Under a house from those years there is normally a solid ground floor in decent condition, so a new screed tends to follow a change you are making to the house, not a floor that has given up.
From there, a Totton job usually goes one of three ways.
First, the inter-war semis. A lot of them were built with suspended timber ground floors. Take out the boards and joists and the normal replacement is an insulated slab with screed on top, and where the ground floor is split into small rooms with several doorways, hand-laid sand and cement over a dug-out floor tends to be the sensible finish.
Second, the later houses that gain a rear extension or have the kitchen and dining room opened into one space. That sort of broad floor is where liquid screed pumped in from the road earns its keep. Adding heating pipes as well? Look at heated floor screed for Totton homes before settling on a product: the depth over the pipes and how the floor is first warmed count for more than whose name is on the delivery note.
Third, floors that are solid but out of true. In plenty of the older terraces, smoothing the old floor with compound before the new flooring is all that is needed, and it costs less and takes less time than screeding again.
If your architect or developer has put a calcium sulphate grade on the drawings, we talk you through what it means for drying and sanding before we quote.
Homes in Totton at a glance
The most common home in Totton is a semi-detached house (33%), ahead of detached houses at 31%. By age, 39% of properties date from 1973 and 1999, the biggest single group, with 28% built between 1945 and 1972.
| Homes in Totton | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 31% |
| Semi-detached houses | 33% |
| Terraced houses | 24% |
| Flats | 11% |
| Built before 1919 | 5% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 17% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 28% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 39% |
| Built since 2000 | 10% |
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 Totton built-up area (E63006388).
Screeding services in Totton
- Liquid ScreedKnocked-through kitchens in Totton's semis suit a pumped floor: liquid screed flows level and takes foot traffic in a day or two.
- Sand and Cement ScreedInter-war semis in Totton often swap timber ground floors for an insulated slab. We hand-lay the sand and cement screed on top.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedUnderfloor heating in Totton extensions and retrofits needs the right pipe cover and a slow first heat-up.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedSpecified a CA-C25-F5 or alpha hemihydrate screed in Totton? We pour anhydrite to the stated grade and explain sanding and testing.
- Floor LevellingUnit refits on Calmore Industrial Estate and older premises in the town centre need a flat base. We apply levelling compound in Totton.
- Latex ScreedOverboarded timber in Totton's inter-war semis or old quarry tiles under new vinyl? We lay latex screed a few mm thick.
- Concrete Floor GrindingLips between slab bays, old coatings and adhesive removed by concrete floor grinding in Totton, with dust extraction throughout.
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 Totton.
Timing, access and parking for a Totton pour
On a building programme, the screeder slots in between two groups of trades. The roof, windows and doors need to be keeping the rain out and the plasterers need to have finished their wet work before we pour; the kitchen fitter, tiler and floor layer all follow us. If you have heating pipes, your engineer lays them and pressure tests them before our date. Pencil us in early and confirm once the windows are fitted, so the drying period is not what gets cut when the programme slips.
Then think about how we reach the room. A pumped floor means parking the mixer and pump within a hose length of your door, which is no trouble with a driveway. Near the shopping parades in the old centres of Testwood, Calmore and Hammond's Green, or along a terraced street, mention any parking limits or narrow side passages in your enquiry. Postcodes here include SO40, and Eling, Hounsdown, Rushington, Foxhills and Brokenford are all part of the area we cover.
Calmore Industrial Estate, by the junction of Brunel Road and the A36 Salisbury Road, is a different kind of enquiry. It takes in South Hampshire Industrial Park, and its steel portal frame units are the sort of buildings that need floor repairs or a new screed when a tenant changes. Our screeding for commercial units runs from patching a damaged area to laying a fresh wearing screed.
Screeding prices for Totton 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 Totton
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Reaching Totton
Totton is about 56 miles south-west of our Slough base as the crow flies, with postcodes including SO40. The nearest towns to it are Southampton (3.8 miles), Romsey (4.9 miles), Eastleigh (6.9 miles) and Hedge End (8.1 miles). Neighbourhoods we cover in Totton include Brokenford, Calmore, Eling, Foxhills and Hammond's Green.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.
