From Newtown terraces to Paxcroft Mead: matching the screed
Trowbridge was known as the Manchester of the West by 1820, with more than 20 woollen cloth factories, and its older streets include the Victorian houses of Newtown. Their ground floors are often old suspended timber, or else solid ones put down with no damp proof membrane beneath. When they are renovated, the floor is usually broken out, a membrane and insulation go in, and a hand-laid sand and cement screed for Newtown houses is laid before the new flooring.
The later estates are a different job altogether. Growth spilled into Hilperton parish, where the Paxcroft Mead estate gained its own primary school in 2001, and Studley Green is typical of the same era. Homes like these get kitchen and garden room extensions, floors lifted to add insulation, and new heated floors. A wide extension floor suits pumped liquid screed in Trowbridge, and where pipes are going in, the underfloor heating screed page explains depth and heat-up.
Census 2021 counted 43,753 people in the Trowbridge built-up area, living in homes of every age. A floor that is sound but uneven rarely needs a new screed. Usually a thin skim of levelling compound ahead of new flooring will sort it.
We cover the whole of Trowbridge, including Hilperton Marsh, Longfield, Lower Studley, Upper Studley, Trowle Common, Woolley, Ham Green and Lower Westwood.
Homes in Trowbridge at a glance
The most common home in Trowbridge is a semi-detached house (32%), ahead of detached houses at 28%. The largest group of homes here was built between 1973 and 1999 (29%), and a further 22% between 1945 and 1972.
| Homes in Trowbridge | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 28% |
| Semi-detached houses | 32% |
| Terraced houses | 24% |
| Flats | 15% |
| Built before 1919 | 14% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 7% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 22% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 29% |
| Built since 2000 | 27% |
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 Trowbridge built-up area (E63005385).
Screeding services in Trowbridge
- Liquid ScreedGarden rooms and kitchen extensions on Studley Green and Paxcroft Mead homes suit pumped liquid screed in Trowbridge: flat, fast floors.
- Sand and Cement ScreedNewtown's Victorian homes in Trowbridge often lack a damp proof membrane. We break out the floor, insulate and lay sand and cement screed.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedFloors lifted for insulation and new pipes in Trowbridge estate homes need the right screed cover. We screed over wet underfloor heating.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedTrowbridge plots and flats that specify anhydrite screed get the grade poured, laitance sanded and primed, and a moisture test so flooring goes down safely.
- Floor LevellingTrade counter refits on Canal Road Industrial Estate and White Horse Business Park, plus uneven Trowbridge home floors: levelling.
- Latex ScreedRefits on Trowbridge's later estates and checks on Newtown's Victorian floors: latex screed over plywood or old tiles.
- Concrete Floor GrindingCanal Road Industrial Estate and White Horse Business Park unit refits: dust-controlled concrete grinding in Trowbridge.
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 Trowbridge.
Planning a Trowbridge pour and the commercial estates
In the order of works, the screed comes partway through. Before it goes down, the room needs a roof, windows and doors, the wet plastering should be finished, and heating pipes laid and pressure tested. Afterwards, the floor needs drying time before anything is fitted on top, so book the floor layer and kitchen fitter around the screed date rather than the other way round.
A pumped pour needs a place for the pump and mixer near the front door. If parking is restricted, the house has no drive, or access is through a rear lane, tell us when you ask for a price. Postcodes here include BA14 and BA15.
The town's commercial floors work to a different pattern. Canal Road Industrial Estate, about a mile north of the centre, is the main trade and manufacturing estate, with occupiers such as Wickes, Apetito and Howdens. White Horse Business Park sits 2 miles south of the centre on the A363. Warehouse and trade counter units on both suit high strength screed, floor repairs and grinding when a unit is refitted.
Screeding prices for Trowbridge 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 Trowbridge
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 Trowbridge
On the map, Trowbridge sits west-south-west of Slough, about 69.1 miles from our base in a straight line (postcodes including BA14 and BA15), next to Westbury (4.2 miles), Melksham (4.7 miles), Bath (7.9 miles) and Frome (7.9 miles). Neighbourhoods we cover in Trowbridge include Ham Green, Hilperton, Hilperton Marsh, Longfield and Lower Studley.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.
