Choosing a screed for a Verwood house
Census 2021 counted 13,706 people in the Verwood built-up area. On houses of the 1970s to 1990s, the original floors are often tired, and the work is usually part of a wider extension or renovation. The right screed depends on the project, the depth available and the floor finish going on top.
A rear extension or an open-plan kitchen with a large, uninterrupted floor suits a pumped liquid screed for Verwood extensions. It finds its own level, needs only a handful of joints, and is fit to step on once 24 to 48 hours are up.
An integral garage conversion is different. In a typical Verwood integral garage the concrete is a step down from the hall and has nothing under it to keep the cold out. Insulation boards go down first, then a hand-laid sand and cement floor for the converted garage brings it up to the hallway.
Many renovations here take out an old floor and replace it with an insulated one carrying underfloor heating. How deep to go over the pipes, and how gently to bring a Verwood floor up to temperature the first time, is covered on our heated floor screed page.
Not every floor needs replacing. Chipboard or worn sand and cement floors from the 1970s to 1990s often only need levelling before tiles or engineered wood. Newer homes around Potters Wood are more likely to need a small repair or some remedial levelling, and our screed repairs service covers cracked or hollow patches.
Homes in Verwood at a glance
Of the 5,810 households in Verwood, 67% live in detached houses and 13% in semi-detached houses. The largest share of its housing, 64%, was built between 1973 and 1999, and 13% between 2000 and 2014.
| Homes in Verwood | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 67% |
| Semi-detached houses | 13% |
| Terraced houses | 11% |
| Flats | 8% |
| Built before 1919 | 3% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 3% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 11% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 64% |
| Built since 2000 | 18% |
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 Verwood built-up area (E63006482).
Screeding services in Verwood
- Liquid ScreedPumped liquid screed for Verwood extensions and knock-throughs on 1970s to 1990s detached houses, walkable in 24 to 48 hours.
- Sand and Cement ScreedIntegral garage conversions in Verwood usually need the floor raised with insulation and hand-laid sand and cement screed.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedVerwood renovations often replace old floors with insulated ones and underfloor heating. We lay screed over the pipes with the right cover.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedAnhydrite flow screed for Verwood extensions and flats, poured to the CA grade your drawings name, then sanded and moisture tested.
- Floor LevellingChipboard and worn 1970s to 1990s floors in Verwood, plus Ebblake unit floors, made ready by floor levelling for tiles, LVT and wood.
- Latex ScreedVerwood kitchen and bathroom refits often uncover chipboard or old tiles; we overboard, prime and lay latex screed for vinyl.
- Concrete Floor GrindingEbblake Industrial Estate units and Verwood garage slabs: concrete floor grinding to a clean, sound face 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 Verwood.
Planning a pour in Verwood and Three Legged Cross
We cover the whole town, including Crab Orchard, Dewlands Common, Ebblake, Romford and Woolsbridge, and the rest of the parish at Three Legged Cross.
On a detached house the pump or mixer usually stands on the drive, and the hose or barrows go in through the garage, a side path or the front door. Tell us if the drive is shared, steep or blocked by a skip, because the set-up is planned around it.
Timing needs as much planning as access. We come in after the plasterers, once rain can no longer get in and the heating installer has proved the pipes under pressure. Flooring then waits while the screed gives up its water, at something like one day for each millimetre of depth across the first 40mm. Booking the kitchen fitter and the flooring fitter after the pour date is fixed avoids the rush that leads to lifting tiles.
The town's main commercial floors are at the Ebblake Industrial Estate on the edge of Verwood. Unit floors there can need repairs, levelling or a new hard wearing screed when a business moves in, and that work is priced the same way, with a clear scope and a fixed figure agreed before we start.
Screeding prices for Verwood 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 Verwood
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 Verwood
Verwood is about 69.9 miles south-west of our Slough base as the crow flies, with postcodes including BH31 and BH21. The nearest towns to it are Ringwood (4.6 miles), Ferndown (5.6 miles), Wimborne Minster (7.4 miles) and Christchurch (10.8 miles). Neighbourhoods we cover in Verwood include Crab Orchard, Dewlands Common, Ebblake, Romford and Woolsbridge.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.