Matching screed to Waltham Abbey's estates and flats
Census 2021 counted 18,645 people in the Waltham Abbey built-up area. The town sits between the River Lea and Epping Forest, and its parish also takes in Upshire, Sewardstone and High Beach, with Nazeing Gate among the other parts we cover. Nearly half the housing, 45%, dates from 1973 to 1999.
On the 1960s and 1970s estates such as Ninefields and Roundhills, a new kitchen or extension usually means breaking out old screed, laying insulation and a membrane, then screeding to a level that meets the existing rooms. In an open-plan kitchen or rear extension, that new floor is often a pumped liquid screed. In a bathroom or small room, hand-laid sand and cement is usually more practical.
Flats form a large part of the town, and in a flat a screed that keeps noise between floors down matters as much as flatness. The acoustic insulation under a floating screed does much of that work.
Then there is the next phase. Waltham Abbey North is a strategic allocation for at least 740 homes, on land including sites west of Galley Hill Road and Lea Valley Nursery at Crooked Mile. Once built, its houses are likely to have underfloor heating screed, with liquid screed over the pipes. Where an existing floor only needs to be flat for new flooring, floor levelling is the lighter option.
Homes in Waltham Abbey at a glance
The most common home in Waltham Abbey is a terraced house (34%), ahead of flats at 30%. By age, 45% of properties date from 1973 and 1999, the biggest single group, with 32% built between 1945 and 1972.
| Homes in Waltham Abbey | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 9% |
| Semi-detached houses | 26% |
| Terraced houses | 34% |
| Flats | 30% |
| Built before 1919 | 8% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 5% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 32% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 45% |
| 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 Waltham Abbey built-up area (E63004592).
Screeding services in Waltham Abbey
- Liquid ScreedRear extensions on Ninefields and Roundhills homes suit pumped liquid screed, walkable in 24 to 48 hours.
- Sand and Cement ScreedBreaking out old screed in a 1960s Waltham Abbey home? We relay it by hand in sand and cement, laid to falls in wet rooms.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedWaltham Abbey North homes are likely to have underfloor heating under liquid screed. We screed over wet systems, new or retrofit.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedSpecified anhydrite for a Waltham Abbey flat or new-build plot? We pour calcium sulphate to its CA grade and hand over laitance advice.
- Floor LevellingRefitting a unit at Meridian Business Park or a kitchen in Waltham Abbey? Self levelling compound for LVT, tiles and wood.
- Latex ScreedKeeping the old screed in a Ninefields or Roundhills kitchen? A thin latex screed over tiles or plywood readies it for vinyl.
- Concrete Floor GrindingDiamond grinding for unit refits at Abbey Trade Park, Meridian Business Park and Brooker Road, plus Waltham Abbey homes.
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 Waltham Abbey.
Timing the pour and pump access in Waltham Abbey
Screeding sits halfway through a project, so its date waits on the jobs ahead of it: the roof and windows in, the plastering dry and the heating pipes, if fitted, pressure tested. After the pour, drying time must pass before tiles, LVT or wood. Get our date in the diary, then line up your floor layer to follow it.
On estate streets, the lorry usually pulls up outside and the hose comes in through the front of the house. In a block of flats, the route may be through a shared entrance and up a stairwell, and the managing agent will want notice. If there are parking bays, restrictions or a narrow path to the door, say so at the quoting stage and we will plan round them.
Commercial space in the town is concentrated in a few places. Meridian Business Park is reached along Fleming Road off the A121, the Brooker Road estate lies off Cartersfield Road, and Abbey Trade Park on Cartersfield Road adds four grade A warehouse units close to junction 26 of the M25. Industrial floor screeds and floor preparation in units like these come under our commercial screeding service.
Screeding prices for Waltham Abbey 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 Waltham Abbey
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Reaching Waltham Abbey
Waltham Abbey is about 30.4 miles east-north-east of our Slough base as the crow flies, with postcodes including EN9. The nearest towns to it are Waltham Cross (2.1 miles), Cheshunt (2.8 miles), Loughton (3 miles) and Epping (4.1 miles). Neighbourhoods we cover in Waltham Abbey include Nazeing Gate.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.