Which floor suits which part of Wandsworth
Start with the houses. 43% of Wandsworth's homes were built before 1919, and pre-1919 houses in Balham, Tooting and Earlsfield account for a steady run of side return and rear extensions, basements and ground floor refits. Many of those ground floors were laid without a membrane. Putting that right means a full build-up of membrane, insulation and screed, and in narrow side returns and basements a hand-laid sand and cement screed is often the practical choice.
A rear extension that opens into one wide kitchen is different. Pumped liquid screed in Wandsworth settles flat over a big area in one visit and takes foot traffic within 24 to 48 hours. Putting heating pipes under that kitchen? How much screed sits over them and how to warm it up the first time are on our heated floor screed page.
Then the flats. When a house is converted, the floors between the new dwellings have to meet sound insulation rules, so the build-up usually includes an acoustic layer under the screed. Along the Nine Elms riverside, new apartments specify liquid screed over underfloor heating, and where the drawings name a calcium sulphate grade the detail is on our anhydrite and flow screed page.
Last of all, a solid old floor with a bit of a wave in it can usually stay where it is. Levelling compound is usually the quicker and cheaper fix, provided the base is dry and not breaking up.
Homes in Wandsworth at a glance
Wandsworth is mostly flats (67% of homes), with terraced houses next at 22%. The largest share of its housing, 43%, was built before 1919, and 17% between 1945 and 1972.
| Homes in Wandsworth | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 2% |
| Semi-detached houses | 7% |
| Terraced houses | 22% |
| Flats | 67% |
| Built before 1919 | 43% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 7% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 17% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 11% |
| Built since 2000 | 21% |
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 London Borough of Wandsworth (E09000032).
Screeding services in Wandsworth
- Liquid ScreedUpper floor flats, riverside apartments, wide Wandsworth extensions: liquid screed pumped in by hose and flat in one visit.
- Sand and Cement ScreedGround floors in old Balham, Tooting and Earlsfield houses often lack a membrane. We rebuild them in sand and cement screed in Wandsworth.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedHeated side returns in Tooting and new Nine Elms riverside flats depend on the screed.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedNew Nine Elms riverside apartments specify flowing screed over heating. We pour anhydrite in Wandsworth, CA-C20-F4 to CA-C30-F6.
- Floor LevellingFit outs at Battersea Power Station, shops by Clapham Junction, converted flats: floor levelling in Wandsworth for LVT and tiles.
- Latex ScreedPlywood over old boards in a Wandsworth flat conversion, or quarry tiles too firm to lift? Latex screed smooths them for vinyl and LVT.
- Concrete Floor GrindingFit outs at Battersea Power Station and Nine Elms start with a clean slab. Concrete floor grinding in Wandsworth, dust extracted.
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 Wandsworth.
Access and timing from Putney to Battersea
Getting materials into a Wandsworth building is often the harder half of the job. Where a street has controlled or crowded parking, the pump lorry's space should be arranged before the date is fixed. For a flat upstairs, we feed the hose up through the stairwell or in at a window, so nobody hauls tonnes of sand and cement up flight after flight.
Pour day comes when the windows and roof keep the weather out, the first fix pipes and cables are done and the heating loops have passed a pressure test. Pouring before windows are in risks rain and frost; pouring after the kitchen fitter has arrived risks damage and delay. Drying follows, and each millimetre of the first 40mm costs roughly a day.
Commercial work runs to its own hours. Battersea Power Station's shops, leisure and offices, the offices of Nine Elms, New Covent Garden Market and the retail streets around Clapham Junction each need their floors planned around trading and tenants. For that work, see our commercial screeding service.
Screeding prices for Wandsworth 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 Wandsworth
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 Wandsworth
On the map, Wandsworth sits east-south-east of Slough, about 20.8 miles from our base in a straight line (postcodes including SW12, SW11, SW4 and SW18), next to Merton (2.8 miles), Lambeth (2.9 miles), Hammersmith and Fulham (3.7 miles) and Kensington and Chelsea (3.8 miles). Neighbourhoods we cover in Wandsworth include Balham, Battersea, Clapham Common, Clapham Junction and Earlsfield.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.
