Choosing a screed for Wantage homes of every age
Census 2021 counted 13,100 people in the Wantage built-up area, and the homes they live in split fairly clearly by age. That split, more than any single street, decides which screed suits.
Post-war housing is the largest older group. Houses of the 1950s and 1960s often have solid ground floors that have settled or cracked over the decades, or rooms being opened up into one kitchen and family space. Once a tired post-war floor has been broken out, we rebuild it from scratch with sand and cement screed trowelled by hand, with insulation and a membrane going underneath this time.
The newer homes are a different job. To the north, Grove has grown so quickly, partly on the former RAF Grove airfield, that it almost merges with the town, and a further 2,500 homes are planned there. New-build floors are commonly designed around insulation and a flowing screed, so a pumped liquid screed is the usual fit. If the drawings for a Grove plot call for a calcium sulphate grade, anhydrite screed in Wantage explains how that changes drying and sanding.
Extensions sit across all ages. Wherever the house is, from Belmont and Charlton to Townsend, a heated kitchen or garden room needs the right cover over the pipes, which our underfloor heating screed page sets out. A sound floor that is merely uneven may need only a thin levelling coat before new flooring.
Homes in Wantage at a glance
The most common home in Wantage is a semi-detached house (34%), ahead of detached houses at 25%. By age, 29% of properties date from 1945 and 1972, the biggest single group, with 22% built between 1973 and 1999.
| Homes in Wantage | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 25% |
| Semi-detached houses | 34% |
| Terraced houses | 21% |
| Flats | 19% |
| Built before 1919 | 10% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 5% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 29% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 22% |
| Built since 2000 | 33% |
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 Wantage built-up area (E63004807).
Screeding services in Wantage
- Liquid ScreedNew plots at Grove and open-plan extensions across Wantage suit pumped liquid screed, flat to SR1 or SR2 and walkable in a day or two.
- Sand and Cement ScreedPost-war houses, garage conversions and wet rooms in Wantage often call for hand-laid sand and cement screed at 65mm.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedHeated extensions and new-build floors at Grove and across Wantage: screed over underfloor heating pipes with the correct cover.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedAnhydrite flow screed for Grove's new plots and Wantage flats, poured to the specified CA grade with laitance advice.
- Floor LevellingShowrooms, workshops and shop units in Wantage and at Grove Technology Park need flat floors: levelling compound to SR1 before LVT or tile.
- Latex ScreedA kitchen or bathroom refit in Wantage, from Belmont to Charlton, may need latex screed over plywood, bonded tiles or worn concrete.
- Concrete Floor GrindingWorkshop and showroom floors around Grove Technology Park and Wantage: concrete floor grinding with dust extraction, ready to level or cover.
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 Wantage.
Timing and access for a Wantage screed
A screed pour sits between trades. The shell should be weathertight, windows and external doors fitted and wet plastering done before we arrive, and any heating pipes laid and pressure tested. Then comes drying time before any finish, which is why the flooring fitter gets booked only once the screed date is fixed.
Pumped screeds need the mixer and pump within reach of the door. Near the market square, or on any older street where parking is tight, let us know how a van and pump could get close when you send the job details, so nothing catches us out on the morning. On a new plot, the site manager can usually set aside a standing area.
Wantage and Grove also have sizeable commercial premises, and their floors need the same planning. Williams Racing has been based at Grove since 1996, Grove Technology Park is in the same village, and a Sainsbury's development in the town began in 2006. Engineering workshops, showrooms and retail units depend on flat, hard-wearing floors, and our commercial screeding page explains how we approach floors in premises of that kind.
Screeding prices for Wantage 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 Wantage
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 Wantage
Wantage is about 33.9 miles west of our Slough base as the crow flies, with postcodes including OX12. The nearest towns to it are Didcot (8 miles), Abingdon-on-Thames (8.4 miles), Oxford (13.4 miles) and Newbury (13.7 miles). Neighbourhoods we cover in Wantage include Belmont, Charlton and Townsend.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.
