New membranes under old floors in Westbury Leigh
Floors in Georgian and Victorian houses were never built with a damp proof membrane or insulation. Over time, an original solid floor can become damp, cold and uneven, and a refurbishment is the moment to put that right.
The usual sequence is to break out the old floor, lay a membrane that links to the wall damp proofing, add insulation if there is depth, and then screed. Getting the base and the levels right before any screed is laid is a job in itself, and our floor preparation work covers it.
For houses of this age, a floor laid by hand makes sense. It is mixed to suit each room, so a floor that varies in depth from front to back can be dealt with in one visit. Old houses rarely have square rooms or level thresholds, and a screed laid by hand can be worked into corners, around hearths and up to door frames that a pumped screed would flow past.
How thick? Floated on insulation in a house, allow about 65mm. In listed buildings around the Market Place, where floor heights and original features may be protected, the build-up can be tighter, so check any listed building consent before work begins. Where only a thin layer is possible on sound concrete, a bonded screed of 25 to 40mm is the alternative.
Bonded or floating screed in Westbury terraces
Terraces account for 24% of Westbury's homes. Jobs in houses like these are often room by room, which is where a hand-laid screed is cost effective: no pump to set up, and the mix is made in the quantity needed.
The main decision is how the screed meets the floor below. A floating screed sits on insulation or a membrane, separated from the base, and needs depth to be strong. A bonded screed is fixed to a sound, prepared concrete slab with a bonding agent, so it can be much thinner. Read about screed bonded to concrete to see when that is the right call; 2026 published prices for it sit between £12 and £18 a square metre.
Sand and cement also goes where calcium sulphate cannot: wet rooms, shower areas laid to falls, and garages. A garage floor that will take a car or become a habitable room needs a cement substrate, and our guide to garage floor screed covers conversions.
Mixing in fibres costs an extra £1 to £3 a square metre and helps resist cracking. Expect slower drying than a pumped floor: about one day for each millimetre through the first 40mm. The same service is available about 6 miles away as sand and cement screed in Frome.
Sand and Cement Screed prices in Westbury
Sand and cement screed: £18 to £25 per m² supplied and laid (MyJobQuote, August 2026), so £450 to £630 for 25 m². MyJobQuote does not say whether these figures include VAT. See our floor screeding cost guide or screed calculator.
Who lays your sand and cement screed in Westbury
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Sand and Cement Screed from Slough to Westbury
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 69.1 miles from Westbury, which lies to the west-south-west. Postcodes here include BA13, and Warminster (3.9 miles), Trowbridge (4.2 miles), Frome (6.3 miles) and Melksham (8 miles) are close by.
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