Matching the screed to Westminster buildings
Census 2021 counted 204,236 people in Westminster, and the buildings they live and work in fall into a few types, each with its own floor.
Victorian houses come first. Converting or refurbishing a Victorian house into flats usually means taking up old floors and laying a lightweight screed that helps meet sound insulation rules between dwellings. Where a bathroom or a small room needs a fall or a cement base, a hand-laid sand and cement screed does that part.
Flats in mansion blocks and post-war estates such as Churchill Gardens raise a different problem: uneven concrete. Post-war rebuilding also added Lillington Gardens, so the borough's flats span several eras of construction. New LVT or engineered wood there usually starts with floor levelling for flats rather than a new screed.
Access shapes the rest. Where the only way up is a narrow stair or a small lift, pumped liquid screed avoids carrying sand and cement up several floors. New blocks at Fisherton Street and Luton Street, part of the Church Street programme, bring acoustic and underfloor heating screeds, and our page on screed over underfloor heating explains the pipe cover and heat-up.
Where a specification names a calcium sulphate grade, the anhydrite and flow screed page covers grades, laitance and moisture testing, which matter more with that material than the pour itself.
Homes in Westminster at a glance
Westminster is mostly flats (88% of homes), with terraced houses next at 7%. The largest group of homes here was built before 1919 (49%), and a further 15% between 1945 and 1972.
| Homes in Westminster | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 1% |
| Semi-detached houses | 2% |
| Terraced houses | 7% |
| Flats | 88% |
| Built before 1919 | 49% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 10% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 15% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 11% |
| Built since 2000 | 15% |
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 City of Westminster (E09000033).
Screeding services in Westminster
- Liquid ScreedNarrow stairs and small lifts make carrying sand and cement up a Westminster block slow. Liquid screed arrives by hose to any floor.
- Sand and Cement ScreedBathrooms in converted Westminster flats need a cement floor laid to a fall. We hand-lay sand and cement screed for wet and small rooms.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedNew Church Street blocks at Fisherton Street and Luton Street bring underfloor heating to Westminster. We screed over wet UFH to design.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedAnhydrite flow screed for Westminster apartments and new Church Street blocks, poured to grade from CA-C20-F4 to CA-C30-F6.
- Floor LevellingFloor levelling for Mayfair office fit outs, Oxford Street shop refits and uneven Churchill Gardens concrete in Westminster, ready for LVT.
- Latex ScreedPlywood over old boards in a Victorian conversion, or firm old tiles in a Soho restaurant: thin latex screed for Westminster.
- Concrete Floor GrindingConcrete floor grinding for Mayfair offices, St James's headquarters and Soho shops left with old glue and coatings.
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 Westminster.
Access and timing from Marylebone to Victoria
Central London puts access first. A pump lorry needs a place to stand for the length of the pour, and in the busy central streets of Westminster that usually means booking the space well ahead and planning the hose route through the building. In a block, the hose goes up the stairwell or through a window; common parts are protected before it moves.
Timing inside a building matters just as much. The screed goes down once walls are formed, first fix services are in and any heating pipes have been pressure tested. After that, drying takes about a day per millimetre for the first 40mm, so the flooring date needs planning back from the pour.
Commercial work runs on its own clock. Mayfair and St James's hold the headquarters of global companies, and Soho and the Oxford Street area are dense with shops and restaurants. Office and retail fit outs there often start with floor levelling or a new screed, timed around the business. That side of things is handled by our commercial floor screeding team.
Screeding prices for Westminster 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 Westminster
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 Westminster
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 21 miles from Westminster, which lies to the east. Postcodes here include W2, SW1W, SW1X and SW7, and Kensington and Chelsea (1.6 miles), Camden (2.1 miles), Hammersmith and Fulham (2.8 miles) and Islington (3 miles) are close by. Neighbourhoods we cover in Westminster include Bayswater, Belgravia, Hyde Park Corner, Knightsbridge and Lisson Grove.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.
