Relaying period floors in Hyde, Fulflood and St Cross
Old ground floors give up in a few different ways. Without a membrane they get damp, without insulation they stay cold, and where the original material has broken down they crack and sound hollow underfoot. Whatever the symptom, the cure follows one pattern: break out the old floor, lay and compact a new base, add a membrane and insulation, and screed over the top.
Height is the hard part in a period house. Your new floor still has to meet the existing doors, the bottom step of the stairs and any rooms you are not touching. Laid floating on insulation in a house, sand and cement goes in at about 65mm, so we take our levels from the thresholds before any insulation is cut. If there is not enough depth, a slimmer insulation board or a different screed may be the answer, and the options are laid out in our guide to screed thickness.
A listed house or a conservation setting brings an extra conversation. Agree the finished floor levels, and how the new floor will meet old joinery, at the start, with the conservation officer if needed, so nothing comes as a surprise on the day.
In a Hyde or Fulflood house, the membrane and insulation below are no less important than the screed. We check the membrane and insulation specified and can provide both through our membranes, insulation and screed preparation service.
Laying by hand also fits the way older houses are arranged. We mix and finish one room after another, and a small floor behind a narrow door is no harder to reach than a large one.
Wet rooms, garages and terraces in Winchester
Terraced houses are 26% of the city's homes, and many sit on narrow plots with little room outside. That suits a hand-laid floor. Barrows can come straight through the house when there is nowhere to park a pump, and we can mix just enough for one room.
Water is where cement really earns its place. Calcium sulphate must never be used on a floor that could get wet, but sand and cement can be laid with a fall to a floor drain in a wet room or shower. It is also the material for converted garages, and for any floor that needs a cement base or has to carry weight early.
You can lay it bonded or floating. Bonded means fixed directly to sound concrete and laid 25 to 40mm thick. Floating means laid over insulation or a membrane, at about 65mm in a home. Either way it dries more slowly than a liquid screed, about a day per millimetre up to 40mm, so leave room for that before the flooring goes in. If the floor you have is sound but uneven, a coat of compound in place of a new screed could be all it needs. Our hand-laid floors in Alton are priced on the same basis.
Sand and Cement Screed prices in Winchester
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 Winchester
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 Winchester
Winchester is about 43.5 miles south-west of our Slough base as the crow flies, with postcodes including SO23 and SO22. The nearest towns to it are Eastleigh (6.6 miles), Romsey (9.6 miles), Hedge End (10.2 miles) and Southampton (11.6 miles).
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