Three kinds of Witham house, three floor jobs
For centuries it was a modest market town where the River Brain meets the Blackwater, until the Greater London Council built three large overspill estates on its west and north sides, and a smaller one to the south. Terraces now make up 38% of Witham's homes, so much of the floor work in the town happens inside or behind a terraced house.
Those overspill terraces generate steady renovation work. Old floor finishes come up, and the concrete beneath is often too uneven for a modern covering, which is a job for floor levelling in Witham. When a rear extension goes on, its floor has to meet the existing rooms exactly, and a pumped liquid screed for rear extensions does that quickly on an open floor.
The town is still growing, and 22% of its homes were built since 2000. On Maltings Lane and the newest streets, the work usually comes from snagging and from adding heating to rooms that were built without it; our page on screed over underfloor heating covers the depths involved. New plots and flats may instead specify a calcium sulphate flow screed.
Older cottages are a different case again. A cottage floor near the old market centre will usually want a membrane against damp and a layer of insulation adding first. Once the old floor has been dug out of one of those, hand-laid sand and cement tends to be the sensible way to rebuild it.
Homes in Witham at a glance
Terraced houses make up 38% of the 11,694 households in Witham, followed by semi-detached houses at 29%. The largest group of homes here was built between 1973 and 1999 (36%), and a further 31% between 1945 and 1972.
| Homes in Witham | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 13% |
| Semi-detached houses | 29% |
| Terraced houses | 38% |
| Flats | 19% |
| Built before 1919 | 4% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 7% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 31% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 36% |
| Built since 2000 | 22% |
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 Witham built-up area (E63004312).
Screeding services in Witham
- Liquid ScreedExtensions behind Witham's terraces and new flats around the town suit pumped liquid screed, flat and walkable in 24 to 48 hours.
- Sand and Cement ScreedWitham's older cottages often need a membrane and insulation before any new floor. We hand-lay sand and cement screed over them.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedHomes on Maltings Lane are adding underfloor heating to rooms built without it. We lay the screed over the pipes in Witham.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedSpecifying anhydrite flow screed on new plots or flats in Witham? We pour CA-C20-F4 to CA-C30-F6 with laitance advice in writing.
- Floor LevellingFloor levelling over uneven concrete in Witham's GLC-built terraces or a trade unit refit at Freebournes, ready for LVT.
- Latex ScreedRefitting a kitchen or bathroom in a Witham terrace or semi? Latex screed a few mm thick over ply or old tiles gives vinyl a flat base.
- Concrete Floor GrindingOld glue under Witham carpets, extension ridges and Freebournes unit slabs: diamond grinding with dust extraction.
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 Witham.
Planning a pour around a Witham building project
Your screed slots in between the other trades. By the time we arrive, the extension behind your Witham terrace wants glazing and doors in, plastering done and dry enough, and the heating engineer's pipes tested under pressure. Then the floor needs its drying time before anything is laid on it, longer for a deep hand-laid floor than a thin pumped one. Book the kitchen fitter and tiler to suit that window.
On a pumped job our lorry, mixer and pump park as near your door as the hose allows. Along a GLC terrace that normally means the street out front, with the hose taken through the hall to the extension behind. Mention any restricted parking or a shared rear path at the quoting stage.
Witham's industrial estates sit on the eastern side of the town near the A12, including Freebournes, where Crittall Windows moved in 2007, and Eastways. New warehouse floors there call for power floated slabs or high strength screeds. We do not lay structural slabs, but our commercial screeding service covers them.
Screeding prices for Witham 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 Witham
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Reaching Witham
On the map, Witham sits east-north-east of Slough, about 58.3 miles from our base in a straight line (postcodes including CM8), next to Maldon (5 miles), Braintree (6.6 miles), Chelmsford (8.4 miles) and Halstead (10 miles). Neighbourhoods we cover in Witham include Chipping Hill and Powers Hall End.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.