Which screed suits which part of Woking
Census 2021 counted 75,655 people in the Woking built-up area. The modern town only began in the mid-1860s, after the London Necropolis Company sold surplus land near the station, and post-war building defines much of what stands today. That history is a useful guide to the floor you are likely to find.
At Sheerwater, the London County Council built nearly 1,300 homes in the early 1950s, and repairs to those houses are part of the regeneration approved in 2017. When one of those 1950s solid floors gives up, it is dug out and rebuilt, and hand-laid sand and cement handles their compact rooms, door thresholds and bathrooms without fuss.
Council housing followed at Goldsworth Park, and the 1970s Lakeview scheme covered 20 hectares. Extending a later house often produces one wide kitchen and living space, which is where pumped liquid screed earns its place. A heated extension adds its own rules on pipe cover and warm-up, set out on our underfloor heating screed page.
The town centre is different again. Victoria Square, completed in 2022, added two residential towers, and conversions such as Gresham Mill, the former Unwins print works, bring acoustic and levelling requirements. New flats like these often come with a calcium sulphate grade printed on the plans, and our Woking anhydrite page decodes those letters. If a converted flat has a solid floor that is simply uneven, a coat of levelling compound can put it right with no new screed at all.
Homes in Woking at a glance
The most common home in Woking is a flat (29%), ahead of detached houses at 27%. By age, 33% of properties date from 1973 and 1999, the biggest single group, with 26% built between 1945 and 1972.
| Homes in Woking | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 27% |
| Semi-detached houses | 24% |
| Terraced houses | 19% |
| Flats | 29% |
| Built before 1919 | 11% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 12% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 26% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 33% |
| Built since 2000 | 18% |
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 Woking built-up area (E63005413).
Screeding services in Woking
- Liquid ScreedNew homes on Sheerwater's old athletics track and flats in central Woking suit pumped liquid screed, laid level in a day.
- Sand and Cement ScreedRepairs to Sheerwater's 1950s houses and Woking garage conversions often need a hand-laid sand and cement screed.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedUnderfloor heating screed for detached Woking houses adding heated extensions and new homes built for UFH, laid right over the pipes.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedNew Woking apartments, like the Victoria Square towers completed in 2022, often list an anhydrite grade on drawings. We pour it to spec.
- Floor LevellingWoking conversions such as Gresham Mill and unit refits on its business parks need a flat base before new flooring.
- Latex ScreedOld tiles, overboarded timber and patched concrete in Woking's older homes need a thin latex screed before vinyl or LVT.
- Concrete Floor GrindingConcrete floor grinding for trade and industrial units at Kingswey and Woking Business Park before new floors go down, dust extracted.
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 Woking.
Access, parking and timing a pour in Woking
We cover the whole borough area, including Horsell, Knaphill, St John's, Hook Heath, Mayford, Westfield, Kingfield, Maybury, Mount Hermon and Old Woking, along with Brookwood, Byfleet, West Byfleet and Pyrford. Postcodes here include GU21 and GU22.
A screed fits into the middle of a build. Before we pour, the building wants closing in with its windows and outside doors fitted, the plasterers gone, and any heating loops down and holding pressure. Book your tiler or floor fitter once the screed date is fixed, since fresh screed has to dry out before tiles, timber or vinyl can go on it.
Getting the kit close is the other practical point. Off-road parking at the front means the mixer can be set up right outside. A flat in a central block may need a loading bay, a booked lift or permission from a managing agent, so mention those when you ask for a price.
At the south-western end of Sheerwater, Kingswey Business Park, split into Optimum Park and Genesis Park, and Woking Business Park hold trade, distribution, research and industrial units. On those parks, a warehouse or workshop floor usually needs its concrete repaired or ground, or a high strength screed laid over it, all handled by our commercial floor team.
Screeding prices for Woking 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 Woking
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 Woking
As the crow flies, our yard in Slough is about 15.2 miles from Woking, which lies to the south-south-east. Postcodes here include GU21, GU23 and GU22, and Addlestone (4.6 miles), Guildford (5.5 miles), Chertsey (5.6 miles) and Weybridge (5.7 miles) are close by. Neighbourhoods we cover in Woking include Cartbridge, Fisher's Hill, Hockering Estate, Hook Heath and Horsell.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.
