Which screed suits each era of Wokingham housing
Census 2021 counted 50,320 people in the Wokingham built-up area, and 29% of its homes have been built since 2000. Growth has not slowed, and the age of a house is the quickest guide to the floor it needs.
Start with the estates of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Wokingham's big detached family homes from when Woosehill and Dowlesgreen went up have space for generous rear extensions and full ground-floor refits. A new open floor over insulation suits pumped liquid screed for Wokingham extensions, and if that floor is heated, the cover over the pipes and the heat-up plan are explained on our page for underfloor heating screed.
The Norreys Estate dates from the 1960s and Keephatch from the early 1990s. Whatever the decade, a garage being turned into a room, a wet room or a small room where the old floor must be dug out usually calls for a hand-laid sand and cement floor.
At the newest end, Montague Park, part of the South Wokingham development, saw around 630 homes and a primary school completed by 2022. Sites like that need plot screeding for housebuilders, and a few years on, repairs and levelling as owners change their floor finishes.
Older properties near the town centre tend to need levelling before new coverings go down, and a sound but uneven floor there may not need a new screed at all. Floor levelling with compound is often the quicker answer. We also cover Eastheath, Emmbrook, Matthewsgreen and Wick Hill.
Homes in Wokingham at a glance
Of the 20,369 households in Wokingham, 47% live in detached houses and 22% in semi-detached houses. The largest group of homes here was built between 1973 and 1999 (35%), and a further 26% between 1945 and 1972.
| Homes in Wokingham | Share |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 47% |
| Semi-detached houses | 22% |
| Terraced houses | 14% |
| Flats | 16% |
| Built before 1919 | 6% |
| Built 1919 to 1944 | 4% |
| Built 1945 to 1972 | 26% |
| Built 1973 to 1999 | 35% |
| Built since 2000 | 29% |
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 Wokingham built-up area (E63005181).
Screeding services in Wokingham
- Liquid ScreedBig rear extensions on Wokingham detached homes suit pumped liquid screed: one pour, SR1 or SR2 flat, walkable in 24 to 48 hours.
- Sand and Cement ScreedHand-laid sand and cement screed for Wokingham renovations, garage conversions and wet rooms, 65mm floating or thinner bonded.
- Underfloor Heating ScreedGround-floor refits with underfloor heating in Wokingham family homes need the right screed depth over the pipes and a steady heat-up.
- Anhydrite & Flow ScreedAnhydrite flow screed at Montague Park plot scale, poured to the set CA grade, then sanded and moisture tested.
- Floor LevellingOlder homes near Wokingham town centre and units on Molly Millars Lane often need levelling before new floors.
- Latex ScreedWokingham estates from the 1960s to the 1990s are now decades old. Latex screed smooths old tiles and plywood before new vinyl.
- Concrete Floor GrindingOlder units on Wokingham's Molly Millars Lane need grinding between tenants: diamond heads strip glue, paint and ridges, 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 Wokingham.
Access, timing and Molly Millars Lane floors
For a pumped pour, our mixer and pump have to sit within hose reach of the door we use. With a driveway out front that is easy; on a tighter plot, mention parking, any shared drive and the side access when you enquire, so pour day can be planned around them.
The pour date sits between other trades. Before we turn up, the room needs to be weathertight, the plastering finished and any heating pipes pressure tested. Once poured, a screed loses roughly one day of moisture per millimetre up to 40mm and more slowly past that, so the floor fitter's date follows the screed, never the reverse. Housebuilders on a phased site plan pours plot by plot in the same way.
Molly Millars Lane is Wokingham's main industrial district, with HGV access that helps when materials and plant arrive. Estates there include Wokingham Commercial Centre and Millars Business Park on Fishponds Close, completed in 2023. New units need floors finished to the specification, and older ones often need repair or grinding between tenants. That work, whether one unit or a whole building, falls under our commercial screeding work.
Screeding prices for Wokingham 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 Wokingham
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 Wokingham
Wokingham is about 11.7 miles south-west of our Slough base as the crow flies, with postcodes including RG40 and RG41. The nearest towns to it are Crowthorne (3.3 miles), Bracknell (3.5 miles), Woodley (4.4 miles) and Sandhurst (4.6 miles). Neighbourhoods we cover in Wokingham include Dowlesgreen, Eastheath, Emmbrook, Matthewsgreen and Wick Hill.
See our screeding services for every screed type we lay.
