Floor Restoration & Repair

We can restore any wooden floor — sanded down and finished with lacquer, wax or oil.

Floors we restore

Oak, cherry, teak, rosewood, pine and reclaimed timber
Parquet and floor boards
Thick laminates beautifully finished with lacquer, wax or oil

The detail

Floor sanding and sealing, gap filling and floor levelling
Wide range of stains and colours
Small repairs filled and polished out without sanding large areas
Carpet removal and contents storage while work is carried out
Satin lacquer as standard (sealer and two top coats), matt or gloss on request, or an oil or hardwax oil finish
Stairs, hearth removal with boards patched in, and loose parquet glued back down

Parquet, start to finish

A living room parquet floor: sanded back, repaired, the old hearth taken out and filled in, gaps filled, then bleached and lacquered.

Dark, worn parquet floor with glue marks before sanding — Before

The same parquet floor sanded, bleached and lacquered — After: sanded, repaired, gap-filled, bleached and lacquered

Parquet floor half way through staining after sanding — Staining a sanded parquet floor

Parquet floor finished with a gloss lacquer — The finished parquet

Hearth removed and floor made good

The old hearth taken out, the gap filled with matching parquet blocks, then the whole floor sanded and finished.

Old hearth taken out, leaving a gap in the parquet — The old hearth taken out

Damaged parquet around the old hearth next to freshly sanded blocks — Old finish against freshly sanded blocks

Parquet floor with the hearth gap filled, mid-sand — Gap filled with matching blocks, mid-sand

The finished mosaic parquet floor where the hearth used to be — Finished: no sign the hearth was ever there

A school hall, sanded and refinished

A large herringbone parquet hall floor: sanded back to bare wood, then stained and lacquered.

School hall parquet floor sanded back to bare wood — Sanded back to bare wood

The same school hall parquet floor stained and lacquered — Stained and lacquered

More floors we have restored

Pine floorboards in a bay-windowed living room, sanded and lacquered — Pine boards in a bay-window room

Sanding old painted pine floorboards with a drum sander — Sanding old pine boards

Kitchen pine floor part way through sanding, old finish still showing — Kitchen pine floor: during sanding

The same kitchen pine floor sanded and lacquered — The same floor, lacquered

Pine floorboards half bleached, showing the difference — Bleaching pine boards: before and after side by side

Pine parquet blocks with open gaps before restoration — Before: gaps opening up in pine parquet

Loose parquet blocks taped while the glue sets — Re-fixing loose blocks

Filling the gaps in a herringbone parquet floor — Filling the gaps

Edge-sanding a parquet floor along the skirting — Edge-sanding up to the skirting

Herringbone parquet sanded back to bare wood — Herringbone, sanded back to bare wood

Replacing damaged floorboards in a shop — Replacing damaged boards in a shop

Shop floorboards part way through sanding — The shop floor, part sanded

Shop floorboards with the first coat of lacquer — First coat of lacquer going on

Pine floorboards in a bedroom after sanding — Pine boards, sanded

Buffing pine floorboards between coats — Buffing between coats

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Questions we are often asked

How much does floor sanding cost per square metre?

Sanding and sealing is £35 per square metre plus VAT for the first 50 square metres, dropping to £30, £27.50 and then £25 for larger floors. The minimum charge for a sanding job is £600 plus VAT.

How much are stairs?

Sanding and sealing stairs is about £60 per step plus VAT.

Lacquer or oil?

Both are the same price: a satin lacquer (sealer and two top coats) or an oil or hardwax oil finish.

Do you sand decking?

Yes, outdoor timber decking is sanded and oiled at the same per square metre prices, weather permitting.

Can you fix squeaky boards?

Yes, at £67.50 an hour while we are on site.

All prices are guides and exclude VAT.