Wood Floor Sanding Company in Upper Norwood | SE19

Flooring Advice?

Check our Flooring Guide, which offers various advice in topics like Wood Floor Sanding Parquet Flooring Restoration Wood Floor Finishing & Staining , etc.

• How to Choose Floor Sanding Company
• Choosing between Varnishing or Oiling Your Wooden Floors
• How to Prepare My Home for Floor Sanding Service
• Natural Unfinished Timber Look for Your Wooden Floors
• Parquet Flooring & Gap Filling

What Commercial Services We Do In Upper Norwood?

For our business clients we offer tailored commercial flooring services to the highest industry standards. We have already many local commercial floors in Upper Norwood with excellent customer satisfaction rate. Today we continue to provide outstanding commercial flooring services to:

• Floor Restoration for Restaurants & Pubs
• Floor Restoration for Churches & Community Halls
• Floor Restoration for Schools
• Floor Renovation for Offices, Retail & Showrooms
• Floor Renovation Services for Museums, Galleries & Theatres

Whatever the type of flooring and whatever the need for flooring service, contact FloorWorks today, regardless of the size of the project.

See What Our Clients from Upper Norwood Say About Us...

• ★★★★★

  Please, pass my our thanks to the chaps - I came after they left. - they were efficient, helpful and reassuring and I am delighted by with your service.

  Michael Bradley, homeowner from Lambeth
• ★★★★★

  We are very pleased by the look of our floors. Thanks!

  Tegan Holden, landlord from Hackney
• ★★★★★

  Excellent finish. Excellent job. No dust at all.

  Michael Walker, homeowner from Clapton

Check Our Latest Flooring Advice Posts...

• Natural Unfinished Timber Look for Your Wooden Floors
• Choosing between Varnishing or Oiling Your Wooden Floors
• How to Maintain Your Oiled Wooden Floors
• Floor Sanding - DIY or Hire a Professional Sanding Company
• What is Bona Mega Evo Lacquer?

Your Questions Answered..

• What does polish mean and can it be done on engineered flooring?

  Hi and thank you for contacting us with your question about cleaning and polishing of engineered wood floors.

  The first thing that you need to be aware of is that cleaning and polishing service is not applicable for floors which are badly damaged and where the existing sealant has worn out. It is rather a service that is performed on wooden floors which are ina relatively good condition without any parches that do not have any sealant left and is merely done to provide an exrea coat and extra protection to the existing sealant. By doing this, cleaning and polishing can prolong the life of varnished floors before they need to be sanded and revarnished. Cleaning and poslishing can be done on any wooden floors which have been sealed with varnishi, including engineered wood flooring, parquet flooring and any solid wood floorings.

  Having said that, if the sealant on your floors has already worn out, then cleanign and polishing will not be possible and in this case a torough sanding and revarnishing will be required in order to completely remove the existing sealant and to apply new varnish on top of the sanded floros. 

• How many times I can restore my engineered wood floors?

  Hi Richard,

  There are 3 standards of thickness in engineered wood flooring - 20 mm, 18 mm and 14/15 mm. Each of those will have different thickness of top layer (oak, walnut, beech, maple, etc), which will vary between 3 mm and 6 mm.

  Every time engineered wood floors are sanded approx. 1 mm will be removed by the restoration itself, however another 1 mm should be allowed for difference factory defect difference and the level of the floor throughout.

  So, technically - 3 mm top layered floor can be sanded only once and a 6 mm top layer, should be able to achive 3 or even 4 restorations.

• What Is the difference between gap filling and strip filling?

  Gap filling is part of our wood floor restoration services. It is common for gaps to appear between the floorboards or between the parquet blocks over time. The smaller gaps are relatively easy to ractify by the gap filling service, where a mixture of clear resin and saw dust, which is collected from the sanding process is used to fill in the gaps. Nevertheless, it should be noted that bigger gaps are trickier to fill. This is where strip filling comes to help.

  Strip filling uses small pine slivers between the floorboards and goes together with resin & saw dust filler. While this is often an effective method, it is not ideal solution for larger areas as it can spoil the look of the timber floors.

  Important note for both gap filling methods is that they are dependant on the solidness of the floorboards. Stability of both depends on absence of movement in the floorboards or in the joists that hold the floorboards. Therefore, gap filling for floorboards is excluded from the service guarantee of flooring companies.

And Some Frequently Asked Questions...

• Is gap filling covered by your Service Guarantee?

  Gap filling with saw-dust and rasin filler on floorboards is exempt from our Service Guarantee.

  While working on the surface of your floors during floorboards sanding / repairs we endeavour to make every effort to increase its solidness, before proceeding with the gap filling. It is in fact the solidness of the floor boards, as well as the condition of its support (joists) that will define the durability of the gap filling, not the quality of the product we use or our service.

• How many coats of lacquer are included in your service?

  For domestic floor sanding services, we apply 1 coat of primer followed by 2 coats of lacquer. You can choose from the available sheen options, which are extra-matt, matt, satin, and gloss.

  For floor sanding in public spaces (offices, schools, church halls), we use 1 coat of primer and 3 coats of high quality commercial-grade lacquer. Sheen options available are extra-matt, matt, and satin.

  Extra coats are available upon request, but we do not recommend more than 5 coats, including primer.

  The list of all floor finishes we use is available here.

• Do you do re-oiling of wooden floors?

  Yes. We provide re-oiling / re-waxing services for wooden floors, with original oil-based finish.

  We can also offer a site visit to assess if the conditions of the flooring are applicable for a re-oiling service, or if floor sanding and refinishing will be required instead.

  Please be prepared with some photos as well, showing the condition of the floors.

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