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Wood Floor Sanding & Polishing in London
Solid, engineered and parquet floors sanded back and refinished in lacquer or hardwax oil, with dust extraction so the house stays liveable. Free quotes across London.
The job, explained
What wood floor sanding & polishing involves
A wood floor that has gone grey, scratched or patchy is almost never worn out. The damage is in the finish rather than the timber, and under it there is usually good wood that has never seen daylight. Sanding takes the old lacquer, wax or varnish off, levels the boards, and gives you a bare floor to refinish, which is why it makes more difference than any amount of cleaning ever will.
We work on solid boards, engineered wood and parquet, including herringbone and basketweave, which need the grit sequence worked in more than one direction because the grain runs both ways. Gaps get filled and loose or damaged boards get lifted and refixed before anything else happens, because sanding a loose board just sands a loose board. The whole job runs on dust extraction rather than a bag on the back of the machine, so you get fine dust contained instead of redistributed through the house, which matters if you are living there while it happens.
Then the finish, and it is a real decision rather than a detail. Lacquer is harder, faster to cure and easier to keep clean, so it suits hallways, kitchens and anywhere with traffic. Hardwax oil looks and feels more like bare timber, can be patch-repaired in one area instead of recoating the whole floor, and wants re-oiling every few years. We will tell you which one fits how you actually live rather than which one we would rather apply.
What's included
- Solid, engineered and parquet floors
- Herringbone and basketweave worked across the grain
- Loose and damaged boards refixed or replaced first
- Gap filling before the final grits
- Dust-extracted sanding, not a bag on the machine
- Lacquer or hardwax oil finish, matched to the room
How our pricing works
Every property is different, so we price each job on its size, condition and access. You get a clear, fixed quote up front with no surprises, usually within one working day.
Real results
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A finish you can see, from a team you can trust.
We turn up when we say we will, use the right approach for each surface and leave the work looking the way it should.
Fully insuredPublic liability cover of £5m so your property is protected.
Trained, vetted teamA reliable local crew, uniformed and checked before they start.
Right method per surfaceThe correct equipment and products for each job, no shortcuts.
Clear quotesA fixed price agreed up front, with no surprises afterwards.
Good to know
Common questions.
How many times can a floor be sanded?
Solid boards will normally take four or five sandings across their life, which is more than most houses will ever need. Engineered wood is different and this is the important bit: you only have the wear layer on top, so a 3mm layer gives you one sanding, maybe two if it has never been done and the floor is flat. We check the thickness at a threshold or a vent before quoting, and if there is not enough left to work with we will say so rather than take the money and go through to the ply.
Can you sand laminate?
No, and nobody can. Laminate is a photograph of wood under a wear layer, so sanding it takes the picture off. If you have laminate and it looks tired, the honest answer is replacement rather than refinishing, and we would rather tell you that on the phone than after we have started.
How much dust is there really?
Far less than the reputation, because the machines run to extraction rather than a collection bag, but not zero. Fine dust finds its way out at the edges and in the corners where a big machine cannot reach and the job goes over to an edger. We seal doorways, and we would still suggest moving soft furnishings and anything open-topped out of the room rather than sheeting it.
Lacquer or oil?
Lacquer if the floor takes traffic, gets wet occasionally or you want the least maintenance: it cures harder and faster and wipes clean. Hardwax oil if you want it to look and feel like timber rather than like a coated surface, and if the idea of patch-repairing one worn area instead of recoating the whole room appeals. The trade-off is that oil wants attention every few years and lacquer wants leaving alone until it eventually needs doing properly.
How long before we can walk on it and put the furniture back?
Light foot traffic in socks the day after the last coat, normally. Furniture back after several days, and rugs last of all, because a finish carries on hardening after it stops feeling wet and putting a rug down early can mark it or stop it curing evenly underneath. We will give you the actual timings for the product we use on your floor rather than a general rule.
Do you fit new wood floors as well?
No. We sand, repair and refinish floors that are already down. Supplying and fitting is a different trade with different training and we would rather point you at someone who does it properly than add it to the list.
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