Our Services

Our Procedure

We will:

• Inspect the floor carefully
• Punch nails and remove staples, etc
• Fill in holes and end-to-end gaps with closest matching wood filler
• Coarse sand the floor to ensure the colour is as even as possible
• Medium sand to ensure the colour is as even as possible
• Sanding edges is carried out simultaneously
• Scrape and sand corners
• Fine sand the whole floor to ensure maximum smoothness
• Vacuum the entire area with an industrial vacuum cleaner to remove all dust, etc
• Aplly first coat of polyurethane
• Inspect the floor after is has dried for flaws and imperfections
• Apply the next two coats with light sanding and vacuuming between.

Common Problems

• Some marks (thin but very deep cuts) around the edge of the floor, caused by carpet trimmers, rarely come out.
• Some minor marking on skirtings from contact with the polyurethane may occur.
• Sometimes there is a variation in colour between areas that have been protected differently over time, for example, areas covered with carpet compared to lino or tiles.
• Deep gouges may be minimised but are never completely removed.
• Unexpected stains sometimes appear. Animal urine stains and water stains around nail holes rarely disappear. Most superficial water stains can be sanded out.
• Floor boards damaged by borers absorb lacquer abundantly and are never as glossy as the rest of the floor.

We use Lagler - one of the
world's best sanding machines