Floors, staircases and worktops.

A wooden floor will usually take several sandings over its lifetime. If the wear layer is thick enough, sanding is both cheaper and better looking than laying a new floor.

We start by measuring the wear layer and looking at any damage. If the floor is too thin to sand, we say so straight away rather than cutting through the boards.

Lacquer gives a hard, sealed surface that takes a lot of traffic and is easy to clean. Oil soaks into the timber, gives a matter and more living look, and lets you refresh a single worn patch without redoing the whole room.

We go through the difference during the site visit and put sample patches on your own floor, so you can see how they actually behave against your timber.

We take out the old floor, prepare the subfloor and lay the new one. The parquet is left to acclimatise in the room before we start, so it does not shrink or swell after it is down.

Older floors usually have more left in them than people think. We look at what can be saved before we recommend laying new, and give you both prices so you can decide for yourself.

A staircase is among the hardest things to sand. There is little flat surface to work on, a lot of edge, and every tread has a nosing that has to be followed exactly for the transition to come out even.

Treads and risers can be kept in different colours. The contrast makes the stairs easier to read in poor light, which is worth more than people think.

Solid oak can be sanded back when it picks up a mark, and that is the whole point: a scratch in a laminate worktop stays, a scratch in oak disappears with a little paper and oil.

The tops are fitted on site, the cut-outs made for the sink and hob, and the edges rounded off. The surface is oiled, so it can be maintained without anything having to come apart.