Floor Sanding Christchurch

Floor Sanding and Wood Floor Restoration in Christchurch, Dorset

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Floor Sanding Across Christchurch and the Two Rivers

Christchurch is older than almost everything around it and the housing runs the full span. Cottages in the old town near the Priory, Victorian and Edwardian villas out along Barrack Road and Stour Road, a huge belt of nineteen-thirties semis in Somerford, Purewell and Jumpers, and modern development at Highcliffe and Mudeford.

Each of those eras gives us a different floor. Wide old pine in the town, narrower boards in the villas, and in the thirties stock a great deal of block parquet hidden under carpet since about 1975.

We cover Christchurch, Mudeford, Highcliffe, Somerford, Purewell, Burton, Bransgore, Hurn, Walkford and across to Bournemouth, Ringwood and the New Forest fringe.

Nineteen-Thirties Parquet Under the Carpet

If you have a thirties semi in Christchurch there is a fair chance you are standing on parquet. It was standard specification then, usually pitch pine or oak blocks laid in herringbone or basketweave, and it was usually carpeted over within forty years.

Lifting the carpet is the easy part. Grippers nailed through the blocks, bitumen adhesive gone brittle, and a scatter of loose or missing pieces are what we normally find. All of it is repairable.

We re-lay loose blocks, source replacements to match the species and size, sand across the pattern rather than along it, and finish it properly. A restored parquet floor is the single biggest improvement most thirties houses can make, and it costs less than replacing it with anything comparable.

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Riverside Damp and Ground Conditions

Two rivers, a harbour and low ground make Christchurch a damp town by nature. In the older properties near the quay and along the Stour we regularly find cupped boards and blown finishes caused by moisture coming up through an unventilated void.

Usually the culprit is airflow rather than water ingress. Airbricks blocked by planting or a raised patio, or a sub-floor concreted over at some point in its life.

We take moisture readings before quoting and we will not sand a wet floor, because it will move again and the finish will fail. If yours needs drying we will tell you what to sort out and come back when it is right.

Dust-Free Sanding

Every machine runs on industrial extraction, which pulls the great majority of dust away as it is made rather than letting it drift round the house.

We also sheet doorways, protect anything staying in the room and clean as we go rather than leaving it all to the end. Most people stay in the house while we work.

If you have asthma or a young family, tell us at survey. We take extra precautions and can plan the sequence of rooms around bedtimes and school runs.

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Commercial Floors in Christchurch

We look after pubs, restaurants, cafes, hotels and shops around the quay and the high street, plus church and village halls, schools, colleges, nurseries, gyms and sports halls across east Dorset.

Sports halls and dance studios are sanded back, re-marked to the correct governing body specification for badminton, netball, basketball or five-a-side, and sealed with a proper sports system.

Trading premises are done overnight or on closed days with fast-cure sealers so you lose a session rather than a week. Schools and colleges we book into holiday periods, usually a term ahead, because those windows are short and they fill.

Choosing a Finish

On parquet we almost always recommend hardwax oil. It brings out the grain in old pitch pine and oak in a way lacquer flattens, and a scuffed area can be repaired without redoing the whole floor.

For a busy family hall, a rental or a shop, a two-pack water-based lacquer is tougher and cures faster. It also does not yellow, which the old solvent finishes did badly.

We put trial patches down on your own boards and leave them a day, so you can see the colour in morning light and under lamps. Reclaimed pitch pine in particular changes character enormously between finishes.

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What It Costs and How to Book

Sanding and sealing in Christchurch generally runs twenty-five to forty pounds a square metre. Parquet is higher, usually forty to sixty, because it is slower and needs more repair work. Stairs are per tread and gap filling, board replacement and repairs are quoted separately.

The survey is free and takes about half an hour. We measure the timber, check for damp, and tell you what the floor actually needs.

Call 01823 674562 or use the contact form. Photographs of the room and of the worst area let us give you a realistic range before anyone visits.

Nearby areas we also cover: Bournemouth, Blandford Forum, Bridport and Corfe Mullen. There is a page for each, and the full list of towns is on our areas we cover page.

FAQ: Floor Sanding in Christchurch

Christchurch, Mudeford, Highcliffe, Somerford, Purewell, Burton, Bransgore, Hurn and Walkford, plus Bournemouth, Ringwood and the New Forest fringe.

Usually yes. Gripper holes, brittle bitumen and a few missing blocks are all normal and all repairable. We re-lay, source matching blocks, sand across the pattern and refinish.

Parquet typically runs forty to sixty pounds a square metre because it is slower work and usually needs repairs. Plain board sanding and sealing is more like twenty-five to forty.

We run industrial extraction that captures the great majority of dust at the machine. It is not literally zero, but it is nothing like a hired sander with a cloth bag.

Not until it is dry. We take a moisture reading first. In Christchurch the cause is usually blocked airbricks or raised ground outside rather than a leak, and it is normally straightforward to fix.

A room is around two days and a full downstairs three to four. Parquet takes longer. Oil wants a day before light use and a week before rugs go down.

Almost everyone does. We work room by room, keep a route through and tell you which rooms are out of action on which days.

Hardwax oil, in most cases. It brings out the grain rather than flattening it, and it can be spot-repaired later without redoing the whole floor.

Yes. In older Christchurch properties we generally use timber slivers, because the boards still move with the seasons and slivers move with them. Resin suits tighter modern floors.

Yes. Pubs, restaurants, cafes, hotels, shops, halls, churches, schools, colleges, nurseries, gyms and sports halls including line marking to governing body specification.

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