Floor Sanding Sturminster Newton

Floor Sanding and Wood Floor Restoration in Sturminster Newton, Dorset

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Floor Sanding in Sturminster Newton and the Blackmore Vale

Sturminster Newton sits on the Stour in the middle of the Blackmore Vale, and it is a proper Dorset market town: a mill, a medieval bridge, a market place and streets of brick, stone and thatch running off it.

Thomas Hardy lived here and wrote about this landscape, and a good deal of what he described is still standing. The town has Georgian and Victorian property in the centre, older cottages behind, and farmhouses scattered through the Vale.

We cover Sturminster Newton, Marnhull, Hazelbury Bryan, Stalbridge, Fifehead Neville, Hinton St Mary, Manston, Child Okeford, Okeford Fitzpaine and Lydlinch, plus Blandford, Shaftesbury, Gillingham and Sherborne.

Vale Cottages, Farmhouses and Old Timber

Out in the Vale the floors get old. Wide elm and early pine laid over sleeper walls, sometimes with almost no void beneath, and hearth patches, pipe runs and repairs from three different centuries in a single room.

They need a light hand. Elm is soft and often thin by now, so we measure before quoting and take off the minimum that will produce a sound, even surface. Where boards must be replaced we use reclaimed timber matched for age and section.

Many of these buildings are listed. Refinishing an existing floor is generally acceptable, but lifting or replacing historic boards can need consent from Dorset Council, so ask before starting rather than after.

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Heavy Clay, the Stour and Sub-Floor Damp

The Blackmore Vale is heavy clay with a high water table, and the Stour runs right through the town. Sub-floor damp is one of the most common things we find here.

The symptoms are consistent: cupped boards near external walls, blown or milky finishes in the same band, and occasionally soft timber where a joist end bears into wet masonry.

The cause is nearly always ventilation rather than a leak. Airbricks blocked by planting, rendered over or buried by a raised path, or a void sealed with concrete somewhere in the last fifty years. We take moisture readings before quoting and we will not sand a wet floor, because it will cup again and the finish will fail within a season.

Dust-Free Sanding

Our machines run to industrial extraction rather than the cloth bags fitted to hire equipment, capturing the overwhelming majority of dust as it is created.

In an old cottage or farmhouse with lime plaster and exposed beams that matters a great deal, because fine dust settles into every joint and lime plaster does not take kindly to being scrubbed.

We sheet doorways, protect what stays in the room and clean as we go. Access to farm properties can be interesting, so tell us at survey what the lane and yard are like and we will plan the day around it.

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Working Farms and Practical Finishes

A farmhouse floor has a harder life than almost any domestic floor. Dogs, wet boots, a back door that never stops and mud for six months of the year.

We take that into account rather than pretending otherwise. For a back kitchen, boot room or hall we normally fit a two-pack water-based lacquer, which is far harder wearing than oil and cures quickly.

For the rooms that see gentler use, hardwax oil looks superb on old elm and pine and can be spot-repaired. There is no rule that a house must have one finish throughout, and we will happily specify differently room by room.

Commercial Floors Around Sturminster

We work for pubs, inns, restaurants, cafes, hotels and shops in the town and the Vale villages, plus church and village halls, schools, colleges, nurseries, gyms, dance studios and sports halls across north Dorset.

Sports halls and dance floors are sanded back to clean timber, re-marked to the correct governing body specification for badminton, netball, basketball or five-a-side, then sealed with a proper sports system that keeps its grip.

Village halls are a large part of what we do out here, and we normally complete one inside a single closed week including any line marking, which suits committees who cannot lose a month of bookings.

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Costs, Timings and Booking

Sanding and sealing around Sturminster Newton generally runs twenty-five to forty pounds a square metre. Parquet is higher. Stairs are priced per tread, and gap filling, board replacement and repairs are quoted line by line.

The survey is free and takes about half an hour. We measure the remaining timber, take moisture readings, check ventilation and tell you honestly what the floor needs, including when the answer is to wait until it has dried out.

Ring 01823 674562 or use the contact form. Send a wide photograph of the room, a close one of the worst area, and a note on the lane and parking if you are on a farm.

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

FAQ: Floor Sanding in Sturminster Newton

Sturminster Newton, Marnhull, Hazelbury Bryan, Stalbridge, Fifehead Neville, Hinton St Mary, Manston, Child Okeford, Okeford Fitzpaine and Lydlinch, plus Blandford, Shaftesbury, Gillingham and Sherborne.

Generally twenty-five to forty pounds a square metre for sanding and sealing, higher for parquet. Stairs are per tread and repairs quoted separately. Survey and quote are free.

Refinishing an existing floor is normally acceptable, but lifting or replacing historic boards can need listed building consent from Dorset Council. Ask before starting.

Heavy clay with a high water table, the Stour running through the town, and sub-floor voids that have often stopped breathing because airbricks were blocked, rendered over or buried.

A two-pack water-based lacquer for the boot room, back kitchen and hall, and hardwax oil in the gentler rooms if you prefer the look. There is no rule that a house must have one finish throughout.

Usually beautifully, but they need a light hand. Elm is soft and often thin by now, so we take off the minimum needed rather than chasing a flat surface.

We use industrial extraction which captures the great majority of dust at the machine. In a lime-plastered cottage with exposed beams that makes an enormous difference.

A single room is about two days and a full downstairs three to four. Oil wants a day before light use and a week before rugs. Lacquer is quicker.

Yes, and in old property we strongly prefer timber slivers to resin, because these boards still move seasonally and slivers move with them.

Usually yes, including sanding, any line marking and sealing, so bookings are barely interrupted. Village halls are a large part of what we do out here.

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