Floor Sanding Truro

Truro, Kenwyn, Highertown, Threemilestone, Malabar, Chacewater, Shortlanesend, Probus and Tresillian, plus Falmouth, Newquay, St Austell, Redruth and Camborne.

We group jobs in the same area into the same week where we can, which keeps travel out of your price. It is worth asking when we are next down — waiting a fortnight can save you money.

The county rarely gets a dry spell, humidity stays high year-round, and much of the housing predates damp proof courses. Granite and killas hold moisture against the timber, so boards cup and finishes fail sooner than inland.

Usually a hard wax oil. It penetrates rather than sealing, lets the timber breathe, flexes as boards move and can be repaired in patches. Rigid lacquers crack at the joints when a floor moves as much as they do here.

Not until it has dried and flattened. That ridging is cupping, caused by moisture from beneath. Sanding it flat while wet leaves every board thin down the middle once it settles, and that cannot be reversed.

Yes, and the mining-era terraces have plenty. It is dense and resinous so it clogs abrasives and takes longer, which we build into the quote rather than discovering halfway through. It finishes beautifully.

Regularly — Lemon Street and the conservation area hold a great deal of it. Original boards are usually part of what the listing protects, so we work to minimum intervention and provide written method statements where consent is needed.

A solid board typically has five or six full sands in its whole life, and these have already had two centuries of wear plus probably one or two sandings. We measure remaining thickness before committing.

It depends on size, condition, timber and finish. Pitch pine costs more than plain softwood because of the extra time and consumables. Send photographs for a same-day indication.

On every job as standard and at no extra charge. Sealed extraction captures the dust at the machine so you can stay in the property while we work.