Wooden Floor Installation

New wooden floors supplied and fitted — solid, engineered, reclaimed and parquet — by restorers who fit floors to last.

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When Installation Beats Restoration — and When It Does Not

We are restorers first, which makes us unusually honest installers: if your existing floor can be saved, we will tell you, because restoration is nearly always cheaper and old timber is nearly always better. But some floors are genuinely finished — woodworm through the joists, boards sanded to the tongue by decades of hire machines, rot past the point of piecing in — and some rooms never had a timber floor and deserve one.

That is where wooden floor installation comes in: new floors, supplied and fitted, chosen for the building rather than the brochure. Because we spend our lives with old floors, we fit new ones to the same standard — acclimatised properly, fixed properly, finished properly — rather than the rushed lay-and-leave that keeps our repair diary busy.

Solid Boards: Oak, Pine and Character

Solid timber remains the benchmark: a floor that can be sanded and refinished for a century, exactly like the period boards we restore every week. We supply and fit solid oak for durability and grain, and solid pine where a new floor needs to sit comfortably in an older house — in traditional board widths, laid the traditional way, so the new room does not argue with the old ones.

Solid timber asks two things: a dry, sound subfloor and proper acclimatisation in the room before fitting — the step impatient installers skip and the reason their floors gap and cup within a year. We measure moisture in both timber and subfloor before a board is fixed, and we say no to fitting solid boards where conditions will punish them, which leads neatly to the next option.

Engineered Boards, Underfloor Heating and Concrete

Engineered boards — a real hardwood wear layer over a stable ply core — are the right answer more often than purists admit. Over underfloor heating, over concrete subfloors, in basements and extensions where humidity swings, engineered oak keeps the look and feel of solid timber while staying flat through conditions that would ruin a solid board. A good engineered floor with a 4mm-plus wear layer can still be sanded and refinished in future, which keeps it inside our world of maintainable floors rather than disposable ones.

We fit floating over quality underlay or fully bonded to screed depending on the build-up, heating and levels — the choice matters for sound and feel underfoot, and we explain it plainly at the survey rather than defaulting to whatever is quickest.

Reclaimed Timber Floors: New Floors That Look Old

The loveliest installations are the ones nobody can spot: reclaimed pine and oak boards, rescued from demolished buildings, supplied and fitted so a new extension reads like it was always part of a Victorian house. Because reclaimed stock is central to our repair work, we hold and source boards with genuine age — correct widths, tight old grain, a surface that finishes with patina rather than gloss.

Reclaimed installation is slower work: boards are denailed, machined where needed, matched and laid so wear and colour flow naturally. The result is a floor with a century of character on day one, and it pairs beautifully with restored original floors elsewhere in the house — one finish across old and new, and no visible join in history. It is the option we most enjoy fitting, and the one people thank us for a decade later.

Parquet and Block Floor Installation

New parquet has come back with force, and we fit it — herringbone, chevron and basketweave in solid and engineered blocks — bonded to properly prepared subfloors and finished in place the traditional way: sanded flat as one field after laying, then oiled or sealed. Finishing in place, rather than clicking together a pre-finished imitation, is what gives real parquet its glassy, continuous surface and lets it be restored again decades from now.

Pattern floors punish sloppy setting-out, so the room is measured and the pattern balanced before a single block goes down — borders even, feature strips where they belong. Our parquet restoration work is the pedigree here: we fit new block floors to the standard the 1930s originals were fitted to, because we spend our lives proving how long that standard lasts.

Commercial, Sports and Hall Floor Installation

Alongside homes we install commercial wood flooring — shops, restaurants, offices — and the specialist end: sports hall flooring on sprung and battened systems, with court line marking to governing body specification as part of the same contract. Schools and clubs book installations into holidays; commercial floors go in out of hours with method statements, risk assessments and insurance documentation supplied before work starts.

Commercial installation is where floor choice earns or costs money for years — wear layers, finishes and maintenance cycles are specified for the traffic, not the showroom. Because we also maintain and re-sand these floors for decades afterwards, we fit what survives, and we put the maintenance plan in writing with the quote. Domestic floor sanding to sports hall construction, it is one firm and one standard.

Get a Wooden Floor Installation Quote

Installation is quoted from a survey: subfloor, moisture, levels and access all checked, then a fixed written price covering supply, fitting and finishing, itemised so you can see each part. We are equally happy quoting supply-and-fit or fitting timber you have already fallen for — and equally quick to say when restoring what you have beats installing something new.

Ring 01823 674562 or send photographs of the space to start. We install across the south west — Taunton, Exeter, Bristol, Yeovil and everywhere on areas we cover — and if the honest answer is that restoring what you already have will serve you better than a new floor, the quote will say exactly that.

FAQ: Wooden Floor Installation

Do you supply the flooring or just fit it?

Both. Most customers ask us to supply and fit — solid oak or pine, engineered boards, reclaimed timber or parquet blocks — but we are happy to fit good timber you have sourced yourself, and we will say honestly if what you have bought will not perform in the room.

Should I restore my old floor or install a new one?

Restore, if it can be saved — it is nearly always cheaper and the old timber is nearly always better. We are restorers first, so you get a straight answer at the survey rather than a sales pitch for new boards.

Can you install wood flooring over underfloor heating?

Yes — engineered boards are the right choice there, fitted to the heating manufacturer’s tolerances with moisture and temperature checked before laying. Solid boards over UFH are a risk we will talk you out of.

What is the difference between solid and engineered boards?

Solid is one piece of timber, sandable for a century, and wants stable conditions. Engineered is a hardwood wear layer on a stable core — flatter over heating, concrete and humidity swings, and still refinishable if the wear layer is 4mm or more. The room decides.

Can you fit a new floor that matches my original Victorian boards?

That is our favourite job — reclaimed pine or oak, matched for width and age, fitted so the new room flows into the old. Finished together with restored original floors, the join in history disappears.

Do you install herringbone parquet?

Yes — solid and engineered blocks, bonded, set out properly and finished in place by sanding flat as one field, which is what separates real parquet from click-together imitations. It can then be re-sanded for decades like the originals we restore.

Do you install commercial and sports floors?

Yes — shops, restaurants and offices out of hours, and sports halls on sprung systems with line marking to governing body specification, planned into school holidays with full method statements and insurance documentation.

How is installation priced?

From a survey — subfloor, moisture, levels and access checked — then a fixed written quote itemising supply, fitting and finishing separately. No day rates, no surprises, and honest advice first about whether you need a new floor at all.