Sanding service
Dust-free floor sanding in London.
Sealed-extraction full sand-back using Bona and Lägler rigs. The fine dust traditional sanding leaves behind doesn't end up on your shelves, in your bedding or in your lungs.
Sealed-extraction full sand-back using Bona and Lägler rigs. The fine dust traditional sanding leaves behind doesn't end up on your shelves, in your bedding or in your lungs.
Traditional floor sanding fills a house with airborne wood dust for days. We hook our drum sander, edger and orbital straight to sealed extraction units that catch the fine particles at the source, so the room stays workable from the moment we start. Sheets across every doorway and a forensic clean afterwards aren't necessary, the dust never gets out.
Sanding is the foundation of every refinishing job. Done badly, no finish will save the floor; done well, the boards come back to bare timber and take stain and lacquer evenly across every plank. We sand in three grits, vacuum between each pass, and buff before the first coat goes down.
Typical sequence is 40, 80 then 120 grit, with finer passes where the boards demand it. Each pass removes the marks left by the last.
Industrial vacuum units sealed to every sander we run. ~95% of dust captured at source, rather than vented into the room.
Drum sanders only reach so far. We follow up with an edger and hand-block the corners so there's no halo around the room.
We leave the room walkable at the end of each day. No clouds of dust waiting for you the next morning.
We come out, check board thickness, count nails and pick up on any water damage or warped sections before quoting.
Furniture out (we can move heavy items), skirting taped, doorways sealed where needed. We work room by room so you can stay in the house.
Drum then edger then orbital, vacuuming between each pass. Stairs and detail areas hand-finished.
Final buff to open the grain, then two or three coats of Bona finish with light abrasion between coats.
Around 95% of the dust is captured at source. A fine residue still settles on flat surfaces, which we vacuum at the end. Worlds apart from open sanding, which can leave a house dusty for weeks.
Most single rooms take one to two days. A full ground floor is usually three to five. Stairs add a day on top because every tread is hand-sanded.
No. We work room by room, seal the working area and leave the rest of the house usable in the evenings.
Sanding removes the top 1–2 mm of timber. Surface scratches, light stains and faded patches almost always disappear. Deep gouges or rot may need board repair before sanding.
Walkable the same evening for hard-wax oils. Bona Traffic HD lacquer is walkable in 12 hours and fully cured in seven days.
Resin-and-dust slurry for narrow gaps, slivered pine for wider ones, board swaps for water damage. We finish so the repair is invisible once the floor is sealed.
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Scandinavian whites, fumed oak, smoked walnut, deep ebony. We bring sample boards into your home so you choose the colour with your own light, your own walls and your own floor.
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Bona Craft Oil and Osmo Polyx. A natural matt look that lets the grain breathe, repairable in patches without re-sanding, walkable the same evening it's applied.
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The toughest commercial-grade lacquer on the market. Used in hotels, galleries and listed buildings, low-VOC and walkable in 12 hours.
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Lifting, re-gluing, levelling and refinishing original blocks. Herringbone, chevron, basket-weave and field-and-border. Listed-building experience.
Learn moreWe come out, take measurements, talk through finishes and follow up with a detailed quote. No deposit, no obligation.