Wooden flooring Post Reply

[fionaashton-kerr]

Hi everyone and happy easter to you all. So just an update, i went for a coffee last week at the Brew, it turns out the wooden floor specialists laid the floor in there and I had a word with Ben one of the owners. The floor looks fantastic and Ben really rates them. I must admit the floor in Brew still looks good after a couple of years and you can imagine the wear and tear they must get in there. After much thought and a few nights with a few glasses of wine we have given the job to Barry and Chris at the wooden floor specialists on Cavendish Road. I will of course let you know how we get on. After visiting the showroom we were somewhat overwhelmed by the amount of choice in there. Eventually we opted for an engineered oak plank which they are going to hand finish to our own choice of colour. We will have this fitted over the next 2 weeks so will keep you all posted.

[MGMidget]

One problem I have found with The Wooden Floor Specialists in Balham is that it can be hard work getting them out to sort out snagging. Lots of stalling, chasing up needed and wasted time when they don't turn up as promised or don't call back as promised. This seems to be their tactic if they don't want to deal with something. If there's a problem with the fitting they have (with me anyway) resorted to a variety of 'fob offs' if putting it right would be troublesome for them. They fitted floors in a couple of rooms for us. One room went better than the other with only minor snagging. The other room had more complications. For example, they fitted Junkers flooring on steps with the stair 'nosings' raised up creating a trip hazard on each step.They told me this was how it was supposed to be fitted. I had to talk to Junckers technical department and get guidance from them on how steps are supposed to be fitted before I could (with some assertiveness) get The Wooden Floor specialists to put it right. They did so in the end so it could have been worse but it can be quite wearing getting things sorted out by them!

[mrsbfrombalham]

I agree it's so important to get a company that sorts outs the little problems and finishing touches after the bulk of the work is done. We got our bedroom floor done a few months ago and used Acacia Wood Floors in Tooting (info@acaciawoodenfloors.co.uk).
Albert did a very good job, although it took longer than initially planned. We had a bit of an argument over the finishing touches but fair play to him - albeit grudgingly - he came back and completed the work as we wanted it. In the end the floor looks amazing and there are no short-cuts in quality from those guys - and price wise they were quite competitive.

[schrumpy]

Just wanted to thank whoever recommended Phil at PJ Pine www.pjpine.co.uk on this thread. I know its an old one but I used it last week to find someone to sand and stain our victorian floorboards and Phil was great.

He was patient and helpful when I was dithering over colours and finish, reasonably priced and our floors look lovely. I would recommend him too.

[NoisyKiwis]

Trevor at Planet Flooring is excellent. His service is second to none.

http://www.planetflooring.com

His reviews on Check a Trade speak for themselves

http://www.checkatrade.com/PlanetFlooring/

[juliantenniscoach]

If you're having other work done then you could consider getting the flooring yourself. We got our flooring direct from Jordan's opposite Wimbledon Stadium. They have a huge range of solid and engineered flooring. The saving over the specialist flooring companies was a serious amount of cash. If you have a general builder then laying a wooden or engineered board floor isn't that hard.