Floorboards in Biggleswade's older houses
Victorian and Edwardian houses, roughly 830 in the town, were built with timber boards as standard, and many have been hidden under carpet for decades. Interwar homes, about 610 more, often have boards too. Lifting a corner of carpet by a doorway is the quickest way to find out.
Old boards usually come with gaps, the odd later patch and stains where rugs sat. Chris, our wooden floor specialist, fills gaps with the floor's own sawdust mixed with Induro Morrells Mix & Fill, so the filler matches the timber, and repairs minor damage before the final smoothing.
Floor sanding, oiling and planning around decorating
Chris sands with a belt sander and an edging sander, working from coarse to fine, then finishes with a Mirka dust-free sander. Floors are oiled with Osmo Polyx in thin coats, clear to keep the natural colour or tinted. In Haddenham he used a Gold tint with flecks of 24-carat gold, shown in the Haddenham case study.
Engineered boards and laminate in newer homes are a different matter, and Chris will look at those before quoting. If you're decorating too, the floor sanding page explains how we order the work.
Biggleswade at a glance
- 27 milesby road from our Landbeach base, about 44 minutesOSRM routing
- 8%of properties were built before 1919VOA Council Tax stock
- 6%date from 1919 to 1939VOA Council Tax stock
- 26%are terracedCensus 2021
- 53listed buildingsHistoric England
- 9,442householdsCensus 2021
How we approach floor sanding
In a Biggleswade terrace the hall and front room often share one run of boards, so Chris looks at both together. Loose boards are fixed and nail heads punched below the surface before the belt sander goes on. After gap filling and a dust-free final pass, Osmo oil is wiped on thinly, and skirtings are repainted once the floor is done. The full method, products and FAQs are on our floor sanding page.