Floor sanding in Sandy
If you live in a Victorian or interwar terrace, it's worth lifting a corner of carpet to check. Original boards are often sound timber under stain and old varnish. Solid hardwood can also be sanded, engineered boards only to a limited degree, and laminate not at all.
Chris, our wooden floor specialist, checks the floor first and tells you if sanding isn't the right answer.
The process and the finish
Chris uses a belt sander for the main floor and an edging sander along the skirtings, fills small gaps with sawdust and Induro Morrells Mix & Fill, then smooths with a Mirka dust-free sander. Osmo Polyx oil follows in thin coats, clear or tinted.
In Haddenham, near Ely, he finished a floor in Osmo Polyx tint oil in Gold, which contains flecks of 24-carat gold. Stairs and doors can be stained to match through our woodwork service in Sandy.
Sandy at a glance
- 28 milesby road from our Landbeach base, about 44 minutesOSRM routing
- 13%of properties were built before 1919VOA Council Tax stock
- 5%date from 1919 to 1939VOA Council Tax stock
- 31%are terracedCensus 2021
- 51listed buildingsHistoric England
- 5,010householdsCensus 2021
How we approach floor sanding
In a Sandy terrace Chris secures loose boards and punches nails, sands through coarse to fine grades, edges along the skirtings, fills gaps with sawdust and Mix & Fill, and finishes with the Mirka sander. Doorways are sealed and the room emptied. Oil goes on thinly, with each coat left to dry. The full method, products and FAQs are on our floor sanding page.