Professional Laminate and Vinyl Flooring Contractors in Amersham

One of the most common causes for scratches on hardwood floors is the lack of adequate entrance matting. Coarse matting should be provided at the entrance of your home. Floor mats trap grit which would otherwise scour your hardwood floor. A minimum of 700mm wide and 20mm deep coir matt is recommended by us. Similarly furniture legs in contact with the hardwood flooring surface should be protected with felt pads. Rubber pads are not recommended as some may leave lasting marks on the hardwood flooring.

Unlike many traditional lacquers, damaged areas on hardwood floors treated with hard wax oils can be sanded and re-treated with the same products without any visible marks.

Yes your installer is probably correct. There is a big misunderstanding that concrete is dry as soon as you can walk on it. This is far from the truth. Concrete on average needs around 1 day per mm of thickness to dry, or in old terms it needs around 1 month for every inch thickness to dry. This is a guide only and some especially thick concretes will need a lot longer than this to dry.

We recommend you use engineered flooring as this is more stable than solid wood due to the way the floor has been constructed using a multi ply. Engineered flooring is available in various thicknesses.

Poor quality plywood can be the cause of this. There are varying qualities of plywood available at different prices. At first glance they may look the same but the quality of laminating the layers varies from one manufacturer to the next.