Floor sanding recommendations wanted

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Permalink Reply by Nick G-T on January 21, 2013 at 15:33

Thanks Neil. Peter is coming over this evening to quote for the job.

Incidentally, I noticed a lot of your historical posts have been deleted. A shame as you have offered some very useful advice/recommendations.

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Permalink Reply by Nick G-T on February 2, 2013 at 18:04

Any other recommendations please? We'd like to have one more quote.

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Permalink Reply by Abi on February 2, 2013 at 19:23

I've mentioned him before on here but Jay Sinclair is really good and recently sanded our kitchen floor at what I thought was a very reasonable rate, did a good job of it, too: 

Jay Sinclair

J.S. Carpentry / J. S. Painters & Co.

Office: 0208 3766842
Mobile: 0777 3630873
E-mail: jaysinclair@ic24.net (he prefers the phone!)

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Permalink Reply by Nick G-T on February 5, 2013 at 22:39

Thanks for the recommendation SoTo.

Neil, I've had four quotes now for floor sanding and all of them recommended slivers apart from the quotation I received tonight (possibly because I gave them the impression I wanted them). The chap I met is very experienced and swore by the saw dust and resin method. He explained in detail his reasons for this, such as to retain the integrity of the existing floorboards and their colour by not introducing inferior timber slivers. Cost was another factor. Can I ask your thoughts on this point? Did Petr do slithers on your floors?

Also, for anyone trying to contact Yannis, I left several messages for him but never heard back.

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Permalink Reply by Sarah East on October 31, 2013 at 21:52

Hi Nicholas, just wondered what you ended up going for, and if you would be happy to disclose an approximate cost per room? I was wondering about doing ours myself, but it's such a big, messy job and easy to get wrong, so it would be good to have an idea how much the professionals charge.

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Permalink Reply by Nick G-T on October 31, 2013 at 23:15

We used Petr from PK Wood Flooring. We're very happy with the result. I wouldn't recommend doing a big job yourself, especially if you wish to have slithers inserted in the gaps between your floorboards. I'd rather not disclose the cost here, but if you send me a connection request, I can let you know (he would however give you a free quote).

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Permalink Reply by squeezy on June 4, 2014 at 16:35

HI...we are looking to get our floors sanded and wondered who you eventually used or could recommend?

many thanks

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Permalink Reply by Nick G-T on June 5, 2014 at 22:32

As above, PK Wood Flooring. I would try and wait until Petr is available (presuming he is booked out for months as was the case for us).

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