FPS Flooring; Hardwood Flooring, Sanding, Laying, Decking and much much more

Installations

FPS Flooring has a dedicated team of fitters who will lay, sand and finish the floor of your choice to the highest of standards. At FPS, we employ our own fitters rather than using an outside company. The reason for this is that we can monitor, train and supervise our own staff more effectively. All of our teams have a wealth of experience and offer total professionalism.

Sub Floors
It is advisable for a wood floor to be laid once any building and decorating work has been completed as this avoids any damage to the floor. There are many different sub floors and, whether a floor is installed above joists, concrete, screed, over existing boards, on chipboard or plywood, it is vital that the sub floor is as level as possible and is clean and dry prior to the installation of any wood floor. At FPS, we, as a matter of course, will measure moisture content of the sub floor prior to installing the wood floor.

Underlay
It is in many cases advisable to consider a foam underlay which will absorb sound and provide thermal and comfort insulation to be placed between the sub floor and wood floor.

Underfloor Heating & Acoustic Insulation
We also have extensive experience of laying floors over underfloor heating systems and acoustic insulation as well laying the latter.

Floating Floors
Many floors can be fitted as a floating floor. This means that the boards are glued at the tongue and groove not anchored to the sub floor itself. This is a fast, efficient method and is frequently used when fitting over underlays or acoustic insulation.

Fixed Floors
Fixing floors is done by either secret nailing through the tongue of the wood into suitable sub floors or when boards are glued onto the undersurface with adhesive glue such as Stauf WDF.

Sanding
An unfinished wood floor requires sanding prior to the application of the chosen finish.

Finishes
These days, many solid wood floors and engineered boards are pre-finished. This means that they are coated with several coats of UV polyurethane prior to leaving the manufacturer providing a tough and durable finish. Pre-finished floors are easy to install and avoid the time, dust and other inevitable factors associated with sanding and finishing unfinished wood floors.

Unfinished wood floors require sanding, sealing and finishing with either an oil finish, wax, lacquer or varnish once the floor is installed on site. There is a vast array of different finishes available and, whilst we tend to recommend a natural oiled finish as it is aesthetically pleasing, we will of course use an appropriate finish to meet our client’s requirements in terms of colouration and style.