The History of Hardwood Flooring

By Daniel Wilson|2019-08-09T13:08:16+01:00August 9th, 2019|Uncategorized|

A Brief History of Hardwood Flooring Using wood for flooring was a laborious business during the 15th and 16th centuries. Unlike today where we have technology to lend a helping hand, timber needed to be hand-sawn, split or axed to provide planks for flooring. As it wasn’t a completely accurate process, this often resulted in [...]

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We have many commercial floor sanding clients in Essex and across London including; schools, night clubs, gyms, sports halls and hotels as well as hundreds of residential properties, as no job is too small. .

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Quicksand was asked by Asda to restore their existing wood flooring ready for use for their new office refurb. After discussion on different finishes they decided to go with the Junkers HP High Traffic Sealant which gives long lasting durability, when properly maintained – which is a service we also provide to them..

Carnaby street, Asda Fashion division office

We supplied 800m2 of parquet oak exquisite Panels for a Herringbone pattern on 2 levels and a Basket Weave pattern on ground floor,this was then sanded and filled with an oil application to finish.

Central London, Algerian Embassy