Wood floors are all we do. Sanding, restoration, repairs and fitting across Orpington, London and north Kent — no tiling, no carpets, no general building. It is a narrow trade and we have spent over fifteen years in it, on roughly 1,150 floors.
Most floors we are called to look worse than they are. Under grey, scuffed, paint-spattered boards the timber is almost always sound, and sanding removes less than a millimetre of it. A solid floor will take that many times over. The floors we turn down are the ones with nothing left to remove — and we will tell you that before taking any money.
Floor SandingDust-free sanding that takes worn, grey or paint-spattered boards back to bare timber and seals them to last.£25–£32 per m² →
Parquet SandingHerringbone, chevron and block parquet sanded diagonally across the pattern, with loose blocks re-bedded first.£32–£42 per m² →
Wood Floor FittingSolid and engineered floors supplied and fitted on a properly levelled, moisture-tested subfloor.from £30 per m² →
Herringbone FittingHerringbone and chevron set out from the centre line and dry-laid before fixing, so the pattern runs true.from £40 per m² →
Floor RestorationThe whole job — adhesive removal, repairs, levelling, gap filling, sanding and finishing.quoted per floor →
Floor StainingDarker, lighter, grey or whitewashed. Always sampled on your own boards, in your own light, first.£12 per m² →
Engineered Floor FittingThe right choice over underfloor heating and concrete. We check the wear layer before quoting.from £30 per m² →
Commercial FlooringSchools, pubs, offices, community centres, hospitals and churches — worked around your closures.quoted per site →Restoring a floor, or fitting a new one
Roughly two thirds of our work is restoration: a floor already exists, often hidden under carpet, laminate or lino, and it needs bringing back. That means lifting whatever is on top, repairing or replacing damaged boards, filling gaps, sanding through progressively finer grits and finishing. Restoring an original floor is almost always cheaper than replacing it, and the result is timber you cannot buy new.
The rest is fitting: solid, engineered or herringbone laid from scratch. Here the floor itself is the easy part — the subfloor decides whether it lasts. We moisture-test screed and timber, level properly, and acclimatise boards in the room for five to seven days before laying. Nearly every floor that cups, gaps or squeaks a year later failed at that stage.
Which floors we work on
Victorian and Edwardian pine boards · 1930s narrow strip flooring · block and herringbone parquet from the 1920s to the 1970s · oak boards in period properties · engineered board over concrete and underfloor heating · stairs, landings and thresholds · sprung maple and beech in halls and gyms.
We do not sand laminate — it is a printed photographic layer over fibreboard, so there is nothing to sand back to. If that is what you have, we will say so rather than take the job.
Why people choose us
Wood floors only
Not a general builder with a hired sander. It is the whole of our trade, and has been for over fifteen years.
Dust extracted at the machine
Continuous extraction into sealed units, so the dust leaves the room instead of settling on everything in it.
Honest assessment
We turn down floors that cannot be sanded rather than taking the money and hiding the problem.
The same faces
The person who surveys and quotes your floor is on site when the work actually happens.
What it costs
Sanding and finishing runs £25–£32 per m² on standard boards and £32–£42 per m² on parquet, with a £550 minimum project cost. Fitting starts at £30 per m², herringbone at £40. We are not VAT registered, so the price you are quoted is the price you pay. Full breakdown, including gap filling, staining, stairs and materials, is on the prices page.
Where we work
We are based in Orpington and cover Bromley, Bexley, Bexleyheath, Sidcup, Crayford, Greenwich, Lewisham, Catford, Croydon and Southwark, plus north Kent — Swanley, Dartford, Sevenoaks and Tunbridge Wells. For larger jobs we travel further across London. See all areas we cover.
Recent work
Get a free quote
Send a photo of your floor to info@epic-floors.com or call 07344 467352 and we can usually give you a ballpark straight away. Free survey and a fixed written quote before any work starts. Monday to Saturday, 8am to 6pm.