Flooring Services for Schools

Floorworks™ is a leading school floors restoration company providing superior floor sanding and fitting services across London and beyond.

Attention and peculier care is requirement in school floors sanding as they receive a particularly large amount of traffic. Because school and other educational buildings are almost always in use, their wooden floors are rarely properly and regularly maintained, leading to significant damages and wear.

We understand that a school's environment is more than just classrooms and corridors; it's a place where young minds grow, where creativity blossoms, and where safety is paramount. With over 20 years of dedicated experience as a commercial flooring contractor, Floorworks is a recognised and trusted name across London and the surrounding counties. Our extensive background in high-traffic commercial environments, coupled with our deep understanding of educational institutions, makes us the ideal partner for revitalising your school's wooden floors.

We pride ourselves on our competence, reliability, and commitment to delivering exceptional results that meet the unique demands of the educational establishment settings.

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Why is Floor Sanding is Essential for Your Institution

School floors endure an incredible amount of daily wear and tear. From the constant shuffle of hundreds of feet to spills, scuffs, and the dragging of furniture, these surfaces are put to the ultimate test. Over time, this takes its toll, leading to a range of problems:

• Dull, Worn Appearance & Hygiene Concerns: Floors lose their lustre, making the entire space feel tired and uninviting. Cracks and deep scratches can harbour dust, allergens, and germs, impacting air quality and cleanliness.

• Splinters & Uneven Surfaces: Worn areas can pose safety hazards for students and staff.

• Higher Maintenance Costs: Damaged floors are harder to clean and may require more frequent, costly interventions.

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Investing in professional floor sanding by Floorworks offers a multitude of benefits for your school:

• Enhanced Safety & Hygiene: Eliminate splinters, smooth out uneven surfaces, and provide a safer, more stable foundation for daily activities. We can also apply anti-slip finishes for added security. A smooth, sealed surface is much easier to clean, reducing the accumulation of dust, allergens, and bacteria.

• Extended Floor Lifespan: Floor sanding and re-finishing is a cost-effective solution that dramatically prolongs the life of your existing floors, postponing the need for expensive full replacements.

• Cost Efficiency: Reduce ongoing maintenance efforts and costs associated with repairing severely damaged sections.

• Better Learning Atmosphere: A well-maintained and aesthetically pleasing environment contributes to a sense of pride and well-being for both students and staff. Bring back the natural beauty and warmth of your wooden floors, creating a brighter, more inspiring learning environment.

What Services We Provide for Schools

Floorworks provides the following list of tailored flooring services for schools, nurseries and educational establishments:

1. Wood Floor Sanding & Refinishing: This is a key service for schools, using advanced equipment with powerful dust extraction systems to minimize disruption and maintain air quality and high-quality, durable floor finishes for lasting results.

2. Local Wood Floor Repairs: Replacing severely damaged, loose, or missing wooden planks or parquet blocks, is sometimes required to to avoid safety-hazards or as part of a larger restoration project.

3. Gap Filling: Filling gaps between floorboards or parquet blocks with a mix of sawdust and resin to create a seamless surface, prevents dirt accumulation and extends the life of the finish - we always recommend this for parquet floroing and areas with heavy traffic.

4. Laying & Replacing Wooden Floors: We supply and install sprung hardwood floors from Junckers and Boen and various options parquet flooring suitable for the heavy traffic use in school halls and sport floors.

5. Line Marking (for Sports Halls/Gymnasiums): Precisely applying lines for various sports (e.g., basketball, badminton, netball) using durable, specific line paints after the initial sealing coats.

The Floorworks Advantage: Expertise You Can Trust

Choosing Floorworks means partnering with a team that understands the nuances of school environments. Our comprehensive service ensures a seamless, high-quality transformation:

• Obligation-Free Visits & Thorough Assessment: We begin with a complimentary, on-site visit to your school. Our experts will conduct a detailed assessment of your floors, identifying the wood type, existing damage, wear patterns, and specific areas requiring attention. We then provide a clear, no-obligation quote tailored to your school's needs.

• High-Quality Floor Finishes Suitable for Schools: We use only the highest-grade, durable finishes specifically formulated for high-traffic commercial environments like schools. These finishes are designed to withstand heavy footfall, resist scuffs, and are easy to maintain. We offer a range of options, including tough lacquers, oils, and varnishes, with varying sheen levels to match your aesthetic preferences.

• Extra Coats for Enhanced Durability: Understanding the extreme demands placed on school floors, we often recommend and apply additional coats of finish. This provides an extra layer of protection, significantly extending the life and resilience of your newly sanded floors.

• Comprehensive Aftercare Advice: Our commitment doesn't end with the final coat. We provide clear, practical advice and ongoing maintenance service routines to help your school staff keep the floors looking their best for years to come.

Planning & Minimum Disruption: Safety & Compliance First

We know that minimising disruption to the academic calendar is crucial. Our planning and execution are designed with your school's schedule in mind:

• Flexible Scheduling: We work closely with school administrators to plan our services during non-term times, half-term breaks, school holidays, or even evenings and weekends. Our goal is to ensure minimal impact on classes, examinations, and extracurricular activities.

• Efficient Execution: Our experienced teams work efficiently to complete projects within agreed-upon timelines, getting your school ready for students as quickly as possible.

• Advanced Dust Extraction: We utilise state-of-the-art dust extraction equipment, significantly reducing airborne dust during the sanding process. This ensures a cleaner, healthier environment for your students and staff, and simplifies post-work clean-up.

• Safety & Compliance: Safety is our top priority. All our operations adhere to stringent health and safety regulations. Our team is fully trained and insured, and we use products that comply with relevant safety and environmental standards, ensuring a safe working environment and a safe final product for your school community.

Durable Commercial Grade Floor Sealants

We know that restoration of wooden floors in schools requires significant organisation and our main aim is to deliver an outstanding service with long-lasting results, so that school users can enjoy them for years before another sanding is required. Therefore, we only use commercial grade hard-wearing lacquers, such as Bona Traffic HD, Junckers HT700, Loba Fusion 2K or Tover Maxima 2K to seal the floors once they have been sanded to a smooth finish. In addition, we always use specific wood floor finished for sports halls, which are particularly designed to withstand the high level of traffic and use. Most sports halls have Junckers flooring and therefore, we would normally finish those with Junckers Sport finishes or Bona Traffic AntiSlip.

Choosing Floorworks for your school floor maintenance or floor laying projects means that your floors will be restored by professionals with skills, extensive knowledge and experience of the wood floor sealing products to deliver best result at very competitive prices.

Bespoke & Flexible School Floor Sanding

Over the years, we have worked with many schools, universities and other institutions to help them restore their beautiful wooden floors, whether school halls, sport halls or classrooms. We know that such projects require forward planning and often happen during out-of-office hours or holiday times. This is to ensure a minimal or no disruption to the normal school operation while we sand and varnish the school wooden floors. Restoring the school floors with Floorworks is not only hassle free, but it also comes with a Service Guarantee, which extends our quality, with additional assurance at affordable cost. 

Some of the schools who trusted our floor sanding & fitting services