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Sub-Floor Preparation

At Luxury Wood Flooring, we understand that a high-quality floor starts with a properly prepared sub-floor. Our professional sub-floor preparation service ensures that your new flooring is installed on a solid, levelled, and durable base, guaranteeing long-lasting performance and flawless results. Proper sub-floor preparation helps prevent future issues such as uneven surfaces, creaking, and premature wear, ensuring that your flooring investment remains beautiful and functional for years to come.

Sub-floor preparation service

Our skilled team provides comprehensive sub-floor preparation services, tailored to your specific flooring needs.

Sub-Floor Preparation - Removing of existing floor covering

Floor Covering Removal

Sub-Floor Preparation - Making Good The base

Making good of the Base

Sub-Floor Preparation - Levelling

Levelling of Sub-floor

Sub-Floor Preparation - Damp Proofing

Sound & Damp Proofing

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Why Sub-Floor Preparation is Essential

A poorly prepared sub-floor can cause a range of problems, from visible imperfections to structural instability. Uneven surfaces, residual adhesives, moisture issues, and weak foundations can all compromise the final flooring installation. Our expert team at Luxury Wood Flooring ensures that every aspect of your sub-floor is assessed and properly treated before any flooring is laid.

By addressing sub-floor issues in advance, we help prevent:

  • Creaking and movement – Ensuring the base is stable prevents unnecessary shifting and noise.

  • Uneven flooring – A level surface provides a smooth, polished finish and prevents wear and tear.

  • Moisture-related damage – Proper damp-proofing safeguards against swelling, warping, and mould.

  • Shortened floor lifespan – A strong and well-prepared sub-floor extends the durability of your flooring investment.

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Removing Existing Floor Coverings

Before installing your new flooring, we remove the existing floor covering to create a clean and stable base. Our team is experienced in handling all types of flooring removal, ensuring a smooth and efficient process.

This would include removal and disposal of:

  • Carpet Removal – Old carpets and underlays are lifted and properly disposed of. We also remove any staples, tacks, or adhesives to create a clean surface.

  • Laminate & Vinyl – These coverings often leave behind adhesive residue, which we ensure is thoroughly cleaned to avoid any bonding issues for the new flooring.

  • Tiles – Tiles and the underlying mortar or adhesive are carefully removed, leaving a clean and stable surface for the new flooring.

  • Floorboards – If the old floorboards are damaged or not suitable for the new flooring, we remove and replace them as needed.

  • Engineered or Solid Wood Flooring – These materials require careful dismantling, ensuring that the sub-floor beneath is left in excellent condition.

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Laminate

Sub-Floor Preparation - Removing Floorboards

Floorboards

Sub-Floor Preparation - Removing of existing floor covering

Carpet

Tiles

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Making Good of the Base

After removing of the existing flooring, we can properly assess the sub-floor condition and provide with an expert advise about any necessary repairs, as well as potential improvements that the client could potentially benefit in long term. It is important to remember that well-prepared base ensures the longevity and stability of your new flooring. We work with various types of sub-floors, including:

  • Concrete Sub-Floors – We repair cracks, fill gaps, and smooth uneven surfaces to ensure proper adhesion and stability for the new flooring.

  • Timber Floorboards – We secure loose boards, replace damaged sections, and reinforce the structure to minimise any squeaks and weak points.

  • Suspended Timber Bases – These require additional support and levelling, including joist reinforcement and underlayment installation for added stability.

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Levelling the Sub-floor

An uneven sub-floor can cause major issues, from an unstable flooring structure to increased wear on certain areas. We use industry-approved techniques to ensure a perfectly level base, tailored to the specific flooring type being installed.

  • Concrete Sub-Floors – We use self-levelling compounds to create an even and smooth surface, eliminating bumps and depressions.

  • Joists & Timber Bases – We inspect the existing structure, reinforce weak areas, and install additional supports or plyboards where necessary to achieve a stable and level foundation.

Damp Proofing

Moisture can severely damage certain types of flooring, particularly wood and laminate. Before installation, we assess the moisture levels in the sub-floor and apply damp-proofing treatments where needed. Our solutions prevent moisture build up, reducing the risk of warping, swelling, and mould growth.

Sound Proofing

In multi-level buildings or high-traffic areas, sound-proofing plays an important role in creating a comfortable environment. We offer advanced sound-proofing solutions that minimize noise transfer and improve acoustic performance. Whether you need underlayment insulation or specialised acoustic barriers, we provide solutions tailored to your specific needs.

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Professional Wood Flooring Installation Service

If you are planning to install Real, Top Quality wood flooring in your property in London or surrounding areas, Luxury Wood Flooring, is indeed your option number one. With years of experience behind our backs our professional parquet floor fitters are at your disposal. Not only that, but our company provides full service guarantee on our materials and craftsmanship. In addition, we can take care of all necessary works required for the job. This can includes preparation of the base, as well as finishing touches. Indeed choosing to go with professional parquet fitters you guarantee top quality work.

Do not compromise on Quality

Important to remember is that, allowing for non-professional flooring installers, based only on a cost comparison, is often not wise spent money. Also important is that non professional parquet flooring installers could cause a lot of potential issues with your flooring. Not only that, but can cause irreparable damage on to the parquet flooring, often caused simply by negligence. For the same reason, the first thing we always encourage our customers, is to go with professional floor fitters. Every work in your property is important, so you better not compromise on quality. On one hand, this will significantly speed up the progress of the flooring work required for your project. On the other hand, it will most certainly saves you a lot of hassle. Nevertheless, the most important is your perfect parquet flooring, delivered together with stress free installation experience.

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Trust the Experts at Luxury Wood Flooring

At Luxury Wood Flooring, we take pride in our meticulous approach to sub-floor preparation. Every step is carried out with precision to ensure that your new flooring not only looks stunning but also stands the test of time. Our expert team has years of experience in assessing and preparing different types of sub-floors, ensuring that every project meets the highest standards of craftsmanship.

By choosing our sub-floor preparation services, you benefit from:

  • Expert assessment and tailored solutions
  • Use of high-quality materials and industry-leading techniques
  • A long-lasting and flawless flooring installation
  • Enhanced durability and stability of your flooring

A properly prepared sub-floor is the foundation of a perfect wood floor installation. Our professional team ensures every step is completed to the highest standards, guaranteeing a flawless finish for your luxury flooring.

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I have used the services of this company twice now snd they have never failed to deliver an excellent service in all aspects. I would highly recommend
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Really pleased with the job, it is the 2nd floor the guys have laid for us (3years apart). Still great service
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I want to compliment you on your firm’s recent service for us. As an example, your specialists were helpful in dealing with our old carpets. When the old carpet along the corridor was removed, though the floor was concrete, there were a lot of old materials and also wires to be removed and a thorough preparation had to be done before laying the parquet flooring. Two, sometimes, three very helpful specialists from your firm - or associated with you - worked energetically to sort out the problem and implement the client’ s (i.e. our) wishes and preferences. Their guidance as regards the maintenance of the wood flooring was very helpful. We are satisfied with the result and we will be pleased to recommend Luxury Wood Flooring to potential clients.
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Complete satisfaction! Steven and the team replaced the carpet flooring with the engineered wood. Excellent service from start to finish. Meticulous and punctual work - the team finished one day earlier and cleaned after themselves. Highly recommended!
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Luxury Wood Flooring were our Christmas saviors! Our previous contractor failed to sand and varnish our floors properly, leaving us in a tough spot just before the holidays. We needed someone to redo everything and finish by Christmas. Steven and his team did an amazing job restoring our wooden floors, completing the work on time, and leaving the premises spotless. We’re really pleased with the results and their professional approach.
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I had a great experience having parquet installed by this company. The end result was gorgeous and the workers were prompt and kept me informed about the progress of the project. By far this was the best experience I’ve had doing home renovations! I’d highly recommend Luxury Wood Flooring!
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A great experience with Luxury Wood Flooring - from the initial quoting and advisory service - to the meeting in the showroom and then installation. Really happy with the end product the room looks so much better - and the installation was done within 3 days. Would highly recommend.
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Fantastic service, super professional team. Great looking floor and very good value for money! Will definitely recommend Luxury Wood Flooring again!
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Really good people. They installed two beautiful floors in my home for me. Great work done and I am very pleased. They pay close attention to detail. Very professional and polite. Would not hesitate to reccomend if you are looking for a job well done. They were also super flexible with regards to timing of the work.

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