Restoration & Repair

Borehamwood Restoration

Existing French solid oak sanded This wood flooring was previously lacquered and therefore showing a lot of the wear and tear, which happened over the years. We sanded the entire area and applied two coats of clear hard wax oil.

Whitewash Restoration

Existing worn parquet herringbone blocks sanded and finished in whitewash This parquet herringbone was quite worn and damaged, with new parts needed to be installed at the client’s request. We manufactured new solid blocks on site to fit with existing blocks. We installed new blocks, sanded the entire area, refined the areas and applied a white pigmented oil to leave a whitewash finish.  

Wenge London

Wenge is a beautiful African species of wood, with very hardwearing properties to compliment the stunning natural colour. This project was a mix of two aspects, restoration and installing of new wenge to join seamlessly to the existing wenge. Our client previously had two levels of floor as you can see in the below pictures, we sourced the wenge to suit the exact thickness width and grade of the existing wenge. We removed the existing wenge, took out the existing suspended floor and created our own suspended floor to match the level exactly to the existing one for a flat seamless finish. We achieved an amazing finish once sanded and oiled with a special thin oil specifically produced for the wenge species as the wood is very dense 1. Removal of existing wenge 2. Installation of new level suspended floor 3. Creating an insertion for the new wenge to fit perfectly into the existing wenge 4. Installing of new wenge in line with existing wenge 5. Sanding of entire area including filling and fine buffing 6. application of Osmo extra thin oil for the best possible finish.

Basmati Restaurant

Restoration of a restaurant wood floor, which would see a large amount of traffic over the years. Woodcraft Flooring provided a professional restoration service for this restaurant in need of a new looking wood floor. We sanded the wood back to bare oak and applied a very hardwearing Bona Traffic HD lacquer which is specifically produced for high traffic areas.

Mill Hill Mosaic Restoration

A beautiful Mosaic wood flooring hidden under the years of wear and tear. We find we have a lot of mosaic restoration projects which always come out amazing. The beauty of wood is that it can be sanded after several years for a fresh layer to enjoy once again. With this project we had to take up around 2000 pieces, clean and re-install as they were loose.  

Oak Strip Restoration

Existing solid oak strip restoration finished in a clear hard wax oil. As we always express, a good quality solid or engineered wood flooring will last a lifetime and can be sanded multiple times, depending on the top layer to change the colour or refresh the wood flooring.    

Solid Oak Parquet Restoration

Existing solid oak parquet restored to original beauty. An existing oak parquet herringbone wood flooring restored to original beauty by the Woodcraft Flooring team. We find joy in restoring existing wood flooring as we can see the beautiful transformation step by step.

Existing Floorboard Restoration

Existing floorboards with heavy sanding needed to create a perfect flat finish. These floorboards were in extremely bad shape, with endless nails on the boards which we either had to pull out or hammer in deep for our machines to work safely. We offered the full package on this project including, 1. Heavy sanding 2. Hammering and pulling out all nails 3. Inserting pine strips in gaps 4. Filling entire area with flexible filler 5. Fine sanding 6. application of Traffic HD Bona Lacquer  

Mosaic, Restoration Hatchend

Mosaic is one of the oldest styles of wood flooring still used to this day. We find we have a lot of mosaic restoration projects which always come out amazing. The beauty of wood is that it can be sanded after several years for a fresh layer to enjoy once again.  

Parquet Herringbone, Restoration Mill Hill

Bespoke resotration services

Solid Oak, Gerrards Cross

Wide board solid oak with badly applied hard wax oil, giving a dull look to the oak. We often come across projects where the finishing coat is not applied to it’s full potential. This intern made the oak look very dull with the variation of the oak hidden away. Stair top railings were also sanded and oiled in the process to match with the solid oak.

Sapele Parquet Herringbone Restoration in Northwood

The African Sapele has been down for 59 years, The wood was in really bad worn condition mainly on the surface. The varnish had darkened overtime hiding the true beauty of the wood, construction work around the house including painting left the wood looking terrible.

Solid Walnut, Stanmore

This beautiful Walnut floor had been damaged almost beyond repair by sanding done with the wrong equipment in the wrong hands. The customer thought she'd need a new floor, but we were able to restore it to its former glory.

Pine Boards, Borehamwood

This fifty-year old floor's surface condition had seriously deteriorated. Uneven and dirty-looking, it was also drafty due to gaps between the planks. We made it safe, soundproof, draft-free and gave it a totally fresh look.

Parquet Oak, Beaconsfield

These ten year old Oak Herringbone parquet blocks were an unattractive bright orange colour, with unwanted colour variations across the floor to boot. We removed the old finish to reveal the natural beauty of Oak.

Parquet Mahogany, Hertfordshire

These solid parquet Mahogany blocks had last been finished some twenty to twenty-five years ago with a very thick and dark lacquer. Some blocks were dented, and the aged lacquer was hiding the natural colour variations in this now rare species of hardwood.

Solid Red Oak, Buckinghamshire

The floors in this stately home consisted of solid Red Oak boards, re-finished most recently with lacquer some thirty to forty years before. Over the years the lacquer had slowly turned a reddish brown into a rather dirty muddy dark grey colour.

Solid Cherry, Beaconsfield

These solid parquet blocks had taken a bit of a beating in places and had last been finished with lacquer. As well as significant scratches, the twenty-year old lacquer surface had taken on a 'bleached' look in places where dust had collected.

Parquet Cherry, Watford

These thirty year old solid planks had been finished with lacquer, which was showing definite signs of age and had faded away to a dirty grey in places. The result: an uneven and unattractive surface finish, hiding the natural beauty of Cherry.

Canadian Oak, Buckinghamshire

The floors in this hallway and room had been laid some thirty to forty years previously, with varnish used to seal the wood. The passage of time had robbed the wood finish of its shine, leaving a rather dull and uninspiring appearance.