Herringbone oak floor fitted by Howard Naish

Sanding & Installation · SW9

Floor Sanding in Brixton, SW9

Two sides of the trade, done properly: a three-stage sand of your original boards, and brand-new herringbone or engineered oak supplied and fitted, right across Brixton, Brixton Hill and the Loughborough Junction and Herne Hill borders.

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Why Brixton Clients Choose Us

New Floors and Old Floors, One Team

The photo alongside is Luke on a real Brixton job, setting a herringbone spine down block by block along a laser line, the point where a new floor is either dead straight or wrong for good. That is the half of Brixton work most sanding firms don't touch. We do both: lay new floors like that one, and bring tired original boards back with a three-stage sand. In a borough where half the terraces are being renovated and half are being carefully kept, that matters.

Installation and restoration in equal measure: herringbone, chevron and engineered oak fitted, and original boards sanded back to life
Supply and fit as one job: we source the wood through our trade suppliers and bring samples to your door
New room matched to old boards, so a renovated Brixton flat reads as one floor throughout
Dust extraction on every floor machine, so almost all of the sanding dust stays in the machines, not your rooms
Family-run, with over 40 years' hands-on experience between the directors, same hands on every job

Brixton is a place Luke knows off the clock as well as on it. Him and his mates met up here most weeks, and there was always the same running argument the moment they arrived: where everyone should eat from the street food stalls. Nobody ever agreed, everyone had their own favourite, and the debate never really got settled. Twenty minutes of it, every single time, before anyone got fed.

What We Do Here

Our Services in Brixton

New Floors, Supplied & Fitted

A big part of our Brixton work is fitting brand-new floors in renovated period homes and new-build conversions: engineered oak, herringbone and chevron, sourced through our trade suppliers. One quote covers the wood and the fitting, and we bring samples to your door so you choose the board in your own light before anything's ordered.

Herringbone & Chevron Installation

The pattern that makes a Brixton renovation. Every block glued down to a laser line, spine dead straight, borders squared to the walls: this is slow, exacting work and it's where craft shows. See how we approach it on our floor installation page.

Sanding & Restoration

The Victorian terraces off Coldharbour Lane and Acre Lane are full of original pine hiding under carpet. We bring it back with a three-stage sand, repairs in reclaimed timber of the same era, and a finish tested on your own boards before it's committed. The house stays liveable throughout.

Staining & Colour

Warmer, cooler, paler or near-black: colour is chosen on your floor, never off a brochure. Handy when a new room has to sit alongside older boards and you want the two to agree. The full picture is on our floor staining page.

Repairs & Gap Filling

Split or missing boards replaced with reclaimed pine so the repair disappears into the floor, and gaps filled with a flexible filler that moves with the seasons instead of cracking out. We've written both up: reclaimed board repairs and flexible filler vs resin.

Every Quote Includes

Free site visit, fixed written quote, no obligation
Industrial dust extraction on all machines
Public liability insurance, certificate on request
Dust sheets, skirting masking, door seals
Daily clean-down: your home stays liveable
Aftercare guidance for years of good looks

No Obligation

A free visit anywhere in Brixton: we look at the floor, tell you straight, and the price is fixed in writing.

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Try Before You Book

See It In Your Own Room First

Weighing up herringbone against a plank, or a stain against natural? Upload a photo of your room and watch the floor transform, your first visualisation is free. Your personal code for ten more comes with your free site visit.

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From Our Google Reviews

★★★★★

"Really impressed with the quality of the work and finish. Hard workers, good communicators. Would def recommend."

Guy Bolton · Google review

Straight Answers

Frequently Asked in Brixton

Do you fit herringbone as well as sand old floors?

Both, and in equal measure in Brixton. Half our work here is fitting brand-new floors, herringbone and chevron blocks glued down block by block, or wide engineered oak planks, and the other half is a three-stage sand of the original boards. Plenty of jobs are a bit of both: new wood in the extension, old boards restored in the front rooms so the whole place ties together.

We're renovating a Brixton flat, can you supply the wood too?

Yes. Supply and fit is one job for us. We bring real boards to the flat so you can judge the colours against your own light and your own walls, then the wood and the fitting arrive on a single quote. One team responsible for the whole floor, with no finger-pointing between a supplier and a fitter if anything needs sorting.

Can you match a new floor to the rest of the house?

That's a common ask on Brixton renovations where a new room needs to sit alongside original boards. We colour-match with stains and finishes tested on your own floor, tape off patches side by side and let you pick the closest before anything is committed. Where new engineered oak meets old pine we blend the two so the transition reads as one continuous floor, not a patch.

What's parking and access like for you in Brixton?

We handle it. Brixton's a busy spot with plenty of controlled parking, so we sort permits or suspensions where they're needed and carry the kit in whatever the street's like. Tight Victorian hallways, upstairs conversion flats and first-floor front rooms are all standard for us, and every floor machine runs through dust extraction so the building stays clean however far we're carrying.

How long does a floor take, and can we stay in?

A typical room sand and finish is two to three days, a full herringbone installation longer depending on size and pattern. You can usually stay in the house throughout: we work room by room, clean down at the end of each day and seal off the areas we're not in. We'll give you a realistic day count with your written quote so you can plan around it.

Are you insured and on Checkatrade?

Yes to both. We carry public liability insurance, with the certificate available on request, and our reviews are public on Checkatrade and on Google. Same name on every job in Brixton and across South London: Howard Naish Wooden Floors Ltd.

Local Knowledge

Brixton Areas We Cover

All of SW9 and up into SW2 including: central Brixton around Electric Avenue, Brixton Market and Brixton Village, the streets off Coldharbour Lane and Acre Lane, Brixton Hill climbing towards Streatham, Loughborough Junction and the roads around Angell Town, Ferndale and Water Lane, and out to the Stockwell, Herne Hill and Tulse Hill borders. Whether it's a period terrace being restored or a converted flat getting a brand-new floor, we're regularly on these streets.

Run a business round here? We do commercial floor sanding too, from shops and pubs to schools and offices.

Got original pine boards? See our floorboard sanding page for how we treat them, or our wood floor restoration page if the floor needs proper rescue work.

Also serving: Balham (SW12), Clapham (SW4), Dulwich (SE21), Wimbledon (SW19), Tooting (SW17), Southfields (SW18), Purley (CR8), Kensington (W8), Gipsy Hill (SE19), Crystal Palace (SE19), Camberwell (SE5), Streatham Hill (SW2), Sutton (SM1), Battersea (SW11), Chipstead (CR5), Fulham (SW6) and Putney (SW15).

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Tell Us About Your Floor

Leave your details and we'll ring you back to arrange your free site visit.

We're booking about three months ahead at the moment, and a deposit holds your place in the queue. Dates tight? Ring us anyway, cancellations happen and smaller jobs can often be slotted in.

Free Quote, No Obligation

New Floor or Old, Let's Take a Look

A free site visit, honest advice on whether to restore or replace, and a fixed written quote for the wood and the work.

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