Showroom: 16 Cross Street, Standish, Wigan WN6 0HQ
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Commercial flooring in Wigan

Worked around your opening hours, your services and your term dates — not ours.

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For businesses, schools and churches

The same trade, a different constraint

Commercial flooring is the same trade with a different constraint: the building usually cannot close. So the planning matters as much as the fitting. We work out of hours, overnight and in phases, and we schedule around services, deliveries and term dates so the floor is walkable by the time the doors open.

The specification changes too. Wear ratings go up — AC5 laminate, 0.55mm wear layer LVT, commercial-grade lacquers on timber that will take a scrubbing machine and a thousand pairs of feet a day. Slip resistance becomes a stated requirement rather than a preference, particularly on stairs and in any area that gets wet. And the finishes are chosen for how quickly they cure as much as how they look, because a floor that needs five days before furniture goes back is not viable in a working building.

We work on bars and restaurants, shops, offices, churches and schools. Church and school floors in particular are often original timber worth restoring rather than replacing — large-area parquet and pine that has been under carpet tiles for forty years and comes back beautifully. That is work we actively want.

Best for: Any working building that cannot shut for a week — and any original timber floor hiding under carpet tiles.

Sectors

Where we work, and how we fit around it

Schools

Worked to term dates and half terms.

School floors take more traffic than almost anything else we fit, and the work has to fit the school calendar rather than the other way round. We plan to term dates and half terms, and a lot of hall and corridor floors turn out to be original parquet or pine that is worth restoring rather than replacing.

  • Programmed around term dates and half terms
  • Hall and corridor parquet restored, not ripped out
  • Commercial-grade lacquers that take a scrubbing machine
  • Slip resistance specified on stairs and wet areas

Churches

Worked around services.

Church floors are often large-area timber that has spent decades under carpet tiles or vinyl. Lifted, repaired and sanded, they come back to something the building has not seen in a generation. We work around services, and dust control matters in a building that stays in use.

  • Programmed around services
  • Large-area parquet and original pine restoration
  • Dust-controlled machines on continuous extraction
  • BWFA certified sanding

Bars & restaurants

Fitted between close and open.

A bar or restaurant floor has to survive spills, stools and a full house, and it has to go down without costing a night’s trade. We normally work between close and open, and choose the finish around how soon the floor has to take customers again.

  • Fitted between close and open
  • Finishes chosen for cure time as well as looks
  • LVT to 0.55mm commercial wear layer
  • Slip resistance specified in wet areas

Shops

Walkable by the time the doors open.

In a shop the floor is part of the look and it takes constant footfall. We fit around trading hours, so the floor is walkable by the time the doors open, and we do single retail units as readily as larger spaces.

  • Fitted around trading hours
  • Commercial lacquers walkable within hours
  • AC5 laminate and commercial LVT
  • No minimum size — single units welcome

Offices

Phased floor by floor.

Most offices cannot empty for a week, so we phase the work floor by floor, or area by area, and keep the rest of the building working. The specification is set by how each area is used, not just how big it is.

  • Phased floor by floor so the office keeps working
  • Out-of-hours and weekend working
  • AC5 laminate, commercial LVT and carpet
  • Survey first, so the spec matches the use

How it runs

Planned around your building, not ours

  1. 01

    Site survey

    We see the space first. Access, working hours and how the floor gets used drive the specification far more than the area does.

  2. 02

    Specification

    Wear rating, slip resistance and finish, chosen for the traffic and for how quickly the floor has to be back in use.

  3. 03

    Programme

    Out of hours, overnight, phased or to term dates — quoted that way from the start rather than added as a premium later.

  4. 04

    Fitting

    Dust-controlled machines on continuous extraction, so an occupied building stays usable around us.

  5. 05

    Handover

    Walkable by the time the doors open, with honest advice on when furniture and full traffic can go back.

What we fit

Floors specified for commercial use

LVT & vinyl Fully waterproof, to a 0.55mm commercial wear layer. Bars, kitchens, shops and anywhere that gets wet. Laminate AC5 commercial rating for heavy footfall at a sensible price. Offices and retail. Carpets Quieter offices, meeting rooms and stairs, fitted out of hours. Floor sanding BWFA certified, dust-controlled sanding with commercial-grade lacquers. Parquet restoration School halls and church floors brought back rather than replaced. Sub-floor preparation Levelling and repair first, so the new floor lasts as long as it should.

Questions

What businesses ask us

Can you work overnight or at weekends?
Yes, and for most commercial jobs that is how we plan it. Bars and shops we normally work between close and open; schools we work to term dates and half terms; offices we phase floor by floor. It is quoted that way from the start rather than added as a premium later.
How quickly can the floor be used?
It depends on the finish, and that is often what decides the specification. A commercial lacquer is typically walkable within hours and takes furniture the next day. A hardwax oil looks better and needs longer. If the building has to open on Monday morning, we choose the finish around that and tell you what the trade-off is.
Do you take on church and school floors?
Yes, and they are some of the most satisfying work we do. Large-area parquet and original pine, often under carpet tiles or vinyl for decades, that comes back to something the building has not seen in a generation. Dust control matters enormously in an occupied building and all our machines run on continuous extraction.
Is there a minimum size?
No. We do single retail units and small offices as readily as school halls. What we do need is a survey first, because access, working hours and how the floor gets used drive the specification far more than the area does.
Which floor is best for a commercial space?
It depends on the traffic and whether it gets wet. LVT to a 0.55mm wear layer is the usual answer for bars, kitchens and anywhere with spills; AC5 laminate suits offices and retail on a tighter budget; timber gets a commercial-grade lacquer that will take a scrubbing machine. Slip resistance is specified on stairs and wet areas. We set the specification after the survey, not before.
Which areas do you cover for commercial work?
The same area we cover for homes: Wigan and West Lancashire, from our showroom in Standish. That takes in towns like Chorley, Bolton, Leigh, Ormskirk and Skelmersdale. If your building is further out, ring us and ask.

Book a site survey

Tell us the building, how it is used and when it can close — even if the answer is never. We will come and look, and quote the programme as well as the floor.

Request a site survey Call 01257 425600
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