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New boards, ply overlays, repairs. Everything that sits under the finish.

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Flooring in Motherwell and Lanarkshire — Surma Joinery

What's included

  • Lift and dispose of failed flooring (boards, ply, laminate)
  • Joist inspection and strengthening where boards have been over-spanned
  • New softwood or hardwood floorboards, screwed and counter-bored
  • 6mm or 12mm plywood overlay for engineered wood, tile or vinyl finishes
  • Targeted board replacement after leaks or rot — match existing rather than replace whole floor

Most flooring problems are subfloor problems. Springy boards, gaps that open and close with the season, an engineered floor that telegraphs every join — the cause is usually below, not on top.

We work below the decorative finish. New boards where the old ones are past saving, plywood overlay where the finish needs it, targeted repairs where a small section has failed. The room ends up ready for whoever is laying the carpet, the wood, or the tile.

Our process

  1. 01

    Lift and look

    Most subfloor problems are not visible until the existing finish is up. We lift a section, see what is underneath, give you a real quote rather than a guess.

  2. 02

    Strengthen the bones

    If joists are sagging or notched too deep for cabling, we sister or noggin before any new board goes down. The finish floor is only as flat as what is under it.

  3. 03

    Lay and fix

    New boards or ply overlay screwed at every joist. Joints staggered. Ready for whatever decorative finish you have planned.

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What customers say about our flooring work

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  • Love my new vinyl flooring in the kitchen and laminate in the bathroom! They even replaced my old toilet. Everything looks amazing, super quick and no fuss. They were punctual and the quality of work is great. 10/10 would recommend!
    Aleksandra Bochenek
    Vinyl and laminate flooring · via Google
  • Rafal is a very skilled tradesman and provides a professional joinery service. He built walls, layed flooring and carried out finishing works to a high standard at my house. Rafal sticks to the agreed price and always turns up when arranged. He also arranged for other tradesman to carry out work for me who work with the same principles as himself. I would highly recommend Rafal who very honest and trustworthy.
    Andrew Blessing
    Walls, flooring and finishing · via Google
  • Surma fitted all flooring in 1 day, they were highly efficient, well mannered and completed job to highest standard. Highly recommend this company, you will not be disappointed.
    Caryn Aitken
    Whole-house flooring · via Google

Where we do this work

Flooring across Lanarkshire and central Scotland.

Frequently asked

Can you save my existing floorboards rather than replace them?
Usually yes. Old boards have character new ones do not — and pulling them up is wasteful if they are sound. We sand, fix splits, replace damaged boards individually with matched timber.
Do I need plywood under engineered wood or LVT?
Almost always. Most engineered and LVT finishes need a perfectly flat substrate or you will see the joins through. 6mm ply on screwed centres solves it.
You only do the subfloor — not the finish?
Right. We do boards, joists, ply. We do not lay decorative engineered wood, tiles, or carpet — that is a specialist trade and you will get a better result from a flooring specialist. We will leave you a perfect substrate for them.
How long does a typical floor replacement take?
A single room in a day or two. Whole floors of a 3-bed semi run three to five days. Add a day if we are also strengthening joists.

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